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LDF demands ban on sale of Pepsi, Coca Cola in Kerala
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Ban on online lotteries to stay
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Central Bank staff to strike work on August 10, 11
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DIC(K) to pursue a policy of equidistance from fronts
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Making vocational education a popular career choice
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Ram Gopal Varma, Ilayaraja team up again
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Infopark development to be complete by 2008
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Kerala’s Smart City project back on track?
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Church tells Catholics to have more babies
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Ban on child labour welcomed
LDF demands ban on sale of Pepsi, Coca Cola in Kerala
Taking a serious note of the new findings on the high-level of pesticide residues in Pepsi and Coca Cola, the Left Democratic Front in Kerala today demanded that the Government ban the sale of these soft drinks in the state.
''The sale of Pepsi, Coca Cola and all other products of the two multinational companies' should be banned in the state with immediate effect in the wake of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) report of high-level of pesticides in these soft drinks,'' LDF Convener Vaikom Viswam told reporters after the Front's meeting here.
When asked if only a ban on sales was now being demanded or the closure of the companies' plants, he said the government should decide on it after taking into account all the aspects.
The LDF was of the opinion that a company which sold killer pesticides should not be tolerated in the state even if it meant closure of the companies, he added.
To a question if the mineral water sold by these companies should also be banned, Mr Viswam said steps could be taken in that direction if it were found to be harmful.
Replying to a question whether awareness should have been created rather than demanding a ban, the convener said people in Kerala were already aware of it. The level of pesticide residuals in the soft drinks had been proved scientifically many times and in such a situation, a ban was the need of the hour, he added.
On the Self Financing Professional colleges issue, Mr Viswam said discussions with the self-financing medical and engineering college managements for an out-of-court settlement on the issue would continue. The LDF had not shut the doors for discussions with the college managements and a consensus would be arrived at, he said.
On reports of differences in the CPI and RSP, the two constituents in the Front, on the discussions with the college managements, he said there were no differences and the Front had unanimously taken such a decision.
Ban on online lotteries to stay
Apex court refuses to stay High Court judgment
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the operation of a Kerala High Court judgment upholding the ban of online lotteries in the State.
A Bench of Justice Ashok Bhan and Justice Markandey Katju declined the stay, while hearing special leave petitions filed by All Kerala Online Lottery Dealers Association, the State of Sikkim and others questioning the ban.
The Bench observed: "Lottery is an evil. It is nothing but gambling and several poor labourers had committed suicide. The ban must continue."
The Bench issued notice to Kerala and other respondents and asked them to respond within four weeks and rejoinder if any in two weeks thereafter.
Initially, the Kerala Government banned all lotteries in January 2005. In April 2005, the order modified the notification that the prohibition on online lotteries would continue but sale of paper lotteries conducted by the States, including Kerala would be permitted. Both a single Judge and a Division Bench of the High Court upheld such a ban. The present appeals are directed against this judgment, dated May 23.
The petitioners contended that the State did not have legislative competence to ban online lotteries alone while permitting sale of paper lotteries. They said the impugned notification apart from being violative of Article 14 of the Constitution was contrary to the scheme of the Lotteries Regulation Act (LRA), 1998 and the judgment of the apex court.
They said that the finding of the High Court that there was a marked distinction between online lottery and paper lottery and hence banning one and continuing the other could not be termed discriminatory was contrary to the very scheme of the LRA. It must be noted that the LRA contemplated only one class of lotteries and the Legislature in its wisdom had brought within its purview all kinds of lotteries without any distinction.
They contended that if there was any violation, the State concerned should complain to the Union Government and it could not take action on its own. The High Court had committed an error in upholding the ban, they said and sought a directive to quash the impugned judgment and an interim stay of its operation.
Central Bank staff to strike work on August 10, 11
KOCHI: The United Forum of Central Bank Unions, an umbrella organisation of trade unions of Central Bank, will strike work on August 10 and 11 against the "anti-labour" policies of the bank management.
"The new management of the bank is attempting to do away with bilateralism that existed in the bank for the past 50 years and implement its decisions without consulting the trade unions," said N.S. Ravindranathan, forum leader.
