Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 17 (IANS) Former Kerala Minister Antony Raju suffered a major setback after the District Sessions Court on Tuesday upheld his conviction in the sensational evidence tampering case involving tampering of court evidence.Raju had approached the Sessions Court challenging the Nedumangad First Class Magistrate Court’s order last month sentencing him to three years’ imprisonment and imposing a fine of Rs 10,000.He sought to have the conviction set aside, contending that the…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 5 (IANS) Former Kerala Minister Antony Raju has been disqualified as a Member of the Legislative Assembly following his conviction in a case of material evidence tampering. The conviction was delivered on Saturday by the Nedumangad Judicial First Class Magistrate Court.Raju, who represented the Thiruvananthapuram constituency as an LDF MLA, stands disqualified under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, and in accordance with established Supreme Co…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) following the conviction of former minister and present legislator Antony Raju in the thondimuthal (material evidence) tampering case, alleging that the government has consistently acted to protect accused persons.Antony Raju served as the State Transport Minister from May 2021 till December 2024, after which he…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3 (IANS) Former Kerala Minister and ruling Left Front legislator Antony Raju has suffered a major legal and political setback after the Nedumangad Judicial First Class Magistrate Court on Saturday sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment in the ‘thondimuthal’ (material evidence) tampering case. Raju is a serving MLA of Janadhipathya Kerala Congress, an LDF member.Earlier in the day, he was found guilty and the sentence was delivered in the evening.However, the court …
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3 (IANS) In a dramatic turn of events, a local court in suburban Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday convicted Kerala’s Left Front legislator and former Transport Minister Antony Raju in the infamous “underwear evidence tampering” case, bringing to an end a legal saga that has spanned more than three and a half decades.The charges proven against the accused carry punishments ranging from ten years’ imprisonment to life imprisonment. The prosecution has requested that sente…
Thiruvananthapuram Jan 2 (IANS) Saturday marks a crucial moment for Kerala’s Left Front legislator and former Transport Minister Antony Raju, as a trial court in the state capital is set to deliver its verdict in the notorious underwear evidence tampering case, bringing to a close a legal saga that has stretched over three-and-a-half decades.The verdict comes nearly a year after the Supreme Court in November 2024 set aside a Kerala High Court order that had quashed the criminal proceedings aga…