Mauritius: Vishal Jaunky - "My fight is not just for myself but for meritocracy and justice."

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"'An examination of the respective experience, qualities as well as the required qualifications of the applicant and the co-respondent to meet the requirements of the criteria prescribed... confirms the manifest unreasonableness of the respondent's decision in selection and appointing the co-respondent to the post'.

According to the Supreme Court judges, choosing Praveena Cooshna to fill the post of lecturer at the Mauritius Institute of Education over Vishal Jaunky was "manifestly unreasonable and 'so outrageous in its defiance of logic' that no reasonable person could have reached a decision for appointing" her instead of him. Yet, the MIE is still turning a deaf ear to his calls for justice. We speak to Vishal Jaunky about this journey and the tribulations it entails.

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