India, June 28 -- The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) defended before the Bombay High Court its June 26 decision to slash the institution's "other fees" for the 2026-27 academic year by nearly 77% during the hearing on the fee structure dispute at Indian Law Society's (ILS) Law College.

The University justified the reduction by citing what it describes as a significant mismatch between the college's proposed student collections and its actual expenditure on several activities. According to documents placed before the Court on Thursday , the Fee Fixation Committee (FFC) found that multiple fee heads were disproportionate to the corresponding expenses incurred by the college.

One of the committee's key observations related to Moot...