A single judge of Kerala High Court on Wednesday said that Contrary orders by different judges on Covid issues tarnish judiciary image and asked the state government to move a request for allocating all such cases before one particular bench to avoid issuance of conflicting decisions.

Justice P B Suresh Kumar asked the state government to move the request before Chief Justice S Manikumar, and wondered what people would think about the high court and the judiciary if such contrary orders are passed on the same or similar issue.  Citing one such instance of conflicting orders, Justice Kumar said while one judge of the high court had allowed engineering students' plea to stop offline exams, in view of COVID-19, another judge dismissed a petition of medical students against conduct of offline exams. The judge also said even the government lawyers, who are aware of filing of all such cases, do not inform the concerned bench that a related matter is pending before another bench or judge.

The judge also said even the government lawyers, who are aware of the filing of all such cases, do not inform the concerned bench that a related matter is pending before another bench or judge. He asked the state government to request right away the Chief Justice to allocate all matters related to COVID-19 to one bench or judge ''to avoid the passing of conflicting orders''.

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