Lakshadweep Administrator Seeks Moving Legal Jurisdiction To Karnataka

The administration hasn’t clarified its reasoning behind this proposition yet, but the report quoted NCP PM Mohammed Faizal as saying that this move will be opposed “on the floor of the Parliament as well as the judiciary”.

“This was his (Patel) first attempt to shift the judicial jurisdiction from Kerala to Karnataka. Why was he so particular to transfer it…it’s totally a misappropriation of the post. The mother tongue of the people on these islands is Malayalam,” the MP told PTI.

Patel was given the charge of the Union Territory in December 2020 after the demise of the previous administrator. On 29 May, the Kerala High Court refused to stay the implementation of the draft Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation (LDAR) 2021. Instead, it sought the Centre and Lakshadweep administration’s responses on the PIL.