Overview
- A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi set aside the May 2025 vacation-bench stay on procedural grounds.
- The case returns to the Madras High Court to be listed before the Chief Justice or another appropriate bench for a full hearing.
- Tamil Nadu assured it will not appoint Vice-Chancellors until the High Court rules, and the Supreme Court recorded this commitment.
- The Supreme Court expressed no view on the constitutional merits and said its order should not be read as a reflection on the division bench that granted the stay.
- The stayed amendments transfer Vice-Chancellor appointment power from the Governor to the state government, after a PIL by K. Venkatachalapthy Kutty led to the High Court’s interim order.