The court issued the warrant to ensure his presence before the court on February 25 The Madras High Court has issued a bailable warrant against former Vice-Chancellor of Anna University A. Kalanidhi for not appearing before the court despite multiple adjournments. The court issued the warrant to secure him and ensure his presence before the court on February 25 in a case related to the assignment of a land belonging to the University in Kotturpuram here.
Justices R. Subbiah and Sathi Kumar Sukumara Kurup passed the interim orders on a writ appeal preferred by the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), who had been allotted the University land in 1992. Justice T.S. Sivagnanam of the High Court had on March 3, 2020 dismissed a writ petition filed by ISTE in 2004 against the University’s decision to resume the land.