Supreme Court directs UGC and all regulators to issue public advisories on verifying educational institutions

12 October 2026

The Supreme Court has directed the University Grants Commission and all regulatory authorities to issue public advisories asking people to verify educational institutions before taking admission.
The direction was given by a bench of Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice NV Anjaria in its order of 9 October 2026 in Ayesha Jain v. Amity University, Noida and Others, and was reported on 12 October 2026.
The Court acted after taking note of a newspaper report, placed before it by Dr RM Sharma, whom it had nominated to assist in the matter, about a fake medical college operating from a dilapidated farmhouse in Mahmoodpur Nagaria village in the Etah district of Uttar Pradesh, which claimed to offer courses such as D Pharma, B Pharma and B Sc Nursing.
The Court recorded that local police had taken action against four persons in connection with the institution, and that an illiterate tea seller had been shown as its chairman.
The Court also directed the Central government to monitor compliance by the regulatory authorities, and recorded that the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary had ordered an independent inquiry in addition to the police investigation.
The case originated in a petition by Ayesha Jain against Amity University, Noida, over the handling of a change of her name in the university's records, and the Court later widened its scope to the establishment, regulation and functioning of private universities. The matter is to be heard next on 19 November.