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flag Kerala High Court upholds former minister Antony Raju’s conviction in 1990 evidence tampering case, disqualifying him from upcoming state elections.

flag The Kerala High Court on March 17, 2026, rejected former Transport Minister Antony Raju’s plea to suspend his conviction in a 1990 evidence tampering case, disqualifying him from contesting the upcoming state Assembly elections. flag Raju, who represented Australian national Andrew Salvatore in a drug case, was found guilty by a trial court of conspiring to alter evidence, including a garment used as proof, and sentenced to three years in prison, though the sentence was suspended. flag The High Court upheld the conviction, ruling that political aspirations do not justify suspending the sentence. flag His appeal remains pending, but he is now barred from running in Thiruvananthapuram Central, creating a political crisis for the Left Democratic Front.

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