The special bench of Justices A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and C. S. Sudha, hearing the matters relating to the Justice Hema Committee report, decided to appoint advocate Mitha Sudhindran to assist the court.
Veteran actor Maniyanpilla Raju, however, got a major relief as the charges against him are available and hence, his anticipatory bail plea was allowed by the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court.
Siddique, the former General Secretary of the AMMA (Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes) who moved the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a rape case filed against him by an actress.
The Vijayan government has been facing flak since the long-delayed report came out and the situation was exacerbated when two leading film personalities had to step down from their posts when two different women actors came forward to accuse them of sexual harassment.
The CPI(M) on Saturday rejected the opposition Congress' claim that the "real credit" for the Vizhinjam International Seaport project goes to former chief minister Oommen Chandy.
In the last three days, at least three complaints have been lodged by the female family members of prominent political leaders of both the ruling CPI(M) and the Opposition Congress in Kerala.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Viajayan had recently said in the state assembly that his government would legally examine and take requisite action on any request by the Congress-led UDF for a CBI probe.
Thirty seven-year-old Chandy Oommen was sworn in as the new legislator after the Question Hour session of the House. He took the oath of office on the floor of the House
The counting of votes polled in the bypoll held in Puthuppally constituency here, which saw an intense battle between the ruling LDF and opposition UDF, began
Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy -- whose death necessitated the bypoll -- still figured among the list of over 1.76 lakh voters in the constituency
The candidates were finalised after the deadline for withdrawing the nomination papers ended today and none of the candidates backed out, the statement said.
The AICC in a statement said that Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the candidature of Chandy Oommen as the party candidate for the byelection to the Puthuppally constituency