Ramachandran Nair

Renowned linguist and author Panmana Ramachandran Nair passed away here on Tuesday night. He was 86.

ThiruvananthapuramThe district Committee of CPM has decided to refer the letter submitted by former CPI leader P Ramachandran Nair for membership to the state committee.

The petitioner in the chief minister's distress relief fund (CMDRF) misuse case, pending before Lok Ayukta, has questioned the moral right of Upa Lok Ayuktas - Justices Babu Mathew P Joseph and Harun-Ul-Rashid - in hearing the case by not disclosing their close connection with former Chengannur MLA late K K Ramachandran Nair whose family was one of the beneficiaries of the alleged fund misuse.

As a prelude to the introduction of share taxis in the city, the motor vehicles department (MVD) and the fare revision committee, headed by justice M Ramachandran Nair, convened a public hearing on the issue in the city on Tuesday.

Judgments of the high court should promote public interest and the court should consider the impact of judgments on public interest even while considering private litigations, said outgoing Justice C N Ramachandran Nair on Friday.

The judges who originally imposed the ban on roadside meetings would hear related cases continuing at the Kerala High Court, a division bench consisting of one of the judges who banned roadside meetings earlier ruled on Saturday.

A court has awarded two years rigorous imprisonment to R Ramachandran Nair after holding him guilty of committing serious financial irregularities.

ALAPPUZHA: K P Ramachaneran Nair, former health minister and a founder-leader of National Democratic Party, died at his residence here late Saturday night.

KOCHI: A local court on Monday issued arrest warrant against former DGP, K Vijayan, in connection with the case relating to the murder of naxal leader, Varghese.

rehabilitation cell at Kasaragod collectorate on Saturday.Those.

Jayaprakashan approached the court after the devaswom stopped paying him the salary that he had been getting from 2007 to 2010.

State claims conducting meetings a Constitutional right

It was the division bench of Justice C N Ramachandran Nair and Justice P S Gopinathan that banned roadside meetings citing violation of the right to move freely, which is guaranteed by the Constitution.

Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate Saji Cherian on Wednesday submitted his nomination papers for the May 28 Chengannur assembly bypoll to returning officer, (revenue divisional officer, Chengannur) M V Suresh Kumar.

The Kerala high court on Friday declined to intervene in the challenge raised against entrance test conducted for admission to post graduate medical courses.

Former chief minister Oommen Chandy said that the government should include more matters, related to Vizhinjam project, in the probe conducted by Ramachandran Nair commission, including the appointment of International Finance Corporation (IFC) as the project’s tender adviser.

As many as seven judicial inquiry commissions have been appointed during the tenure of the LDF government led by Pinarayi Vijayan till now.

The All-India Lawyers Union on Monday alleged miscarriage of justice by the Kerala High Court during the hearing on the petitions challenging the legislation by the LDF government to overcome the high court's ban on roadside meetings.

KOCHI: The five newly-appointed additional judges P R Raman, K K Dinesan, K Balakrishnan, C N Ramachandran Nair and K Padmanabhan Nair were on Friday sworn in by Chief Justice B N Sreekrishna.

KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Thursday dismissed a review petition seeking permission to use loudspeakers for commercial and advertisement purposes.

AICTE on Friday gave an undertaking in the Kerala High Court stating its new norms for professional self-financing colleges in the country will not be made applicable during the 2010-11 academic year.

Muvattupuzha vigilance court issued summons to all four accused, including actor Jayasurya, in a case related to the alleged encroachment of Chilavannur Lake at Kadavanthra. Vigilance and anti-corruption bureau (VACB) had earlier filed a chargesheet against the accused.