Wait until Nov 17 for additional motion towards 10 VCs, Kerala HC to Governor

Kochi, Nov 8: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday advised Kerala Governor, and Chancellor, Arif Mohammed Khan, that until it disposes of the petition filed by 10 Vice Chancellors towards the present trigger discover issued by him towards them, he ought to take no additional motion.

The court docket posted the case for November 17, and mentioned that till then, he mustn’t take any motion.

As it witnessed heated arguments from counsel of Khan and the VCs, the court docket, at one level, intervened and mentioned there shouldn’t be any washing of soiled linen within the court docket.

It additionally identified to the VCs that in the event that they need to proceed, they’ve to stick to the instructions of the Chancellor.

Incidentally, Khan’s counsel knowledgeable that each one the ten VCs have replied to the present trigger discover and sought three days time for a reply to be filed.

After listening to each the perimeters, the court docket directed the Chancellor to not take any choice until the court docket disposes of the petition of the VCs.

This scenario arose, quickly after the Supreme Court, final month, put aside the appointment of the Vice Chancellor of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University, positioned within the state capital metropolis.

A bench of Justices M.R. Shah and C.T. Ravikumar had discovered that the search committee shaped to choose the VC was not correctly constituted and likewise that just one title was despatched to the Governor versus a listing of names as is required as per the UGC laws.

Latching on to it, Khan requested the Vice Chancellors of ten varied Universities to answer why motion shouldn’t be taken towards them.

Angry over the event, the Pinarayi Vijayan authorities strongly swung behind these VCs and gave the nod to them to method the Kerala High Court.

Seeing the gravity of the problem, the High Court additionally performed their accountability nicely and heard their plea on Diwali day.

After listening to the plea, then it held that the letter issued by the Governor, directing the VCs of all universities in Kerala to resign was now not legitimate for the reason that Governor himself later issued present trigger notices to them, asking them to answer.

Wait until Nov 17 for additional motion towards 10 VCs, Kerala HC to Governor IANS 08 November 2022 Post Your Comments

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