The Supreme Court on Monday deferred hearing on a plea filed by Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar seeking the exclusion of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan from a panel tasked with recommending vice chancellors (VCs) for two state universities, deciding instead to await a report from former apex court judge Sudhanshu Dhulia.

The matter was mentioned by Attorney General R Venkataramani before a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan. The top law officer pressed for urgent hearing, warning that questions over who held the authority to appoint vice chancellors could complicate matters once the committee’s recommendations were made.

“I have a very small request. These applications should not be seen as obstructing any process of Justice Dhulia in this matter. But a subsequent orde

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