Kerala HC dismisses appeal against Kannur VC re-appointment

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal against a single judge order upholding the re-appointment of Gopinath Ravindran as the Vice Chancellor (VC) of Kannur University.

A bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly rejected the plea moved by a member each from the varsity's Senate and Academic Council against the single judge's order of December 15 last year. Senior government pleader V Manu, who appeared for the state in the matter, confirmed dismissal of the appeal.

The judgment is yet to be made available. wThe December 15, 2021 order had come on the same petitioners' plea seeking quashing of a November 23, 2021 notification by which Ravindran was re-appointed as the VC. While rejecting the plea, the single judge had said that there was no violation of any statutory provision in the re-appointment of Ravindran as the VC.