There has been an "unpardonable" delay in disbursing the pension benefits to employees. The management has also been denying the dying in harness benefits to the dependents of employees. The management is also reluctant to confirm the service of several casual labourers, who have been serving the bank on contract basis for years together, he said.
Mr. Ravindranathan alleged that the management was attempting to transfer trade union leaders violating the agreements that were earlier entered into between the bank and the unions.
"If the management refuses to correct its wrong policies, the employees will be forced to go in for an indefinite strike," he cautioned.
Forum leaders P.J. Joseph and D. John were also present at the press conference.
DIC(K) to pursue a policy of equidistance from fronts
No question of merging with other parties, says Murali
PATHANAMTHITTA: The Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) has decided to follow an equidistance policy towards the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), according to party president K. Muraleedharan.
Briefing presspersons on the resolutions adopted at a two-day DIC(K) State camp at Charalkunnu on Sunday, Mr. Muraleedharan said the party would keep its political options open and would join hands with parties with a democratic, secular and progressive outlook.
Mr. Muraleedharan said the DIC(K) would keep its independent identity adding that there was no question of the party merging with any other party.
Mr. Muraleedharan said there was no rift in the DIC(K).
Rumours of T.M. Jacob and others quitting the party were baseless.
Mr Jacob was the one who made the reply speech at a debate on the party's political resolution on Sunday afternoon.
Mr Jacob himself had told the delegates that Johnny Nellore had to leave the camp on Saturday evening following the death of a close relative, he added.
Mr. Muraleedharan said the DIC(K) camp had decided to undertake the responsibility of a creative Opposition and fight for the cause of the common man and the development of the State.
He said the DIC(K) would join hands with like-minded parties on the election front in future in the larger interests of the State.
Addressing the delegates, the senior leader K. Karunakaran said the party would take a decision on its future course of action at a leadership meet to be held in Ernakulam on November 19.
Participating in the debate on the political resolution in the forenoon, many delegates criticised the party leadership's decision to join hands with the Congress and the UDF in the Assembly elections.
Mangat Rajendran, one of the 13 central committee members of the Democratic Indira Congress-Karunakaran (DIC-K), said that he was stepping down from the party.
Mr. Rajendran told The Hindu that he was dejected with the manner in which party president K. Muraleedharan was handling its affairs.
As a result, it was unable to maintain even the decorum of a political party.
Mistakes were being repeated. The party was not even prepared to correct itself in spite of realising that mistakes had been committed. Mr. Muraleedharan's ideas are retrograde and largely selfish, he added.
Making vocational education a popular career choice
Director of the Department of Vocational Higher Secondary Education Sajith Vijayaraghavan proposes vocational education as an antidote for the unemployment problem in the State. He tells Sangeeth Kurian that by identifying suitable talent for vocational training, the unemployment crisis can be solved by 50 per cent in the next one or two decades.
Sajith Vijayaraghavan is a man on a mission. Though only 18 months into his job as the director of the Department of Vocational Higher Secondary Education, this former director of the Kerala State Science and Technology Museum has sought to infuse an element of dynamism into the department with his style of functioning.
Recognition too has come calling; the latest being a national award from the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for the best promoter in the field of job-oriented education. In a chat with The Hindu , Mr. Vijayaraghavan proposed vocational education as an antidote for the unemployment problem in the State.
Mr. Vijayaraghavan defines vocational education as one that addresses career preparation through practical and applied learning. "This means the students learn through a combination of classroom and experiential learning or in other words, learning by doing," he said. There are currently around 27,000 students in 1,000 batches for the 42 courses offered by the department. Production-cum-Training Centres (PTCs) have been started in all the VHSE schools in the State where children manufacture products related to their course of study.
Mr. Vijayaraghavan admits that getting recognition for the VHSE courses from the Association of Indian Universities was perhaps the toughest part of his job. "It took me nearly eight months of sustained follow-up to gain the recognition." Today, a vocational higher secondary course has gained equivalency with the regular Plus Two course and students who wish to go for higher education can pursue the career of their choice anywhere in the country, he says.
The State needs cutting-edge technology and equipment to cope with technological changes that are taking place elsewhere in the world, the VHSE director says. "Now our students are at a disadvantage when they go abroad for a job. This should change," he says.
