Kochi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil in the first of three rape cases registered against him, subject to stringent conditions.With this order, the legislator has now secured bail in all three cases. He had obtained bail earlier in the two other cases.The prosecution strongly opposed the plea, contending that the accused had mentally manipulated and sexually exploited the complainant and therefore should not be grante…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 12 (IANS) Kerala on Thursday came to a near-total halt as the 24-hour nationwide Bharat Bandh against the Centre’s four new labour codes and related legislations shut down shops, markets, offices and educational institutions across the state, severely disrupting daily life and livelihoods.From early morning, the impact was visible. State-run and private buses stayed off the roads, auto-rickshaws and taxis remained parked, and commercial establishments downed their shutt…
Kochi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Kerala High Court has flagged serious discrepancies in the income and expenditure accounts of the Sabarimala Global Ayyappa Meet, observing that the irregularities prima facie point to “grave financial indiscipline” and directing the Travancore Devaswom Board to furnish a detailed explanation.The Sabarimala Global Ayyappa Meet was a one-day event held at Pamba in September last year.A Division Bench, while scrutinising the accounts, noted that construction contracts …
Kochi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday refused to close the habeas corpus petition filed in connection with the disappearance and death of Suraj Lama, an Indian citizen deported from Kuwait.A division bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M.B. Snehalatha directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to continue its probe.The court said the entire sequence of events, from Lama’s arrival in India to the recovery of his body, must be examined and properly documented.Lam…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 (IANS) As the Kerala High Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the Sabarimala gold theft case, has widened its lens to include the controversial Global Ayyappa Meet held at Pampa last year, it has left a few in the Pinarayi Vijayan government gasping for breath. In its submission linked to the Sabarimala gold misappropriation case, the SIT has made specific references to the Global Ayyappa Meet conducted during the tenure of P.S. Prasanth as Travan…
Kochi, Feb 10 (IANS) The investigation into the alleged gold theft at the Sabarimala shrine has entered a crucial phase with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoning hugely popular Malayalam actor Jayaram for questioning. The ED has issued a notice directing the actor to appear before its office in Kochi on February 17.Jayaram has been summoned for his association with Unnikrishnan Potti, the prime accused in the high-profile case.According to sources, the ED is investigating whether the accus…
Kochi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday ordered a fresh scientific examination of the gold-coated plates at Sabarimala and directed a special vigilance investigation into the reconstruction of the temple’s flagstaff (kodimaram), widening the scope of scrutiny in the long-running Sabarimala gold theft case.Acting on a request by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), the court directed that new samples be taken from the gold-coated plates and sent to the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre…
Kochi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Kerala High Court was informed on Friday that a body recovered from Kalamassery recently has been identified as that of Suraj Lama, an Indian citizen who went missing after being deported from Kuwait and arriving at Kochi airport.The identification was confirmed after a DNA report established that the body, recovered from the proposed Judicial City area in Kalamassery by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), was that of Lama.The Division Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran …
Kochi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the state government’s decision to enhance the wages paid to convicted prisoners.A Division Bench, comprising Justice Soumen Sen and Justice V.M. Syam Kumar, rejected the petition filed by advocate A. K. Gopi, which questioned the legality of the government’s executive order dated January 9.The order revised daily wages for prison labour from the earlier range of Rs 63 – Rs 168 to between R…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 5 (IANS) The Sabarimala gold theft case continued to dominate Kerala’s political discourse on Thursday, with prime accused Unnikrishnan Potti walking out of jail after securing statutory bail, even as the issue triggered an uproar in the State Assembly for the fourth consecutive day.The Assembly has been adjourned and will now reconvene on February 23.Potti, named as the first accused in the chargesheet filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), is among the 13 accu…