The Supreme Court of India told the Tamil Nadu state government and the state’s governor to work out their differences about who gets to be vice-chancellors at state universities.
This happened during a court hearing about a case that the Tamil Nadu government brought forward. The court said this because the state government led by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and the Governor R.N. Ravi haven’t been agreeing on how to pick and finalize these important people for the universities.
This disagreement between the government and the governor has stopped the process of choosing people for important jobs at the universities in Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court has given them until January 22nd to come to an agreement. The court wants to stop more delays and make sure things run smoothly at the state’s universities. The court got involved because the ongoing conflict has created a real problem for how universities are managed in Tamil Nadu.
The justices made it clear that if the government and the governor can’t agree the Supreme Court will step in to fix the problem itself. This shows the court is taking this very seriously and understands how bad this situation is for the universities. The state government filed the case with the court which shows how big the disagreement is between these two governing groups.