Ayesha Jain v. Amity University, Noida & Ors.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 531/2025

AYESHA JAIN Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
AMITY UNIVERSITY, NOIDA & ORS. Respondent(s)

[ONLY IA NO. 296269/2026 IS LISTED UNDER THIS ITEM] [PART-HEARD BY: HON'BLE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH AND HON'BLE N.V. ANJARIA, JJ.] IA No. 296269/2026 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS

Date : 09-10-2026 This matter was called for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA

Appearances: For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Charu Mathur- 1642, AoR For Respondent(s) : Mr. Ashok K. Mahajan- 810, AoR Mr. Rajan Chawla, Adv. Mr. Gautam Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Shyam Singh, Adv. Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, A. S. G. Ms. Madhulika Upadhyay, AoR Mr. Kamal Digpaul, Adv. Mr. Arkaj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Karnik, Adv. Ms. Harshita Choubey, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A. S. G. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Shiivika Mehra, Adv. Mr. Shailendra Tiwary, Adv. Mr. Manoj Ranjan Sinha, Adv. Mr. Vishal Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AoR Ms. Sakshi Banga, Adv. Ms. Yerradoddi Charvi Reddy, Adv. (R-56: AICTE) Mr. Manoj Ranjan Sinha, Adv. Mr. Vishal Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AoR Ms. Sakshi Banga, Adv. Ms. Yerradoddi Charvi Reddy, Adv. Dr. N. Visakamurthy- 3411, AoR (R-3: UGC) Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan- 2054, AoR Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pitambar Acharya,, Advocate General Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AoR Ms. Shailja Singh, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Langar, AoR Ms. Pragya Baghel, Adv. Ms. Anushka Raghunath, Adv. Mr. Sujeet Kumar Chaubey, Adv. Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A. S. G. Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. A. A. G. Ms. Ruchira Goel- 2477, AoR Mr. Sharanya, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar- 2788, AoR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Ms. Akansha- 4029, AoR Ms. Anjali Saxena, Adv. Mr. Govind Sharma, Adv. Mr. Saanil Patnayak, Adv. Ms. Nimisha Menon- 4002, AoR (R-11 State of Assam) Mr. Samir Ali Khan- 1657, AoR Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Standing Counsel, Adv. Mr. Yashvardhan Shah, Adv. Mr. Aman Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Ravinder Kumar Yadav, AoR Mrs. Shirin Khajuria, Sr. Adv. Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, AoR Ms. Swati Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A. A. G. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AoR Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Raj, Adv. Mr. Gaj Singh Jaswal, Adv. Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv. (For R-16: State of Haryana) Mr. Vaibhav Srivastava, A. A. G. Ms. Sugandha Anand- 3167, AoR Mr. Md. Danish Azad, Adv. Mr. Chetan Anand Mohapatra, Adv. (R-17, State of Himachal Pradesh) Mr. Nishanth Patil, A. A. G. Mr. Sanchit Garga, AoR Mr. Awanish Gupta, Adv. Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv. Ms. Bhumi Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Diksha Arora, Adv. Mr. Vijender Kumar, Adv. Ms. Oorja Goel, Adv. Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AoR Mr. Manish Sindhwani, Adv. Mr. Lakshmi Sree P, Adv. Ms. Anna Oommen, Adv. Ms. Lebina Baby, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande- 3259, AoR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv. Mr. Lenin Singh Hijam, Advocate General Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar- 1593, AoR Mr. Karun Shamra, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. (For the State of Manipur) Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate General Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi- 2648, AoR Mr. Aditya S. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Z. H. Isaac Haiding, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv. Mr. T. K. Nayak, Adv. (For the State of Meghalaya) Mr. Anando Mukherjee- 2500, AoR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Anand, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AoR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Adv. (For the State of Nagaland) Mr. Maninderjit Singh Bedi, Advocate General Mr. Siddhant Sharma- 3228, AoR Mr. Gaurav Dhamma, Adv. Mr. Snehil Himanshu, Adv. Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, AoR (R-28 State of Tamil Nadu) Mr. Vikramjeet Banerjee, A.S.G. Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A. A. G. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal- 3577, AoR Mr. Kritin Sardana, Adv. (For the State of Rajasthan) Mr. Sameer Abhyankar- 2516, AoR Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan- 3896, AoR Ms. Devina Sehgal, AoR Mr. Yatharth Kansal, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy- 1672, AoR Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. (For the State of Tripura) Mr. Jatinder Kumar Sethi, D. A. G. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma- 2813, AoR Ms. Rachna Gandhi, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Adv. Mr. Uddyam Mukherjee, AoR Mr. Swapnil Pattanayak, Adv. Ms. Kratika Kushwaha, Adv. Ms. Meghna Nag, Adv. Mr. Piyush Beniwal, Adv. Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Mr. Ankit Ray, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal- 909, AoR (R-37 UT of Ladakh) Mr. Tushar Mehta (U. T Daman & Diu), Solicitor General Ms. Aishwarya Bhati (daman & Diu), A. S. G. Mr. Harish Pandey (U. T Daman & Diu)), Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal (aor), Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta (U. T Chandigarh)), Solicitor General Ms. Aishwarya Bhati (U. T Chandigarh)), A. S. G. Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey (U. T Chandigarh), Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal (aor) (U. T Chandigarh), Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta (U. T Ladakh)), Solicitor General Ms. Aishwarya Bhati (U. T Ladakh)), A. S. G. Mr. Mukul Singh (U. T Ladakhd), Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj (U. T Ladakh, Adv. Mr. Piyush Beriwal (U. T Ladakh), Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal (aor) (U. T Ladakh), Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta (U. T Lakshadweep)), Solicitor General Ms. Aishwarya Bhati (U. T Lakshadweep), A. S. G. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal (aor) (U. T Lakshadweep), Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta (U. T Andaman & Nicobar)), Solicitor General Ms. Aishwarya Bhati (U. T Andaman & Nicobar), A. S. G. Mr. Mukesh Kr. Verma (U. T Andaman & Nicobar), Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal (aor) (U. T Andaman & Nicobar)), Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AoR Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Aditi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S.- 2008, AoR Ms. Anika Bansal, Adv. Mr. Vansh Malik, Adv. M/S. Meharia & Company- 1536, AoR Mr. Amit Meharia, Adv. Ms. Tannishtha Singh, Adv. Mr. Abinash Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Sambhav, Adv. Mr. Vibhor Victor, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Roy, Adv. Ms. Priya S Bhalerao, Adv. (For R-42,43,44,45) Mr. Prateek Bhatia- 3289, AoR Mr. Dhawal Mohan, Adv. Mr. Vsr Krishna (indian Nursing Council), Adv. Mr. Arpit Shukla- 3012, AoR Mr. V Shashank Kumar, Adv. Ms. Vva Lakshmi, Adv. Ms. Divyshikha Singh, Adv. Mr. Alok Jain, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh- 2022, AoR Mr. Yatharth Singh, Adv. Mr. Divesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Arunima Dwivedi- 2226, AoR Ms. Himanshi Singh, Adv. Ms. Monalisha Pradhan, Adv. Mr. Suman Ghosh, Adv. (R-50: NCAHP) Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AoR Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Rai, Adv. Ms. Ankita Chaudhary, AoR Mr. Avnish Dave, Adv. Mr. Parmod Kumar Vishnoi, Adv. Mr. Devesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Chand Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ashish Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Ganesh Kumar Maliya, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh- 1942, AoR Mr. K Sai Teja, Adv. Mr. Rizwan Ahmad- 3316, AoR Mr. Shivam Yadav, Adv. Mr. Amir Kaleem, Adv. Mr. Ranjan Kumar, Adv. Intervenor-in-person, AoR Mr. Meenesh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Muhammad Maroof, Adv. M/s Dubey & Chandra Law Chambers- 3658, AoR Dr. N. Visakamurthy- 3411, AoR

O R D E R

Heard Dr. R. M. Sharma and Mr. K. M. Nataraj, learned ASG, appearing for the State of Uttar Pradesh.

