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The Kerala High Court has closed a contempt plea filed by the Registrar of Kerala University against the university’s Vice-Chancellor (V-C), pursuing a petition by the former.
The High Court had earlier this twelvemonth sought the idiosyncratic quality of Vice-Chancellor Mohanan Kunnummal aft helium allegedly failed to instrumentality the assemblage Syndicate’s determination to reinstate K.S. Anilkumar arsenic Registrar. The directive had subsequently been deferred.
A Bench of Justice Viju Abraham closed the contempt plea connected June 2 , Tuesday, aft Mr. Anilkumar submitted that nary further orders were required successful the case.
The tribunal had earlier held that his quality would beryllium dispensed with, if the court’s directives were complied with. It held that the determination taken by the Syndicate to revoke the suspension and reinstate the Registrar would needfully beryllium binding connected the Vice-Chancellor and that helium would person to springiness effect to it, taxable to the powers of the Chancellor. Mr. Kunnummal had past submitted that the substance had been placed earlier the Chancellor and that a determination was awaited.
The Registrar was suspended connected July 2, 2025, pursuing a enactment implicit displaying a representation of Bharat Matha astatine an lawsuit successful the university’s Senate Hall. The Registrar subsequently approached the court, seeking an bid to quash his suspension and besides a directive to the V-C not to forestall him from discharging his duties.
