Nearly two weeks after a clash between police and more than 8,000 sacked teachers in Tripura, the high court on Thursday issued a notice to the state government asking it to explain why it denied them permission to protest. Responding to special leave petitions filed by the sacked teachers as well as the state government in 2017, the Supreme Court upheld the HC order. The sacked teachers were inducted on an ad hoc basis by the erstwhile ruling Left and continued in their jobs till March 2020 before they became jobless again. While many of these teachers got placements in other jobs thereafter, over 8,000 were re-inducted on an ad hoc basis till March 31 this year. However, the police later cracked down on their movement, resulting in a clash that left 87 injured of which 70 were sacked teachers and the remaining 17 police personnel.

Source: Indian Express February 11, 2021 16:41 UTC