Kerala High Court dismisses assault charges against 3 ex-Congress MLAs in 2015 state assembly incident.

The Kerala High Court has dismissed criminal charges against three former Congress MLAs—M.A. Vaheed, Dominic Presentation, and K. Sivadasan Nair—linked to a 2015 incident in the state assembly. The MLAs were accused of assaulting two LDF women legislators during a protest. The court found no evidence of intent to harm, emphasizing that the MLAs aimed to allow Finance Minister K.M. Mani to fulfill his constitutional duty of presenting the budget.

September 13, 2024
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