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Indias private universities under SC scanner: Centre, states and UGC asked to reveal how they are run

The Supreme Court has turned a students name-change dispute into a nationwide audit of private, non-government and deemed universities. It has directed the Centre, states, UTs and UGC to file personally signed affidavits revealing how these universities were set up, who controls them, what benefits they received and whether their no-profit claims match how money is actually used.