Row over Calicut varsity notice to academic K.S. Madhavan yet to end
The Hindu
The row over the notice served by the University of Calicut on K.S. Madhavan, Associate Professor, Department of History, has not ended as yet. The authorities have not officially responded to his exp
The row over the notice served by the University of Calicut on K.S. Madhavan, Associate Professor, Department of History, has not ended as yet. The authorities have not officially responded to his explanation sent by mail. The university, however, claimed through a recent press release that the notice should not be misconstrued as an act of vengeance. It was just an attempt to protect its reputation, the authorities said. Mr. Madhavan, a well-known public intellectual having in-depth understanding on Dalit issues, had co-authored an article in the Malayalam newspaper Madhyamam with another academic P.K. Pokker on April 21, criticising the alleged violation of reservation policies in Kerala’s universities. The article had claimed that the National Commission for Scheduled Castes had sought a detailed report from the university on the “sabotage of reservation rules”.“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.