Chennai, May 21 -- The Madras High Court on Wednesday evening ordered interim stay on the laws vesting the powers to the Tamil Nadu Government on appointment of Vice-Chancellors (VCs)
for state-run Universities.
On a petition filed by a BJP member from Tirunelveli contending that state government appointing
VCs contradicts UGC guidelines, a Division Bench comprising Mr Justices G R Swaminathan and
V Lakshmi Narayanan granted the interim stay while rejecting the Tamil Nadu government's submission on hearing the matter without giving time to file its reply.
Appearing for the State government, senior counsel and DMK Rajya Sabha MP P Wilson sought to know the need for taking up the matter urgently by the vacation Bench that too at 1800 hr...