FTII row: SC refuses to intervene
- 9 years ago
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday (September 7) refused to entertain a PIL seeking judicial intervention to end the deadlock at Pune's Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). Meanwhile, a contract faculty member of the FTII begun a fast in the institute premises yesterday, seeking "immediate resolution" of the current impasse. The protesting students have been demanding removal of BJP member and TV actor Gajendra Chauhan from the post of chairman of the Governing Council of Film & Television Institute of India.