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Kerala High Court
Maxwell Tom vs Mahatma Gandhi University on 23 January, 2026
Author: Bechu Kurian Thomas
Bench: Bechu Kurian Thomas
WP(C) Nos.36122 & 36137 OF 2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS
FRIDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF JANUARY 2026 / 3RD MAGHA, 1947
WP(C) NO. 36122 OF 2025
PETITIONER/S:
1 VRINDA VIVEK, AGED 24 YEARS
PUTHUMANACHIRA, S L PURAM,
MARARIKULAM NORTH, ALAPUZHA - 688 523.
2 AMALKRISHNA K B., AGED 24 YEARS
KATTIPARAMBIL HOUSE
KOTHAVARA P.O.,
VAIKOM, KOTTAYAM, PIN - 686 607.
3 NIVED B KRISHNA, AGED 24 YEARS
NAIVEDYAM, PULIMCHUVADU,
VAIKOM P.O..
KOTTAYAM, PIN - 686 141.
4 SANIKA MARIA BIJU, AGED 26 YEARS
POOMALAPARAMBIL HOUSE,
PO: MANANTHAVADY,
DIST: WAYANAD, KERALA - 670 645.
5 GAGAN JAYASINGH, AGED 24 YEARS
EYYANI HOUSE, KARYAVATTOM
THRISSUR, PIN - 680 567.
6 GOUTHAM KRISHNA N, AGED 30 YEARS
NIRAPPEL HOUSE, PERUVA P.O,
PERUVA, KOTTAYAM, PIN - 686 610.
7 VIGNESH T ANUB, AGED 24 YEARS
ELOOR NORTH, UDYOGAMANDAL P.O.,
ERNAKULAM, PIN - 683 501.
8 ASWIN RAJ, AGED 24 YEARS
AKG ROAD NEAR FIRE STATION
THEKKUMBAGOM P.O., TRIPUNITHURA - 682 301.
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9 AMRUTHA V SATHYAN, AGED 24 YEARS
VELUTHAMANA HOUSE, LIBERTY LANE ASHOKA ROAD,
KALOOR, PIN - 682 017.
0 ANASWARA RAJEESH, AGED 25 YEARS
MATTALAKKAL HOUSE, THRIKKUMARAKUDAM
AYYANTHOLE P.O, THRISSUR - 680 003.
BY ADVS.
SHRI.ADEEN NAZAR
SHRI.ARUN JOSEPH MATHEW
SHRI.NOEL NINAN NINAN
SRI.ARUN THOMAS
SHRI.SHINTO MATHEW ABRAHAM
SHRI.KURIAN ANTONY MATHEW
SHRI.MATHEW NEVIN THOMAS
SMT.KARTHIKA MARIA
SMT.VEENA RAVEENDRAN
SRI.ANIL SEBASTIAN PULICKEL
SMT.LEAH RACHEL NINAN
SHRI.KARTHIK RAJAGOPAL
SMT.APARNNA S.
RESPONDENTS:
1 MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS
REGISTRAR
PRIYADARSHINI HILLS, KOTTAYAM - 686 560
2 VICE CHANCELLOR, MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
PRIYADARSHINI HILLS, KOTTAYAM - 686 560.
3 REGISTRAR, MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY,
PRIYADARSHINI HILLS, KOTTAYAM - 686 560.
4 CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
PRIYADARSHINI HILLS, KOTTAYAM - 686 560.
SRI.SURIN GEORGE IYPE, SC
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON
23.01.2026, ALONG WITH WP(C).36137/2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME
DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS
FRIDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF JANUARY 2026 / 3RD MAGHA, 1947
WP(C) NO. 36137 OF 2025
PETITIONER:
MAXWELL TOM, AGED 24 YEARS
S/O THOMAS M.V., MANJALY HOUSE,
ANGAMALY P.O.,
ANGAMALY., PIN - 683 572.
BY ADVS.
SHRI.ADEEN NAZAR
SRI.ARUN THOMAS
SMT.VEENA RAVEENDRAN
SMT.KARTHIKA MARIA
SRI.ANIL SEBASTIAN PULICKEL
SHRI.SHINTO MATHEW ABRAHAM
SMT.LEAH RACHEL NINAN
SHRI.MATHEW NEVIN THOMAS
SHRI.KARTHIK RAJAGOPAL
SHRI.KURIAN ANTONY MATHEW
SMT.APARNNA S.
SHRI.ARUN JOSEPH MATHEW
SHRI.NOEL NINAN NINAN
RESPONDENTS:
1 MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY,
REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR,
PRIYADARSHINI HILLS, KOTTAYAM - 686 560.
2 VICE CHANCELLOR
MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY,
PRIYADARSHINI HILLS,
KOTTAYAM - 686 560.
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3 REGISTRAR
MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY,
PRIYADARSHINI HILLS, KOTTAYAM - 686 560.
4 CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS
MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY,
PRIYADARSHINI HILLS,
KOTTAYAM - 686 560.
SRI.SURIN GEORGE IYPE, SC
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON
23.01.2026, ALONG WITH WP(C).36122/2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME
DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, J.
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W.P.(C) Nos. 36122 & 36137 of 2025
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Dated this the 23rd day of January, 2026
JUDGMENT
These writ petitions were filed seeking directions to extend the Special
Supplementary Examination notified in Ext.P1 to the petitioners batch
and also to declare that petitioners are eligible to apply for and attend
the Special Supplementary Examination for the 9th semester.
2. By interim orders of this Court dated 29.09.2025, petitioners were
permitted to write the Special Supplementary Examination notified as
per Ext.P1, provisionally, subject to further orders. It is now submitted
that, pursuant to the said interim orders, petitioners wrote the
examination, but the results have been withheld awaiting orders from
this Court.
3. Since petitioners have already written the examination pursuant to the
interim orders of this Court, I am of the view that those interim orders
ought to be made absolute without creating any precedent in that
regard.
Accordingly, the Special Supplementary Examination written by
the petitioners shall stand approved as a special measure, and their
results shall be published without delay. It is clarified that the legal
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issue arising in the instant case is left open and this order approving
their attendance at the examination and permitting publication of the
results shall not stand as a precedent in any future cases.
These writ petitions are closed with the above observations.
sd/-
BECHU KURIAN THOMAS
JUDGE
AMV/23/01/2026
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APPENDIX OF WP(C) NO. 36122 OF 2025
PETITIONER EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT P1 A TRUE COPY OF NOTIFICATION NO.9558/EA
1/3/2025/EA 1(2) DATED 20.09.2025.
EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE EMAIL SENT TO THE 1ST
RESPONDENT
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APPENDIX OF WP(C) NO. 36137 OF 2025
PETITIONER EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE UNIVERSITY NOTIFICATION
NO. 9558/EA 1/3/2025/EA 1(2) DATED
20.09.2025 NOTIFYING THE LAST DATES FOR THE
RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS IN THE UNIVERSITY
OFFICE FOR THE AFORESAID EXAMINATION.
EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE E-MAIL SEND TO THE 1ST
RESPONDENT