Mr. Vijayaraghavan points out that by identifying suitable talent for vocational training, the unemployment crisis in the State can be solved by 50 per cent in the next one or two decades. The teachers should play a proactive role in spotting the talent at the school level itself.
The VHSE director believes that students should identify their talents instead of leaving the job to their parents.
Ram Gopal Varma, Ilayaraja team up again
By Subhash K. Jha, Mumbai: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is once again teaming up with music maestro Ilayaraja.
"Call it nostalgia, but I did want Ilayaraja back in my cinema," says Varma, who will work with the southern composer after 17 years.
The filmmaker, who is currently in Bangkok shooting two songs with actors Mohit Ahlawat and Nisha Kothari, is making a film called "Shiva" for the second time.
"I like to experiment with the sound of music in my films. When I decided to do 'Shiva' again, I thought of Ilayaraja who is extremely talented," Varma told IANS.
Varma has worked with music composers R.D. Burman in "Drohee", Vishal Bharadwaj in "Satya", Sandeep Chowta in "Mast" and Amar Mohile in "Naach".
Ilayaraja, whose Hindi contributions include the films "Sadma" and "Hey Ram", is yet to secure a foothold in Bollywood.
"You have to see how outstandingly modern Ilayaraja's music is in 'Shiva'. The songs we are currently shooting in Bangkok just leave us all breathless," says Varma.
However, he insists, "I never go by saleability. If I'm working with Ilayaraja in 'Shiva', I'm also working with Himesh Reshammiya in 'Sholay'. It all depends on the suitability.
"For 'Sholay', I wanted a composer who could give a new twist to the time-tested classic. Of course, my starting point for Himesh's selection was his nasal voice. I thought it would be perfect for him to sing 'Mehbooba o mehbooba'."
Infopark development to be complete by 2008
KOCHI: Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today said several major companies were keen to invest in the Information Technology infrastructure in Kochi and added that the government-developed Infopark here will be fully ready by 2008.
Talking to reporters after visiting the Infopark campus, Mr Achuthanandan reiterated that there was no question of handing over the 90 acre Infopark to the Dubai Internet City (DIC) for its proposed 'Smart City' IT park in Kochi.
Referring to the talks, going on in Thiruvananthapuram today between the state government officials and a DIC team, the chief minister declared ''Infopark is not a topic of discussion at the talks''.
As the leader of the opposition, Mr Achuthanandan had vehemently opposed the then Oommen Chandy government's proposed move to hand over the Infopark to the DIC for the 'Smart City'. He had also criticised the DIC demand that the government should not allow any other IT park to come up in Kochi.
Declaring that other companies were welcome to invest in IT infrastructure in Kochi, Mr Achuthanandan said several major companies were keen to come to Kochi. Earlier, during his nearly half-hour visit to the Infopark, the chief minister was given a briefing about the park's ongoing development projects by senior technical advisor K Kurian.
He also visited the 'Thapasya' and 'Vismaya' complexes in the Infopark and spoke to officials of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which was operating from the Vismaya building. Infopark officials told UNI that TCS had asked for 50 acres of land to develop its own campus in the Infopark.
Among the ongoing development projects at the park are WIPRO campus, spread over 25 acres, and a Larsen and Toubro building 'Tejomaya' being constructed in 4.5 acres.
Another 250 acres of land was also proposed to be acquired for further development of the park, officials said. ''The chief minister expressed satisfaction at our development programmes and indicated that the government was keen to further expand it,'' they added.
Kerala’s Smart City project back on track?
Thiruvananthapuram - Kerala’s dream Smart City IT project in Kochi could finally become a reality with talks Friday between the state government and its Dubai promoters for the Rs.15 billion ($322 million) deal making some headway.
After the day-long talks, Fareed Adul Rahman of the Dubai Internet City (DIC), said that the talks were on the right track.
‘We are optimistic about what has happened today, and it is going in the right direction,’ said Rahman, who is leading the DIC team at the talks.
Sheila Thomas, secretary to Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, who is heading the home delegation, said that matters looked ‘bright’ after the talks.
‘The Smart City project at Kochi could be a reality,’ said Thomas.
