PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 29 -- The Allahabad high court has stayed further proceedings in a writ petition regarding caste discrimination allegations at Dr Rajendra Prasad National Law University, Prayagraj, questioning a single judge's order directing an inquiry by judicial officers.

The bench comprising Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Kunal Ravi Singh observed prima facie that allegations should be examined by the University's internal Equal Opportunity Cell rather than judicial officers.

In its order dated September 23, passed in Special Appeal filed by Dr Deepak Sharma, the division bench observed that when an Equal Opportunity Cell was available in the University and petitioners had prayed for an inquiry through that cell after excludi...