Thiruvananthapuram: With the registration department identifying that the bylaw of the Kerala Law Academy Law College has been amended, the institution will have to explain why this change was not informed to the university. In case the college does not give a satisfactory explanation, the Kerala University may even withdraw the affiliation. As per the university statute, the college should inform the university any changes in the bylaw within three months. This academy has not followed this rule.
The bylaw of the academy on the basis of which a memorandum of association was entered with the government for the formation of the trust in 1968 while seeking land on lease had clearly mentioned a 51- member governing council with the majority being from the government. However, now the trust has been reduced to a 21-member governing council with the majority from a single family.
As per the original bylaw, the governor was the chief patron, chief minister the patron, and education and revenue ministers members. In an answer in the Assembly on August 23,1968, the then agriculture minister had said the law academy was not owned by any private parties but was governed by a trust with ministers and high court judges.
