Seven Vice Chancellors approached the High Court against the show-cause notice issued by the Kerala Governor who is also the Chancellor of Universities. They sought to cancel the notice and contended that it is illegal.
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.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said that he would reign if the CM showed one example of political interference by him in the appointments of the Vice-Chancellor.
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.
As part of its central restructuring plans, the firm had asked its Trivandrum staff to consider the option of relocating to Bengaluru while some of its teams are consolidated for better efficiency.