The committee will be headed by Suhas Pednekar, former Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University, while Prasad Karande, Registrar of Mumbai University, will serve as the Member Secretary

A special court on Thursday discharged Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal and three others in a 2016 alleged bribery case linked to the leasing of a Mumbai University plot. The court said criminal liability could not be based on an inference of “invisible support” without supporting evidence