According to reports, DIC has made a climb-down from its earlier inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government, and was not going to insist that the existing Infopark at Kochi be transferred to DIC.
A clearer picture is likely to emerge Saturday when the DIC team is expected to meet Achuthanandan.
The project, a joint venture between Dubai Internet City and the Kerala government, ran into trouble last October when Achuthanandan, who was then in the opposition, had vociferously had opposed it.
The MoU for the mega project was signed by the then state chief secretary P. Mohandas and the DIC team, represented by Ahmed Bin-Bayathu, director general of Dubai Technology, Electronics, Commerce, and Media Zone Authority (Tecom), in the presence of former chief minister Oommen Chandy.
Achuthanandan had then opposed some of the contentious terms of proposal - handing over of Infopark at the cost of Rs.1.09 billion ($22.83 million), selling 136 acres to DIC at the rate of Rs.2.64 million ($602,189) per acre and handing over another 100 acres on a 99-year lease free of cost.
Despite the Kerala High Court asking the former chief minister Chandy to go ahead with the deal in April, the project could not take off.
With Achuthanandan now at the helm, it seems that the talks will have to begin from scratch.
The DIC team is likely to meet the chief minister on Saturday.
The DIC team consists of four members led by Deepak Padmanabhan. The Kerala team is represented by Sheila Thomas, secretary to Achuthanandan, and two others.
The talks for the project first began two years ago when A.K. Antony was the chief minister and P.K. Kunhalikutty the IT minister.
Achuthanandan told reporters that he was firm on his earlier stand.
‘Infopark will not be handed over for the project,’ he told reporters Friday.
‘By 2008, the Infopark campus would employ 25,000 people. Infosys and several other companies have approached us for space and we are prepared to look into their request and give them land,’ he said.
If Achuthanandan succeeds in keeping the DIC on board on his terms he would emerge the winner.
If not, it will be the same old story for Kerala - two steps forward and one bac
kward when it comes to private investment.
Church tells Catholics to have more babies
New Delhi: Roman Catholic leaders in southern Indian are urging their followers to have more babies because of the dwindling percentage of Catholics in the region.
In a letter to Catholics, Cardinal Mar Varkey Vithayathil of Kerala wrote that members of the community need to "lead a life rooted in Christian values and beliefs".
Using language that sounded almost Biblical, the letter said "there has been a growing feeling that children are a nuisance to pleasurable life. Even those who have the resources do not beget for selfish reasons". In short, have as many children as you can afford.
Kerala is home to about 31 million, and the percentage of Christians in the state has declined to 19 per cent from 22 per cent between 1991 and 2001, when the last census was conducted.
Ban on child labour welcomed
Ban to be enforced from October 10; call to implement right to education
KOCHI: Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL), a nationwide alliance of organisations and individuals campaigning for eradication of child labour from all sectors, welcomed the ban on employment of children as domestic help and as workers in hotels.
The ban, which would come into effect from October 10 this year, would rescue thousands of children employed in hotels and households.
It would also support the implementation of the fundamental right to education.
A statement issued by M.P. Antoni, State convener of CACL, said the campaign should be for a legislation for free and compulsory education pending in Parliament for the last three years.
CACL had raised the demand for such a ban on employment of children in all sectors in 1997. A specific campaign was launched to include employment of children at homes and hotels following many reported cases of torture, abuse and even murder of children.
While the Labour Ministry's ban involves children up to 14 years, the CACL would now take up campaign for prohibition of employment of children up to 18 years in all sectors.
Children are employed because they can be easily exploited and have no knowledge of their rights or the strength to resist hard demands put forward by the employers, said the statement.
Mixed response to hike in lending rates
Bankers do not see any immediate effect
KOCHI: The hike in interest rates on advances given by banks, consequent upon the increase in short-term lending rates by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to the banks, has generated mixed reactions in the banking sector. Several bankers do not see any immediate impact on the volume of business. Nevertheless, there are a few who feel that the trend will produce negative results.
There are several banks that are yet to announce hike in the interest rates despite the latest increase in lending rates by the RBI. The hike in the interest rate might not make much impact in the market in general, Babu V. Mathew, Zonal Manager of a public sector bank, said. The increase in the rates applicable to deposits may attract more money to the banks.
