Punjabi University V-C sends Rs 1 crore defamation notice to Dr.Pyaare Lal Garg
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, March 23, 2023: Professor Arvind, Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University has sent legal notice to social and health activist Dr.Pyaare Lal Garg and six journalists for "defamatory, patently false and vexatious" remarks in interviews published by social media outlets.
"Dr Pyare Lal Garg launched vitriolic attack against Punjabi University's demand to increase grant-in-aid and personally against Prof. Arvind, Vice-Chancellor. Garg made wild allegations of wrongdoing against Prof. Arvind which are baseless and frivolous," stated the legal notice issued by Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University.
In the legal notice, Prof Arvind's advocate Harchand Batth countered Dr. Garg's claims point-wise. He listed allegations made by Dr. Garg and factual rebuttals. Prof. Arvind has asked for an unconditional apology and compensation of Rs. 1 crore from Dr. Garg and other journalists each and Rs. Five Crores from the abovementioned TV Channels listed in the notice as their uttering have caused damage to his reputation and social standing.
"Dr. Garg in his interviews blamed Punjabi university authorities on their own opened constituent colleges, and then appointed their people as staff and later on, the financial burden of such appointments became a problem for the Punjab Government to tackle. Harchand Batth rebutted this claim as Prof. Arvind joined as VC in April 2021, after that no new constituent college has been opened and no new appointments in such colleges have been made. Constituent colleges were opened in the year 2011 and the last recruitments were made in these colleges in the year 2013. Similarly, Dr. Garg blamed Punjabi University has accrued a total debt of 150 crores, whose interest amounts to 12 crores per annum, whereas the University pays interest to the tune of 18 crores per annum. The legal notice states that the debt was accrued and the rate of interest was fixed much before Prof. Arvind joined as VC. Professor Arvind has put in a lot of effort to negotiate a lower rate of interest with the bank and achieved some success in this context," stated the press statement issued by V-C.
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