Kochi: High Court action on petition of 15 members expelled by Kerala University Governor. The High Court prevented the Governor from nominating new members. He directed the court to produce the documents relating to the expulsion of the members and explained that the Governor had the right to examine the jurisdiction.
Earlier, the governor had withdrawn 15 senators from the university. As Chancellor, he withdrew the members nominated by him. The members who abstained from the Senate meeting were disqualified from proposing the Kerala University representative to the VC selection committee.
Members of the Left boycotted the Senedd meeting following the governor’s ultimatum to nominate a representative. Present in the 91 member Senedd was VC Mae Dr. VP There were only 13 people including Mahadevan Pillai. Following this, the governor took an extraordinary step.
At the same time, the governor had asked VC When the VC refused, the Raj Bhavan issued an order to expel him.
