Baseless: Lakshadweep Admin Denies Shifting of Legal Jurisdiction

The Lakshadweep administration on Sunday, 20 June, denied reports about the shifting of legal jurisdiction from Kerala High Court to Karnataka High Court.

District Collector of Lakshadweep S Asker Ali, said, “News about shifting of jurisdiction from Kerala to Karnataka is baseless and is devoid of truth. There's no proposal of Lakshadweep Administration to shift its legal jurisdiction from Kerala High Court to Karnataka High Court,” news agency ANI reported.

The clarification came after media reports claimed that the Lakshadweep administration had put forth a proposal to shift its legal jurisdiction from the Kerala High Court to the Karnataka High Court. News agency PTI had reported the same quoting officials.