Allahabad, Sept. 22 -- Taking cognisance of serious allegations of caste discrimination at Dr Rajendra Prasad National Law University, Prayagraj, the Allahabad High Court has ordered the constitution of two separate committees to probe the charges and re-evaluate a student's answer sheets.

A single bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar passed this order on a petition jointly filed by Shubhendu Anand, a PhD research scholar at the university, and a student in the fifth semester of the BA LLB (Hons) course residing in the boys' hostel.

The petition alleges that the Head of the Department of Law and the hostel warden abused their academic and administrative authority as a weapon for caste-based humiliation and retribution.

According to the petit...