New Delhi, April 21 -- The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Centre for not rendering the required logistical assistance to a court-appointed committee in a matter concerning audit of private universities and issued notice of contempt to the Union education secretary Vineet Joshi observing that such conduct is an "affront" to the highest court. "Everybody is trying to delay because stakes in this matter are high," observed a bench of justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and NV Anjaria peeved by the inaction of the Centre to comply with a February order to provide a decent office space, support staff and other logistics to help a committee headed by RM Sharma, a former Indian Legal Service officer to examine affidavits filed by states, Union Te...