Earlier, the State Government also approached the High Court seeking to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Eldhose Kunnappillil by the lower court in Thiruvananthapuram in the case of rape and attempt of murder.
Karnakata High Court retired judge Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi on Wednesday assumed charge as a Law Commission of India's Chairperson along with Justice K T Sankaran, Retired Judge, Kerala High Court as Member and M Karunanithi, Advocate, Madurai, Tamil Nadu as part-time member.
Cardinal George Alencherry, who went to the High Court to review a petition filed against him in a magistrate court, has been ordered to appear in person before the Magistrate Court, Kakkanad in a case relating to the illegal sale of land belonging to the Church.
This interim order came when the Court was considering the writ petitions filed by seven vice-chancellors against the show cause notice issued by the chancellor. They sought to cancel the notice and contended that it is illegal.
The Kerala government had requested the court to stay the appointment that was ordered by Kerala Governor Arif Muhammad Khan, chancellor of the state universities.
The Supreme Court was hearing Media One's plea challenging the Kerala High Court's order which upheld the order of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to revoke the license of the news channel.
The single bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran made the scathing observation while hearing a petition challenging Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan's decision to remove 15 members of the senate. The petition was filed by these 15 members.
The ruling by the Dvision bench came in response to an appeal by Justice Krishnakumar challenging the order by the high court single bench, dismissing his appeal against the transfer order. Earlier, the Division bench had stayed the transfer order.
After Kerala university failed to nominate anyone for the selection committee to appoint a Vice-Chancellor, High Court criticized the university and asked, "how can a university function without a Vice-Chancellor?"
State Government approached the Kerala High Court seeking to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Congress MLA Eldhose Kunnappillil by the lower court