The plea was filed by an organisation, Forum of Indian Legists stating that Singh was appointed to the VC post in violation of rules.
The counsel appearing for the petitioner cited a news report which said that only Singh’s name was sent to the visitor (President of India) for consideration.
The case was first taken up for hearing in the morning. The Bench asked the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General Vikramjit Banerjee about the panel of names sent to the President. Mehta the said that the government will file an affidavit on the same by lunch.
When the case came up for hearing in the post-lunch session, Mehta told the Court that an affidavit has been filed and it shows that five names were sent to the President.
The SG also argued that the petitioner has come to Court nearly two years after Singh’s appointment.
Source: Barandbench
