Inside the PIL challenging Chandigarh’s unencrypted admissions portal

A public interest litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Raja Vikrant Sharma on June 23 states that Chandigarh’s Directorate of Higher Education (DHE) e-Admission portal was functioning without SSL/HTTPS encryption, requiring applicants to submit sensitive information, including bank details, Aadhaar numbers, and biometric data, over an insecure and unencrypted system. Screenshot of portal: http://spicindia.com dated February 10, 2026, showing the website without HTTPS/SSL encryption.