The Kerala High Court the other day dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that challenged the Union government's decision to confer the Padma Bhushan award on Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam General Secretary Vellappally Natesan, holding that the mere pendency of criminal cases does not constitute a valid ground to invalidate a national honour conferred by the President.
The Kerala High Court on Monday stayed the operation of a single-bench judgment ordering the removal of Vellappally Natesan and others as directors of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP Yogam), after finding that the organisation had failed to submit its financial statements within the stipulated time as required by law.
The Kerala High Court on Thursday passed an interim order directing the state government against taking further steps for the nomination of new directors for the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP Yogam).
In the complaint, he said that Vellappally is trying to create a communal divide by identifying a religion with terrorism and portraying religious minorities as extremists based on their names.
The prominent Ezhava community leader on Sunday said that the CBI should come and investigate the allegations raised in connection with the gold theft allegation in Sabarimala.
The NDA Kerala convenor had issued a cheque of 10 million dirhams (approximately Rs 19.5 crore) ten years ago to a construction firm that had bounced.
