Stage erected on road: High Court grants M.V. Govindan more time

KOCHI: M.V. Govindan, the party state secretary has been granted an exemption from appearing in person at the High Court on February 10th in a contempt of court case. Instead, a division bench comprising Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice S. Muralikrishna ordered that he should appear at 4 pm on the 12th. The case stems from road traffic blockage during the CPM Palayam area conference held in Vanchiyoor.

The application filed by M.V. Govindan seeking exemption was granted as the party's Thrissur conference is being held on the 9th, 10th and 11th. It was stated that the date of the conference was fixed earlier and changing it would affect the timing of other conferences. In the contempt of court petition filed by Maradu native N. Prakash, the CPI state secretary and others should appear on the 10th itself.

Contempt of court petition against Arsho

A petition has been filed in the High Court seeking contempt of court action for the SFI road blockade in front of the Kerala University. The petition was filed by Maradu native N. Prakash, against SFI State Secretary P.M. Arsho, President K. Anusree, State Police Chief and Police Commissioner. The petition states that the student wing of the ruling party has violated the court order. The SFI protest was against the action of Vice Chancellor Mohanan Kunnummal, who did not issue a notification announcing the results of the college union elections.