KOCHI: The High Court has prevented Governor Arif Mohammed Khan from nominating new members to the senate of Kerala University. The High Court issued the order on a petition filed by the members who were sacked from the senate by the Governor. Justice Murali Purushothaman directed the Raj Bhavan to produce all documents related to the withdrawal of 15 members from the senate. The court will consider the petition again on October 31.

The Governor had ordered the removal of Senate members after his repeated directions to hold a senate meeting and provide a nominee of the Senate for the selection committee went unheeded.