Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to Subhash Chandra and nine others on a PIl filed by Prashant Bhishan alleging that Himgiri Zee University is running 29 off-campus study centres across 15 States without prior permission from the UGC.
The Petition has been filed against Mr Subhash Chandra in his capacity as the Patron of the University, the chancellor and other officials of the university & Zee learn limited. The State of Uttrakhand, the Central Vigilance Commissioner as well as the University Grants Commission (UGC) are also the respondents in the petition. It is being claimed in the petition that the activities are contrary to the provisions of UGC.
The students have prayed that investigation be conducted and appropriate legal action against them is required through a Writ of Mandamus to be issued to the State of Uttrakhand and Union of India.