Appointment of Chairman, member of minority commission upheld
The Hindu
They can be from the same community: HC
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has upheld the appointment of P.K. Haneefa and Muhammed Faisal as Chairman and member respectively of the Kerala State Commission for Minorities.
The Bench comprising Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chali passed the verdict while dismissing a public interest litigation filed by Justine Pallivathukkal of Palakkad challenging the appointments to the posts of Chairman and members of the commission from the same community.
According to the petitioner, the action of the State government in appointing both the Chairman and the other member from the Muslim community was arbitrary and amounted to negation of interests of the other minority communities.
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