India, Nov. 30 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Kerala government for its "unwarranted interference" with the Governor's power to appoint the Vice Chancellor of Kannur University.

Quashing the re-appointment of Dr Gopinath Raveendran as the Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University by the state, the Court observed that it was made without any independent application of mind by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan in his capacity as Chancellor of the University.

Ravindran's re-appointment as the varsity V-C was made on November 23, 2021, for four years, by the Kerala government which was challenged before the Kerala high court by Premachandran Keezhoth and Shino P Jose- members of the Senate and Academic Council of Kannur University. The...