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Varghese death: former IG's petition dismissed

Staff Reporter

HIGH COURTROUND-UP

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition filed by the former Inspector-General of Police K. Lakshmana challenging the criminal proceedings initiated against him in connection with the death of Naxalite leader Varghese.

The CBI had filed an FIR before the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on the basis of the affidavit of the former police constable, P. Ramachandran Nair. The CBI took over the investigation into the allegation that the Naxalite leader was shot dead by the police in the Thirunelli forest in Wayanad in 1970, following a High Court directive.

The former police constable who is no more had admitted in the affidavit that he shot dead Mr. Varghese in the Thirunelli forest at the instance of the former Director General of Police Vijayan and Mr. Lakshmana.

Review petition dismissed

A Bench comprising Justice M. Ramachandran and Justice K.T. Sankaran dismissed a review petition filed by V. George Issac, brother of Mary Roy whose legal battle led to the landmark 1986 Supreme Court judgment that ensured equal rights with their male siblings for Syrian Christian women on their ancestral property.

The petition sought to review the High Court judgment, which ordered that Mary Roy was entitled to one-sixth of the ancestral property. The court had ordered that the alienated property (property already sold) should be excluded while taking into account the total share of the property. The petition also sought to condone the delay of four years in filing the review petition against the High Court judgment.

Appeal admitted

The Bench has admitted an appeal filed against a single judge's verdict acquitting the former managing director of Malabar Cements N.R. Subramniam; joint managing director P. Hariharan; and chemist Sreedharan in a corruption case. The Vigilance had charged the accused with causing loss of Rs.94.5 lakh in the import of coal. According to the Vigilance, the accused had falsified documents to show that the coal procured from the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board was imported coal. They also fabricated documents to show that the company had paid customs duty for the import.

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