# Merely starting unauthorised WhatsApp group can’t end employee’s career: Bombay HC

> Garain, who worked at TISS for 31 years as a professor in its School of Social Work, was suspended in March 2016 and, in September 2017, was subsequently punished with compulsory retirement by the Director and Disciplinary Authority of the institution.

- Published: 2026-09-18T09:30:05.609Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T06:00:04.982Z
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- Topics: Education, Science and technology
- Involves: Badri Narayan, Bombay High Court, Cries in Wilderness, Judicial Officers Training Institute in Nagpur, Justice (retd) RC Chavan, Justice Nitin Suryawanshi, Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Maharashtra’s Uniform Civil Code (UCC) committee, More Cries in Wilderness, Special Court (TORTS), Bombay, Swapan Garain, TISSians Career Impact2

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