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Plea against single judge's verdict admitted

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Kochi : A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday admitted an appeal filed against a single judge's verdict dismissing a writ petition challenging provisions of the Kerala High Court (Right to Information) Rules and Right to Information (Subordinate Courts and Tribunal) Rules 2006.

The appeal was admitted by the Bench comprising Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice K.T. Sankaran. The provisions of the rules prohibited giving information or documents relating to any judicial proceedings and policy matter. The appeal was filed by Human Rights Defence Forum general secretary D.B. Binu.

He alleged that the rules stipulated that appeals filed under the Right to Information Act be disposed of only within 30 days. This time frame was more than what had been provided in the Right to Information Act, 2005. The fee stipulated for filing appeal was also very high.

SSLC marks

The Government informed the Bench that candidates who needed marks awarded in the SSLC examination could obtain a certificate containing marks along with grade if they applied through their institutions or in person.

This information was contained in a statement filed by the Board of Public Examinations in response to a writ petition seeking to provide the marks along with the grades. The statement said that it was the policy decision of the Government to show only grades in the SSLC certificate. If a candidate wanted to know their marks for applying for higher education courses, marks would be furnished. In view of the statement, the Bench closed a writ petition.

Court declines stay

Justice S. Siri Jagan has declined to stay the eviction proceedings initiated against three resorts in Munnar. The judge refused to stay the proceedings when a writ petition filed by the three resort owners challenging the eviction notice came up.

Stay against eviction of college.

The Judge, however, stayed the Sulthan Bathery Tahasildar's notice given to the Principal, St. Mary's College in Sulthan Bathery, asking him to surrender the 25 acres of land.

According to the Principal, 36 acres of land taken on lease from the Government had been assigned to the management in 2006.

Writ plea filed

Director of the Kerala State Cooperative Hospital Complex and Centre for Advance Medical Services, Pariyaram, M.V. Raghavan filed a writ petition seeking to appoint a returning officer and also to fix the time, date and place of elections to the board.

According to him, the Registrar had refused to appoint a returning officer and fix the date, time and place of elections. The petition sought a direction to the respondents to ensure that the election was held before July 11, 2007.

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