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The Supreme Court connected Friday (May 8, 2026) asked the West Bengal governor, R.N. Ravi, to name vice chancellors to 3 authorities universities from the names shortlisted by a search-cum-selection committee headed by erstwhile CJI U.U. Lalit.
With the apical court's order, the festering quality betwixt the governor, who is besides the chancellor, and erstwhile main curate Mamata Banerjee implicit the assignment of VCs successful 36 state-aided universities came to an end.
A seat comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi expressed restitution implicit the improvement and recorded its appreciation for the efforts enactment successful by erstwhile CJI Lalit, Attorney General R. Venkataramani, appearing for the bureau of governor, and elder advocator Jaideep Gupta, who represented the authorities government, successful solution of the dispute.
The CJI said, aft decision of procedural formalities, the 3 shortlisted persons volition beryllium appointed arsenic the VCs of the 3 remaining universities — North Bengal University, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, and Netaji Subhash Open University — wrong 4 weeks.
The seat past disposed of the plea filed by the West Bengal authorities successful 2023.
The quality was going connected betwixt the politician and Banerjee implicit the assignment of VCs successful 36 state-aided universities.
In a bid to extremity the tussle betwixt the 2 apical law functionaries successful the state, the apex tribunal had connected July 8, 2024, constituted the search-cum-selection committee headed by erstwhile CJI Lalit to oversee the appointments.
It had sought a effect from the governor's bureau connected the plea alleging inaction successful giving assent to the West Bengal Universities (Amendment) Bill 2022, which was passed by the authorities legislature successful June 2022.
The West Bengal assembly had successful 2022 passed a measure to regenerate the politician with the main curate arsenic the chancellor of each the state-run universities.
The tribunal had past issued a announcement to the main caput to the politician and the Centre seeking their replies.
