The University of Kerala is unlikely to heed Governor Arif Mohammed Khan’s direction to nominate a member to the search-cum-selection committee meant to identify the next Vice-Chancellor.
The university has received legal advice telling the institution to refrain from taking any immediate decision at a time when it is a party in multiple cases that are currently being heard by the Kerala High Court.
For one, the court stayed the Governor’s nomination of four students to the Senate. The university is also a respondent in a petition filed by economist Mary George, who sought the court’s direction in expediting the process of Vice-Chancellor appointments in nine universities in the State.
