Dehradun, April 16 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Nainital, 15 Apr: The Uttarakhand High Court today upheld the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, giving significant relief to the incumbent. A public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the appointment was dismissed after the Division Bench led by Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and also comprising Justice Subhash Upadhyay found the appointment to be in accordance with University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations and the Central Universities Act.

It may be recalled that the PIL had been filed by Professor Naveen Prakash Nautiyal, who had argued that the appointment violated provisions of the Central Universities Act, 2009, and the...