Sikkim Manipal University vs Union Of India And Ors on 3 January, 2020
19. Following the above Judgment, Student Petitioners in
WP(C) No.08 of 2015 approached the Court as the degrees
issued by the Petitioner University was not recognised by the
Governments of Denmark and Australia where they intended to
pursue higher studies. The Single Bench of this Court observed
that ".......... factual and legal aspects of this case are the very
ones involved in WP(C) No.04 of 2013, in the matter of Sikkim
Manipal University vs. Indira Gandhi National Open University
and Others, .........." The Petitioners had undergone the courses
during the period when the DEP of the Respondent No.4
University was being run under valid recognition of the UGC and
the DEC. The case of the Petitioners, it was observed, would be
fully covered by the decision in WP(C) No.4 of 2013. It was
further observed in WP(C) No.08 of 2015 as follows;