By Express News Service
KOCHI: The Kerala authorities has withdrawn 36 felony instances in opposition to sitting or former MPs and MLAs between September 2020 and July 2021 with out acquiring permission from the High Court.
As per an affidavit submitted by the registrar common of Kerala High Court earlier than the Supreme Court, 16 felony instances had been withdrawn from Thiruvananthapuram Judicial First Class Magistrate Court III and 10 instances from Judicial First Class Court IV below CrPC part 321 with out the approval of the High Court. Besides, 5 instances had been withdrawn from Taliparamba Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, whereas 4 instances the place withdrawn from Kannur Judicial First Class Magistrate Court and one from Mananthavadi Judicial First Class Magistrate Court II.
The Supreme Court had not too long ago held that no prosecution in opposition to sitting or former MPs and MLAs might be withdrawn with out the permission of the High Court of the state involved.
The affidavit was filed based mostly on the order of the Supreme Court on August 10 to offer particulars concerning the presiding officer and case statistics of the particular further chief judicial Justice of the Peace court docket to attempt felony instances in opposition to MPs and MLAs. This is the one particular court docket within the state. The SC additionally sought the small print of instances pending in varied different courts in opposition to sitting and former legislators.
The affidavit acknowledged that the Special Court, Ernakulam, was established with jurisdiction all through the state and in 2018, the jurisdiction was restricted to Ernakulam. Subsequently, all of the chief judicial magistrates besides CJM court docket, Ernakulam, had been directed to attempt instances involving legislators.
The affidavit acknowledged that 381 instances had been pending within the state in opposition to MPs and MLAs as on July 31, 2021. Among the districts, Thiruvananthapuram has 80 pending instances, whereas Kollam has 28 pending instances. In one case the accused was acquitted. Pathanamthitta has 12 pending instances and Alappuzha has 20 case. In Kottayam, there are 9 instances pending, whereas there are 23 instances in Idukki. Ernakulam has 75, the second highest variety of pending instances within the state. The pending instances in different districts are Thrissur (14), Palakkad (25), Malappuram (7), Wayanad (27), Kozhikode (19), Kannur (33) and Kasaragod (5), acknowledged the affidavit.
