NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a petition filed by the University Grants Commission challenging the Kerala HC order to approve the appointment of Priya Varghese as associate professor at Kannur University. Observing that “to some extent HC order is wrong”, a bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and K V Viswanathan said that the appointment of Varghese, who is the wife of the private secretary to Kerala CM, would be subject to the final outcome of the case.
The HC said that Varghese had the relevant experience for the post of associate professor, to teach Malayalam, in the varsity and her candidature for that position should be considered accordingly.