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Case Details

  • Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos. 7257‑7262/2026 arising from impugned final judgments dated 19‑Nov‑2024 (WPSB Nos. 451/2021, 196/2021, 197/2021) and 18‑Dec‑2025 (MCC Nos. 3/2024, 5/2024) passed by the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital.
  • Petitioners: Pankaj Dutt Kaushik & Ors.; Respondents: Gurukula Kangari Deemed University & Ors.
  • Court: Supreme Court of India; Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Satish Chandra Sharma.
  • Date of hearing: 21‑May‑2026; next listing ordered for 22‑Jul‑2026.

Order

1. Counter‑affidavit (if not already filed) to be filed within four weeks.

2. Any rejoinder affidavit to be filed before the next listing.

3. No further opportunity for filing will be granted.

4. Matter listed for hearing on 22‑Jul‑2026 (high up on the Board).

Counsel

  • Petitioners’ counsel: S S Yadav, Apurva Singh, Siddharth S. Chapalgaonkar, Sneha Sanjay Botwe, Akash Tripathi, Rupesh Kumar, Pankhuri Shrivastava, Neelam Sharma, Deepankar Kumar, Mukul, Siddhartha Patra.
  • Respondents’ counsel: Dr. Ajay Veer Pundir, Anu Gupta, V Elangovan, Aditya Mishra, Manoj Ranjan Sinha, Mrigank Prabhakar, Vishal Agarwal, Astha Singh.