Gauhati High Court Slaps 'Super 30' Founder Anand Kumar with Rs. 50,000 Fine

Guwahati, November 27, 2019:

The Gauhati High Court has slapped a fine of Rs. 50,000 on the Founder of Super 30 education programme, Anand Kumar for failing to appear in relation to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by four students of Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G).

The four IIT-G students charged the Super 30 founder with ‘cheating’. On November 19, the High Court had asked Kumar to appear on November 26. However, as he failed to be personally present in the Court, he has been fined with Rs. 50,000. The next hearing date for Kumar is November 28.

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A bench comprising Chief Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua has directed Kumar to appear before the court on the next date of hearing, as per sources.

It may be mentioned here that in 2018, the IIT-Guwahati students had filed the PIL citing that the Super 30 Founder has created a 'false impression' of aiding poor students with tuitions. They also alleged that a student had to churn out money to access the Super 30 programme that is run across Patna.

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The four students had enrolled for Kumar’s education programme but they were shifted to another coahing institute called Ramanujan School of Mathematics. They have been allegedly charged with Rs. 33,000 per head as coaching fees.

The Bollywood movie ‘Super 30’, starring Hrithik Roshan was based on Kumar’s work.

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