Lakshadweep admin wants HC jurisdiction shifted from Kerala to Karnataka

Praful Patel

The Lakshadweep administration, which has been facing widespread protests from the resident over some of its policies, has mooted a proposal to shift its legal jurisdiction from the Kerala High Court (HC) to the Karnataka HC, officials said.

The proposal was initiated by the administration after several litigations were moved before the Kerala HC against the decisions taken by the islands' new administrator Praful Khoda Patel.

These decisions included revising standard operating procedures for Covid-appropriate behaviour, introduction of the "goonda act" and demolishing hutments of fishermen for widening of roads.

This year, 23 applications, including 11 writ petitions, have been filed against Patel and also against the alleged high-handedness of either the police or the local government of the islands. The jurisdiction of a high court can be shifted only through an act of Parliament, according to the law.

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