The deposits in banks have been considered as a safe investment. The higher interest rates will add to the attractiveness of the deposits. The benefit that could be derived from tax exemption allocated to long-term deposits would be an added advantage.
The marginal rise in interest on housing loans may be absorbed by the market in the long run. There may be hesitation among a few customers in availing of housing loans, but as there are little options the scene would be more or less the same eventually, he said.
U.N. Chandrasekharan, a top executive of a public sector bank, said the bank continues to extend loans at low rates under various categories. Short-term loans to farmers are being given at 7 per cent.
The hike in interest rates on housing loans effected by some banks may not affect the housing sector in the long term, he said. The industry would also remain unaffected, according to him.
The fluctuation in interest rates may affect the lending in housing and automobile sectors. But these would be only marginal, Joseph C.Varghese, a top official of a private sector bank, said.
The gradual increase in the interest rates on advances will have a long-term impact on the market, according to a top executive of a private bank, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The practice of raising the interest rates in a bid to arrest inflation would be counter-productive, he said.
If the Government is keen on industrial growth, the rise in interest rates will not be a complementary step.
The Indian economy had remained inefficient when the interest rates surged above 15 per cent a decade ago, he pointed out.
The industry could withstand global competition to a large extent owing to the supportive role performed by banks. When the country entered into various trade treaties with other countries, the industry had to gear up for the external competition. The financial commitments arising out of higher investment in infrastructure for quality improvement could be met largely because of a friendly lending policy in the banking sector. This may not be the case if the interest rates on advances go up.
Maudhani bail:HC Judge gets threatening letter
CHENNAI: Mr Justice K N Basha of Madras High Court has received an anonymous threatening letter asking him not to grant bail to People Democratic Party leader and Coimbatore serial blast case accused Abdul Nazzer Maudhani.
Mr Justce Basha disclosed this during the arguments in a case pertaining to a communal clash. Making a passing reference, he said the need of the hour was communal harmony. Everybody had responsibility. They should respect each other. There should be brotherhood and peaceful atmosphere.
''We will not be discouraged by such letters,'' Mr Justice Basha who is the portfolio judge for bail said. Maudhani's bail application was yet to be posted for hearing. The Coimbatore Arya Vaidya Hospital Chief Raveendran, who was treating Maudhani had also received a similar letter asking him not to treat the PDP leader.
Chief minister criticises SFI strike
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan yesterday criticised the Students Federation of India (SFI) for staging strikes against the self-financing colleges.
SFI is the students' wing of the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) and the adverse comments against the SFI by a leader like Achuthanandan who is a politburo member of the CPM is perceived to have political implications.
The chief minister's remarks that steps taken by the SFI were "untimely", came during a briefing of the Press after the weekly Cabinet meeting here yesterday.
Achuthanandan went on to pull up the state secretary of the SFI, M. Swaraj, for his remark against newsmen which the chief minister thought was in bad taste.
Commenting on the SFI leader's remark against media persons as those "without parentage", Achuthanandan said he was shocked how such statements could be made. "I don't know how anyone who is born of parents can use such language," the chief minister said.
The SFI volunteers had marched to self-financing colleges and caused damage to some of them when a single bench of the Kerala High Court ruled that the managements of private colleges could go ahead with a 50:50 ratio in admissions this year, with the open merit and management quotas kept equal.
The chief minister said the SFI strike following the court ruling may have laid the ground for the private managements to join forces against the government.
The chief minister said the government was attempting to thrash out a consensus on the issue of the self-financing college admissions.
"The government is going to court and so are the managements. From such a situation it is evident that there is room for a settlement of the issue through consensus," he said.
Hours after Achuthanandan criticised the students' wing of his CPM for its recent acts of violence against self-financing colleges, its secretary said he was pained by the remarks.
"I am really pained by the remarks of Achuthanandan, one of the most highly respected leaders of my party. Such a statement from him was most surprising and I have decided to bring this to the attention of the politburo," M. Swaraj, state secretary of the SFI, said.
Achuthanandan, strongly condemning the SFI's action, asked them to show more restraint. The SFI had on July 19 damaged property of several self-financing colleges in the state.
