{
  "id": 13661148,
  "title": "Mental harassment I faced, opportunities I lost, cannot be compensated: PhD scholar wins 17-year-long legal battle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/mental-harassment-i-faced-opportunities-i-lost-cannot-be-compensated",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T06:25:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/himachal-hc-phd-scholar-sonika-gupta-17-year-legal-battle-10916417/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dr Sonika Gupta, a 48-year-old PhD scholar, has won a 17-year-long legal battle against Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, securing an appointment as Assistant Professor in Agricultural Economics. The Himachal Pradesh High Court directed the university to appoint Gupta against a vacant unreserved post, granting her service benefits, including seniority, pay fixation, and continuity of service. Gupta, who appeared for the interview in 2009 despite being a mother of a young child, claims that the 17 years lost to the dispute and the opportunities she missed cannot be compensated, adding that the mental harassment she faced cannot be measured.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}