UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION VS. PRIYA VARGHESE on 28 October 2026

ITEM NO.17 COURT NO.9 SECTION XI-B

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 15816/2023

[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 22-06-2023

in WA No. 27/2023 passed by the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam]

UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

PRIYA VARGHESE & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 164272/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL

DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

WITH

SLP(C) No. 16139/2023 (XI-B)

(IA No. 144541/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED

JUDGMENT)

Date : 28-10-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN

For Petitioner(s) :Mr. PN Ravindran, Sr. Adv.

Mr. George Poonthottam, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod- 3284, AOR

Mr. Dileep Pillai, Adv.

Mr. Kannan Gopal Vinod, Adv.

Mr. K.M.Natraj, A.S.G.

Mr. Manoj Ranjan Sinha, Adv.

Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv.

Mr. Vishal Agrawal, Adv.

Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal- 1350, AOR

For Respondent(s) : Mr. K Parameshwar, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR

Mr. Subhash Chandran K R, Adv.

Mr. John Thomas Arakal, Adv.

Mr. Shanes Methar, Adv.

Mr. Pranay Sarathi, Adv.

Mr. Pranay Sarthi, Adv.

Mr. Badri Venkata Reddy, Adv.

Mr. Anirudh K P, Adv.

Digitally signed by

SACHIN

Date: 2026.10.28

17:24:23 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

Mr. P.N Ravindran, Sr. Adv.

Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR

Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv.

Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv.

Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv.

Mr. Kamal Kant, Adv.

Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv.

Mr. Venkita Subramoniam T.R- 1904, AOR

Mr. Nikhil Goel, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR

Ms. Naveen Goel, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Koshy Roy, Adv.

Ms. Anna Oommen, Adv.

Ms. Lebina Baby, Adv.

Mr. Ramesh Babu M.R., Sr. Adv.

Mr. James P. Thomas- 2398, AOR

Mr. Ravi Sagar, Adv.

Ms. Glorina George, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following