What is the great need for deemed universities: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday posed a query to the Centre as to what was the "great need" for deemed universities in the country. A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Mukundakam Sharma also asked the Centre whether any of the Indian deemed universities is having its branches in other countries of the world. "We would like to know whether you have this system of deemed universities of yours in other foreign countries also. What is the great need of the deemed universities?" the bench asked Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam. The bench posed the query while granting six more weeks to the Centre which has offered to submit a comprehensive report on the status of deemed universities in the country. The Solicitor General, who had earlier assured the bench that the report would be submitted by the first week of September, sought six more weeks time on the plea that the government-appointed T N Tandon committee was receiving representations and suggestions from various academic quartiers including the IITs faculty. At the earlier hearing, the apex court had asked the Centre whether there was any geniune need for deemed universities in the country. "Why should we need deemed universities at all? Do you think that we should abolish the status?" the bench had earlier asked the Centre. The Centre had responded by claiming that the Tandon Committee would examine this issue also. The apex court had asked the question while dealing with a PIL challenging the mushrooming of deemed universities in the country. The bench has sought details from the Centre as to how many universities have been granted deemed status from 2006 and how many proposals have been rejected.

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