Kerala: Kannur airport worker fired for criticising CM Vijayan

In the most recent act of curbing freedom of expression, a workers member of the Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL), KL Ramesh, was fired from his job after he made crucial remarks in opposition to the incumbent Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan within the remark part of his Facebook put up.
As per reviews, the event got here after he criticised the Kerala CM and the state authorities in connection to the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Padmanabhaswamy Temple on November 20. KIAL took cognisance of the matter after a number of ‘complaints’ had been raised in opposition to his Facebook put up. The authorities had ordered an inquiry and issued him a show-cause discover over the put up which was allegedly seen as a violation of disciplinary norms. It is notable right here that CM Pinarayi Vijayan can also be the chairman of the KIAL.
KIAL was not ‘satisfied’ together with his clarification and Managing Director V Thulasidas issued a termination letter to Ramesh, who labored because the assistant supervisor of the Fire and Rescue Wing of the airport.
Ramesh alleges vendetta by KIAL authorities
Ramesh stated, “I had told the committee that I am a Hindu and from Thiruvananthapuram and the post in question was not in connection to KIAL and as a citizen have the right to express my views.” However, he believes that his termination got here on the backdrop of the a number of irregularities on the Kannur Airport, which had been delivered to the discover of the authorities by him. Reportedly, Ramesh had eliminated his Facebook put up and tendered an apology but it surely was of no avail. The inquiry committee nonetheless proceeded with the termination.
SC verdict on Travancore Royal household over Padmanabhaswamy temple row
The Supreme Court of India has dominated in opposition to the Kerala authorities’s try to deliver the historic Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram beneath its management. The apex courtroom overturned the 2011 judgment of Kerala High Court that granted the ability to the state authorities to take management of the temple, its administration and property.
The verdict, handed by a 2-member bench of Justices Indu Malhotra and UU Lalit, acknowledged that the dying of a king of the Travancore household shall not have an effect on the rights of the household and the temple, perceived to be the world’s richest, will proceed to be managed by the household.
Communist govt in Kerala passes ordinance to arrest ‘critics’
The communist-led Kerala state authorities had introduced the controversial modification to the Kerala Police Act by including Section 118-A to the legislation that was initially handed in 2011.
The new part empowers the police to behave in opposition to media and register circumstances on the occasion of detection of a cognisable offence beneath the related part. The modification proposes 5 years of imprisonment and a wonderful of Rs 10,000 for these convicted of manufacturing, publishing or disseminating derogatory content material by any technique of communication to intimidate, insult or defame any particular person by social media.
The newly launched provision says, “anyone who produces content, publishes or propagates it through any means of communication with an intention to threaten, insult or harm the reputation of an individual will be punished with an imprisonment of five years or a fine of Rs 10,000 or with both”.