Delhi HC, vide a recent Order dated 11 February 2016, directed the Secretary, Department of Higher Education, MoHRD, to “ensure that the Chairman of the Copyright Board is appointed within a period of twelve weeks.” Further, “In the event, the appointment process is not completed within the stipulated period, the Secretary, Department of Higher Education, MoHRD shall be personally present in Court on the next date of hearing.” [For the background, see this and this.]
Significantly, the Court observed that the affidavit filed by the UoI did not “disclose as to what steps have been taken post 30th March 2015.”