Overview

• Justice T. R. Ravi dismissed KS Anil Kumar’s writ petition challenging his suspension from Kerala University.
• The court directed Vice-Chancellor Kunnummal Mohanan to convene a Syndicate meeting to decide whether the suspension should continue.
• The Left-majority Syndicate said it will ask the Vice-Chancellor on Thursday to call the meeting.
• Anil Kumar was suspended on July 3 after he cancelled a June 25 seminar because a Bharat Mata portrait with a saffron flag was displayed while the Governor was on stage.
• A July 6 Syndicate resolution to revoke the suspension was not implemented, as the Vice-Chancellor kept the Registrar off duty and barred him from campus, underscoring an ongoing power struggle.