Kerala University Act, 1974

The Supreme Court examined whether an aided minority college could be bound by Section 57(3) of the Kerala University Act, which requires the principal to be appointed on a seniority‑cum‑fitness basis. The college, a minority institution, had appointed Rev. Daniel as principal, a decision challenged by senior lecturers…

Lily Kurian, the founding principal of St. Joseph's Training College for Women, was dismissed after an ex‑parte disciplinary enquiry and later reinstated by the Vice‑Chancellor, but the reinstatement was set aside by the Kerala High Court. The Kerala University Act, 1974 introduced Sections 60(7) and 61, allowing an ex…

The Kerala University Act, 1974, Calicut University Act, 1975 and Mahatma Gandhi University Act, 1985 empower the university Senate or Syndicate to frame statutes, but grant the State Government a one‑time power to make "First Statutes" under Section 83 (or Section 100 for Gandhi University). The appellants challenged …

The appellant, P. Gopinathan Pillai, was appointed Project Officer and later Assistant Director in the Centre for Adult Continuing Education and Extension (CACEE), a self‑financing centre administered by the University of Kerala. He claimed that, as a "teacher of the University" under the Kerala University Act, 1974, h…