3 arrested in connection with
'Tantri' case
KOCHI: Three people, including one woman Shobha John, were arrested in connection with the ''attack'' on the sacked Sabarimala tantri Kandararu Mohanararu here on July 23.
Senior police officials said that while Shobha, in whose house the tantri was attacked, was arrested in Kochi this morning, the other two, identified as Ani, described as a ''bodyguard'' of Shobha John and his friend Vigil were arrested from outside Kochi.
The three were arrested on charges of extortion. They will be produced in court tomorrow, officials said. Tantri Kandararu Mohanararu, one of the main priests at the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, was sacked on July 24 immediately after reports surfaced about his alleged involvement in a sex scandal.
Police had described as ''false,'' the tantri's original complaint about being ''abducted'' and taken to Shobha John's house. The priest however had filed a revised complaint later in which he said that he had gone on his own to Shobha's house in the Valanajambalam area in Kochi to pick up a maid servant.
He said while he was in the house, a group of youths barged in and attacked him. They forcibly photographed him with a woman and robbed him of nearly 40 sovereigns of gold jewellery. They also demanded Rs 30 lakh from him, the tantri had alleged.
Tantri case: probe exposes thriving sex trade in city
Police say Sobha John is involved in sex racket
KOCHI: The police investigation into the alleged attack and extortion of tantri Kandararu Mohanararu has exposed the flourishing sex trade in the city.
The police said on Wednesday that Sobha John, the first accused in the case, was an important link of a sex racket in the city.
Investigations unearthed different agents who operated for her within and outside the State. According the police, she had been staying in the city for the last 16 years and was running a Panchakarma centre at Panampilly Nagar.
She also used to lend money for interest in the city and engaged musclemen to collect the money, the police said.
The police said that it was through her sex trade that she came into contact with another woman involved in the case, Santha, who belonged to Thuravoor, Alappuzha.
Even though, she had extorted money from many of her contacts, no complaints were lodged against her so far. The police said she got the apartment in this manner.
According to the police, the second accused in the case, Anil Kumar, is a relative of Sobha John. He had around 12 criminal cases registered against him. He had been staying with her in the apartments. His brother was killed in a clash between rival gangs in Thiruvananthapuram a couple of months ago. The third accused, Vijil, is also a member of goonda gangs in Thiruvananthapuram. He was working as driver of Sobha John, though he had no valid driving licence. He used to take girls to customers in the black Wagon-R owned by the first accused.
The accused used to have good relation with the security guards at the apartment complex and hence vehicles coming to the apartment were not checked. The police said that the accused were planning to extort Rs.30 lakhs from the tantri.
The investigation was led by Arun Kumar Sinha, Inspector General of Police, South Zone; K. Padmakumar, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Ernakulam Range; and P. Vijayan, City Police Commissioner.
Supreme Court to hear Kerala plea on August 7
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will hear on August 7 a batch of appeals filed by the Kerala Government challenging an interim order of the Kerala High Court directing the State to maintain status quo as of 2005-06 on quotas and fee structure for admissions to private unaided professional colleges.
Appearing for the State, senior counsel C. S. Vaidyanathan and P. V. Dinesh made a mention before a Bench for early listing of the appeal in view of the urgency of the matter . Declining early hearing, the Bench told counsel: "You have to work out your remedies."
Appearing for the managements, senior counsel T. R. Andhyarujina said: "They [the State] brought the law on July 2 and yet they say there is urgency." Senior counsel Harish Salve suggested that the matter be heard on August 4. However, the Bench posted the matter for hearing on August 7.
In its appeals, the State contended that the Kerala Professional Colleges (Prohibition of Capitation Fee, Regulation of Admission, Fixation of Non-exploitative Fee and Other Measures to ensure Equity and Excellence in Professional Education) Act, 2006 was intended to uphold merit, excellence, transparency and to ensure social justice in professional education. The State said the special leave petitions raised important questions of law: viz. whether an interim order passed by the apex court would survive even after a comprehensive enactment brought pursuant to the judgment of the apex court; whether the High Court was justified in granting interim relief to those who did not adhere to the triple test of fair, transparent and non-exploitative fee structure as laid down by the apex court in the Inamdar judgment.
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