
A committee from Maharshi Dayanand College (MDU), Rohtak, has knowledgeable the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom that six out of ten analysis publications submitted by Dr Naresh Kumar, in his utility for the principal place at G.G.D.S.D. School in Palwal, Haryana, present a similarity/plagiarism index exceeding the permissible 10 %.
The standing report was introduced in an affidavit by MDU Registrar Professor Gulshan Lal Taneja to Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya’s bench, which is listening to a petition filed by Dr Yogesh Kumar Goyal. Dr Goyal’s petition, filed by means of counsel Rahul Sharma, challenges Dr Naresh Kumar’s appointment as principal, claiming that he doesn’t meet the required {qualifications}, alleging plagiarism in eight of Dr Naresh’s eleven printed analysis papers.
Following a directive from the courtroom, which requested the Haryana state and the college to research allegations of plagiarism in Dr Naresh’s analysis submissions, MDU’s Vice Chancellor appointed a committee. This committee evaluated Dr Naresh’s publications utilizing each ‘Checker X’ software program and the college library’s ‘Drillbit’ software program, discovering that six out of ten papers exceeded the permissible 10 % similarity index underneath ‘Drillbit’ software program.
The committee’s findings, dated October 10, 2024, have obtained approval from the Vice Chancellor. Whereas MDU has submitted its report, the Haryana state has but to take action. Each the state counsel and Dr Naresh’s counsel requested further time to answer, and the case has been adjourned to December 10, 2024.