The Kerala High Court on Monday held that IIM, Kozhikode being an autonomous body as per the Indian Institute of Management Act, 2017 and there being no statutory rules with regard to the service.
After forming an opinion that driving these poor petitioners to the competent authorities under the Workmen Compensation Act, at this length of time, would cause greater hardship and the issue would be further prolonged and protracted, and the right of the parties could not be crystallised in the near future, the judge himself decided the case.Unfortunately, during the pendency of the writ petition, Kamalakannans wife and father had also died.