The Governor said that the universities did not provide their representatives to the search committees despite repeated requests and therefore he proceeded further in the matter to perform his responsibility as the Chancellor of the universities in the state.
A single bench of Justice Muhammad Niaz annulled the nomination of four student representatives to the Senate, rejecting Khan's argument that he could make appointments to the Senate at his own discretion as he is the Chancellor of the varsity.
The police have removed the banners put up by SFI activists in Calicut University campus against Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Sunday after the dramatic incidents.
In an interview given to New Indian Express, the Kerala governor said the UCC should be implemented because the existing legal arrangement violates both the fundamental right of equality before law and equal protection of laws.
The hijab row erupted in the country in January 2022 when the Government PU College in Udupi allegedly barred six girls wearing the hijab from entering.
The Governor maintained that the post of chancellor was not a favour bestowed by the state government, but as per a consensus at the national level.
Responding to the protests march staged by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) workers against his recent actions against vice-chancellors, Arif Mohammad Khan said everybody has the right to protest, protests are democratic, but nobody can threaten or intimidate him with such actions
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Wednesday has written to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, demanding the removal of Finance Minister KN Balagopal over recent remarks at a university, which he said were "seditious".
Stating that the chancellor cannot ask the vice-chancellors to resign based on the verdict of the Supreme Court, CM Vijayan said the orders of the apex court are applicable only to the vice-chancellor of the Kerala Technological University (KTU).
Raj Bhavan sources said the Governor has initiated this extraordinary move as his repeated directions to hold a Senate meeting and provide a nominee of the senate to the search committee for selection of Vice-Chancellor went unheeded.
