Alliance University row : HC directs civil court to decide suit within six months

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday directed the Bengaluru city civil and sessions court to decide the suit related to the dispute over management of Alliance University within six months.

Justice Raghvendra S. Chauhan, in his verdict on the correctness of certain interim orders passed by the civil court in applications filed in the suit, has said that although the fight appears to be between the university and others, the real fight is between two real brothers (Madhukar G. Angur and Sudhir G. Angur) over the management of the university.

Meanwhile, the High Court said, the real victims of this in-flight are the students, the faculty, and the staff of the University.

The High Court dismissed a petition filed by Madhukar, who was the first Chancellor of the University and had questioned the August 10, 2016 interim order of the civil court, which had prima facie held that he had no locus-standi to sue anyone on behalf of the university.

Also, the High Court did not find fault with the civil court's order of rejecting Madhukar's plea for grant of interim order for restraining Sudhir G Angur, who is presently the Chancellor of the University, from interfering in the affairs of the university.

Meanwhile, the High Court also set aside certain temporary injunction granted in favour of Sudhir and others.

While permitting both the sides to make amendments to the pleadings in the suit and applications before the civil court, the High Court asked them to cooperate before with civil court to bring the dispute over management to a speedy end.