In sealed cowl, West Bengal governor lists reasons for not agreeing to 17 vice-chancellors picks | India News

NEW DELHI: West Bengal Governor C V Anand Bose on Thursday handed over in a sealed cowl to Supreme Court the reasons why he refused to settle for the state authorities’s suggestions for appointment of vice-chancellors to 17 universities whereas agreeing with names for 19 different universities.Attorney basic R Venkataramani handed over the sealed cowl report for every of the 17 candidates really useful for universities by the Mamata Banerjee govt to a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh and mentioned the fabric ought to be perused by the bench.Justice Kant mentioned for the reason that panel of names had been shortlisted by former CJI U U Lalit, primarily based on which the state authorities had made suggestions, the courtroom would love Justice Lalit to scrutinise the fabric on the names really useful for appointment as vice-chancellors to the 17 universities.“It is possible that Justice Lalit may not have had the advantage of the material submitted now by the governor,” the bench mentioned and posted the matter for listening to on Friday to discover out the supply of Justice Lalit. The WB authorities by means of senior advocate Jaydeep Gupta mentioned the advice for the 17 main universities, together with Calcutta University and Jadavpur University, have been held up whereas names for the 19 smaller universities have been cleared.