- (1.) The petition has been filed in public interest by four students of Law, two of them from the University of Allahabad, one from Gujarat National Law University and another from Christ University, Bangalore. All the students are working as Interns with the Human Rights Law Network.
(2.) Aligarh Muslim University (University), which is spread over 467.6 hectares in the city of Aligarh, offers more than three hundred courses in conventional and modern branches of education.
(3.) The grievance emanates from articles which were published in the city editions of the Indian Express, The Times of India and The Hindu on 12 November 2014. These news articles attributed to the Vice Chancellor a decision not to allow access to undergraduate women students to the main library situated in the campus of the University. The news article in The Times of India attributes a statement to the Vice Chancellor, the third respondent, that the main library at the University campus is over crowded, which led to the decision.;