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Wednesday, Mar 30, 2005

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B.Ed. colleges: Government decision upheld

By Our Staff Reporter

KOCHI, MARCH 29. A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court today dismissed a batch of writ petitions challenging the Government decision to grant no-objection certificates to as many as 75 institutions for starting self-financing B.Ed. colleges in the State for 2004-05.

The Bench comprising Justice M. Ramachandran and Justice K. P. Balachandran upheld the Government decision while dismissing a batch of writ petitions filed by various institutions, which were denied the certificates. The petitioners had contended that the instructions which did not have any infrastructure facilities had figured in the life of B.Ed. colleges. The court also dismissed two writ appeals filed against a single judge's verdict directing the Government to select 75 institutions on the basis of their relative merits from among the 200-odd applications.

Ban on groundwater use

A Bench comprising the Acting Chief Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan and Justice K. Balakrishnan Nair admitted a writ petition seeking a direction to the State Government to issue orders restraining the industrial establishments in Palakkad district from drawing groundwater for their commercial activities till the water scarcity experienced by the district was subsided.

The notice was also issued to the respondent including as many as 26 industrial units. The petition filed by the People's Forum for Natural Justice Secretary, Gokul Prasad, also sought a direction to the Executive Director, Centre for Water Resource Development and Management (CWRDM), to fix the optimum groundwater to be drawn by these establishments for their commercial use.

Acquittal

A Bench comprising Justice J. B. Koshy and Justice M. Sasidharan Nambiar today set aside the Manjeri Sessions Court's verdict sentencing V. K. Venugopal, former manager of the Satyanilayam Estate, on charges of murdering Major Nicholas, cousin of the estate owner, Miss Fredrike. The prosecution case was that due to previous enmity, the accused had doused petrol and set ablaze Nicholas while he was fast asleep. The bungalow where he slept was also completely burnt down in the fire. The incident happened in April 25, 1992.

Lottery case adjourned

The Bench adjourned to April 4 the writ petition seeking a CBI probe into the conduct of online lottery business and the tax evasion committed by various online lottery agencies in the State. The petition, filed by an organisation called Wave of Law, Kochi, also sought a directive to the State Government to prosecute those who were found involved in the tax evasion. When the petition came up, the Government pleader was asked to get instruction in the case from the Government.

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