The Haryana Assembly is amending the private universities law to strengthen its hold over the institutes

The Haryana Assembly on Monday (December 22, 2025) passed a bill to amend the Haryana Private Universities Act, 2006, laying down the procedure for dissolution of private varsities and appointment of an administrator and to ensure prior approval of the government for introduction of new courses.

The amendment comes in the wake of the Al Falah University controversy in Faridabad after several faculty members came under the scanner of the investigating authorities in connection with the Red Fort blast that killed at least 15 people. Delhi Police had registered two separate first information reports against Al-Falah University, following alerts from the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The FIRs were registered by the Crime Branch for cheating and forgery over alleged false accreditation claims of the university.

At the end of the three-day winter session, the State Assembly passed the Haryana Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to amend various provisions of the Haryana Private Universities Act, 2006.

After going through the various sections of the Haryana Private Universities Act, 2006, as amended from time to time, it has been found that several sections of the Act need to be amended to streamline the procedure, including Sections 34A, 34B, 44, 44A and 46, the statement of objects and reasons of the amendment Act said.

Articles 44 and 44A do not prescribe a procedure for the dissolution of the university and the appointment of an administrator in the university. “Accordingly, it should be amended and a new Article 44 B should be inserted to streamline the procedure for dissolution of the University and appointment of an Administrator to the University through an amendment. Further, the provisions of Article 46 should also be streamlined so that the provisions in public interest can be expanded and the same can be better clarified,” the statement said.

It further said that some universities had started new courses, increased existing intake and changed course nomenclature without prior approval of the state government by misusing sub-section (3) of section 34A. This section should be amended accordingly.

A proposal was made to enable the establishment of a new university namely “University of Design, Innovation and Technology” in Gurugram to improve higher education opportunities for the youth in the state.

Seven other bills were debated and passed on the last day of the session.