Mani C Kappan
A bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas issued the directive in a petition filed by Dinesh Menon of Mumbai, in whose complaints the additional metropolitan magistrate court, Borivali, Mumbai, had convicted and sentenced Kappan in four cheque cases involving Rs 3.25 crore on Sept 1. The bench further adjourned the petition to Sept 28 for a detailed hearing. The speaker’s private secretary informed him that the former would return to Thiruvananthapuram only on Sept 28, prompting him to approach the HC seeking Kappan’s disqualification on account of his conviction and sentence.
Kochi: Kerala High Court has directed Mani C Kappan to file his counter affidavit by Friday in response to a petition seeking his disqualification from continuing as Pala MLA following his conviction and sentence to three-and-a-half years’ imprisonment in four cheque cases. Menon claimed in his petition that he had emailed a representation to Kerala assembly speaker informing him of Kappan’s conviction and seeking to have him declared disqualified from continuing as a member of the assembly.