Actor Lissy to pay damages to dad
Lissy said she has no obligation to pay
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Monday directed actor Lissy to pay the compensation amount due from March 3, 2015 till date to N.D. Varkey, who claimed that Lissy is his daughter.
The court asked her to make the payment and the Maintenance Tribu-nal to consider the issue afresh.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice A.M. Shaffique passed the order while considering a petition filed by Lissy.
The court observed that the Maintenance Tribunal and sub-divisional magistrate should reconsider the complete issue once Lissy makes the payment.
In March, the tribunal had asked Lissy to pay a compensation of '5,500 to Varkey of Kothaman-galam.
Varkey argued that though there were several postings before the tribunal, she failed to appear and defend the case.
Lissy took the stand that she has no obligation to pay the compensation amount to Varkey.
Notices to five SF medical colleges
Kerala High Court on Monday issued notices to five self-financing medical colleges which have not signed a seat-sharing agreement with the state government.
A division bench comprising Justice K. Surendra Mohan and Justice Shaji P. Chali issued the directive while considering a petition filed by a student asking the government to direct these medical colleges to sign an agreement.
The notices were issued pursuant to a submission made by the state that the managements of all the self-financing colleges were requested to enter into a consensual agreements with the government, but only seven managements had done it.
Senior government pleader Roshen D. Alexander informed the court that five other medical colleges- KMCT Medical College, Kozh-ikode, Karuna Medical College, Palakkad, Kannur Medical College, Kannur, MES Medical College, Malappuram, and Travancore Medical College, Kollam, did not cooperate with the government for discussion on entering into a consensual agreement.
The government further submitted that it had taken all possible measures in accordance with law to persuade the private self-financing colleges to enter into seat -sharing agreements.
The allegation that the government was not taking steps to enter into agreements with the colleges was not correct, the affidavit said.