GUWAHATI: Meghalaya high court judge Justice SR Sen, who courted controversy with his observation that India should have been declared a Hindu nation at the time of Partition, last week came to the rescue of a man who lost his job for marrying into a different denomination of the Church.Dasuklang Kharjana had been working as an assistant teacher at the Kynshi Presbyterian Upper Primary School in Meghalaya since 2015. In July this year, his services were abruptly terminated with verbal orders. The reason — Kharjana, a Presbyterian, had married a Catholic.Since then, Kharjana started making the rounds of the school, seeking some clarity on how his marriage could be grounds for removal.With no clear response from the school administration, Kharjana moved the Meghalaya high court. On Thursday, the single-judge bench of Justice SR Sen expressed “anguish and displeasure” at the turn of events and ordered the school to reinstate Kharjana, clear his dues and pay him Rs 50,000 as compensation.“At the outset, I expressed my anguish and displeasure over the whole matter. No authority can stop inter-caste marriage or intersect marriage. It is purely a decision between the private party i.e. bride and groom to choose their life and their marriage is in no way connected with their service,” Justice Sen stated in his order.“After considering the arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the parties, I am really (in) shock that at this 21st century also we are going through such narrow outlook,” Justice Sen added.Kharjana had in his plea stated that making him resign was in “violation of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 14, 16, 19, 21, 25 and 26 of the Constitution of India”.