Vice Chancellors Of Nine Universities Challenge Governor AM Khan's Order In Kerala HC

Kerala High Court is to hold a special sitting today at 4 pm to consider the petitions

Kerala High Court.

Source : ANI

After Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condemned Governor's orders, Vice Chancellors of nine universities on Monday approached Kerala High Court challenging Governor Arif Mohammad Khan's order to tender resignations.

Kerala High Court will hold a special sitting today at 4 pm to consider the petitions, said news agency ANI, in a tweet.

Vice Chancellors of 9 Universities of Kerala approached the Kerala High Court challenging Governor Arif Mohammad Khan's order to tender resignations. Kerala High Court to hold a special sitting today at 4 pm to consider the petitions. https://t.co/8jnItvWXD4 pic.twitter.com/2kdiy1CtIw

— ANI (@ANI) October 24, 2022

Here is the list of Universities, whose Vice Chancellors were ordered to quit

  

Kerala CM Vijayan Lashes Out At Guv AM Khan

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday lashed out at Governor Arif Mohammed Khan for seeking resignation of vice chancellors of nine universities in the state.

Vijayan said the Governor has no such powers and accused him of acting against the Constitution and the essence of democracy. The Chief Minister alleged that the Governor's move was an encroachment on the powers of a democratically elected government, and the universities that are supposed to be academically independent.

A day after Khan kicked up a political storm seeking resignation of vice chancellors of nine varsities in the state, Vijayan said it was an unusual move and accused him of "waging war" with an intention to "destroy" the universities in the state.

"It was the Governor who appointed the VCs of these nine universities and if these appointments were made illegally, then the primary responsibility lies with the Governor himself," the Chief Minister said, adding that the chancellor has no authority to seek their resignations.

(With PTI inputs)