2. IA No. 296269 of 2026 has been taken up. The same has been filed by Dr. R. M. Sharma i.e., the person nominated by the Court to assist with regard to the issue at hand relating to the functioning of educational institutions, including Schools and Colleges/Universities.

3. It has been brought to the notice of the Court that a report in the Indian Express Newspaper dated 01.09.2026 discloses that a fake Medical College was running from a farmhouse, which purportedly represents that it is running various courses including D.Pharma, B.Pharma, B.Sc. Nursing, DMLT, BMLT, BAMS, GNM and ANM. The said institution, from the report and the photograph brought on record, appears to be running from an old dilapidated 2/3 rooms structure, which is in the middle of a field, with no other structure appearing to be around it. The said building is also not maintained at all.

4. Based on the report, the local Police at Etah, in Mahmoodpur Nagaria Village in the District of Etah, appears to have taken action. The Police, on investigating the matter, have taken action against one Satender Kumar, who is said to be running the said institution, and also three other persons. One Bhagwan Das Singh Baghel, an illiterate tea seller, was shown as the Chairman of the institution, and upon being questioned, feigned ignorance about what was happening. However, he admitted that he regularly used to sign the College documents provided by Satender Kumar.

5. Mr. K.M. Nataraj, learned ASG, submits that the local Police have acted promptly in the matter and have proceeded with the investigation to a large extent, and the same shall also be taken to its logical conclusion without any undue delay and trial shall also be fast-tracked. He submits that the State has also taken serious note of it and shall not tolerate any such activity, which is totally against public interest.

6. We are also informed that besides the police probe, the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh has also ordered an independent inquiry into the issue. We find that the same was required and that the steps taken are in the public interest so that the entire fraud on society is exposed, and based on the said inquiry future guidelines can be issued by the UGC and all the regulatory bodies to prevent such incidents.

7. We appreciate the quick response and action taken by the State of Uttar Pradesh in the matter.

8. Learned counsel for the UGC submits that the moment a copy of the Interlocutory Application was served on its counsel, they have written to the Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, to examine the said matter. A copy of the letter has been produced before the Court and is taken on record. A suggestion has come from Mr. K.M. Nataraj, learned ASG, that the UGC, having come to know of such activity happening on the ground, may issue an advisory to all authorities/institutions, and especially to the public at large, not to take admission in or deal with institutions without first verifying the authenticity of such institutions.

9. We find the suggestion to be useful and accordingly, a direction is issued to the UGC and all the regulatory authorities to issue such public advisory to act accordingly.

10. On a query to Dr. R.M. Sharma with regard to the progress made by the Child Safety Monitoring Committee, as had been constituted by the High Court of Delhi, where the matter was pending at the relevant point of time and now stands transferred to this Court, he has filed a sealed cover report. Having gone through it, we refrain from dealing with the same or incorporating the communication; however; we indicate that the Committee, with effect from today Dr. R.M. Sharma is authorised to reconstitute the Committee, and the said Committee may have four other members in addition to the Chairman.

11. Accordingly, the matter be listed on the date earlier appointed i.e., 19.11.2026 at 2.00 p.m.

12. Ms. Archana Dave Pathak, learned ASG, who is appearing for the Union of India, shall communicate the order to all the regulatory bodies, in addition to the same being done by the learned counsel appearing for them in the present case. The Union of India is also directed to monitor that these directions are duly complied with the said Regulatory Authorities.

13. The report submitted by Dr. R.M. Sharma, be resealed and kept on record.

(SACHIN KUMAR SRIVASTAVA) COURT MASTER (SH)
(ANJALI PANWAR) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR