New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Kerala government for its "unwarranted interference" in the governor's power to appoint vice chancellor and quashed the reappointment of Gopinath Ravindran as the V-C of Kannur University. A bench headed by chief justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud also slammed governor Arif Mohammed Khan, saying he did not independently apply his mind in his capacity as the chancellor of the university.
Ravindran was reappointed as V-C for a period of four years through a notification issued on November 23, 2021. It was challenged before Kerala high court, which on February 23 last year turned down the petition filed by Premachandran Keezhoth and Shino P Jose, both members of the...