Overview

• A bench of Justices J. K. Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi declined to entertain the plea challenging the selection.
• The order leaves Professor Naima Khatoon in office as AMU’s first woman vice-chancellor.
• Professors Muzaffar Uruj Rabbani and Faizan Mustafa argued that Mohd. Gulrez, then officiating VC and her husband, presided over the Executive Council and University Court when her name was recommended to the Visitor.
• The Allahabad High Court had earlier found no fault with the appointment process.
• Justice K. Vinod Chandran previously recused from an earlier bench; Kapil Sibal and Nizam Pasha represented the petitioners, and ASG Aishwarya Bhati defended the appointment.