Amid the annual budgetary senate meeting at Mumbai University, senate member Sheetal Devrukhakar-Sheth proposed conferring an honorary DLitt degree on late freedom fighter Swatantrya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

Several members of the senate, including those from the Yuva Sena, supported the proposal during the meeting. However, members of the Bombay University and College Teachers’ Union (BUCTU) remained resistant to the notion.