- 11 February 2026. 1. Issue notice, returnable on 19.03.2026. 2. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR, accepts notice on behalf of Union of India and the University Grants Commission.
- 20 August 2026. 1. The University Grants Commission (UGC) may file a comprehensive counter affidavit within four weeks unless, in light of the peculiar averments made in any of the petition(s), a separate counter affidavit is required to be filed. The soft copy of the said affidavit may be supplied to all the counsel for the petitione
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. Varun Chopra, Mr. Sandeepan Pathak, Mr. Rohin Oza, Mr. Rahul Gupta, Mr. Devesh Tripathi, Mr. Kartik Vashisht, Ms. Anasuya Choudhury, Mr. Kaustubh Seth, Mr. Mukeshwar Nath Dubey, Ms. Sudha Pradhan, Mr. Ajay Kumar, Mr. Shameen Yaser Advocates — Respondents: Mr. Tushar Mehta, Mr. Manoj Ranjan Sinha, Mr. Vishal Agrawal, Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, Mr. K.M. Nataraj, Ms. Madhulika Upadhyay, Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Mr. Raghav Sharma, Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Mr. Bhakti Vardhan Singh, Mr. Chandra Kant Sharma
