391 cases against MPs, MLAs pending in Kerala courts: Government report
Kochi: A total of 391 cases against sitting and former Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in Kerala are currently pending in courts across the state, a government report has revealed. Of these, 59 cases have been pending for more than 10 years.
According to the report, cited by The New Indian Express on Thursday, 100 cases have been awaiting trial for five to ten years, while the remaining 232 cases are less than five years old. The report also highlighted that warrants were issued in 55 of these cases, but only 12 have been executed.
In the 59 cases that are more than a decade old, police did not receive summonses in 29 cases. Of the 30 summonses received, 27 were served, while three could not be delivered as the accused were absconding. In these decade-old cases, 12 warrants were issued — only two were executed. The remaining 10 were not carried out due to various reasons, including the death of the accused, their status as absconding, or a stay granted by the High Court
Concerned about the slow progress, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the state government and court administration to instruct nodal officers to coordinate efforts and expedite the service of summonses, particularly in cases pending for more than 10 years. It issued the order in a suo motu case initiated to monitor the progress of the pending cases against the MPs/MLAs.
The report cited specific examples, including a warrant issued against Minister P. A. Mohamed Riyas, which remained unexecuted due to the accused being “not found in person.” In another case involving former MLA C. K. Saseendran, the police report said they “tried to execute the warrant personally on multiple occasions by visiting the respondent’s last known residence different times of the day. However, the respondent was found to be absent on each visit. Enquiries with neighbours revealed that the respondent has not been seen in the locality for several days.”
The government report said in the 100 cases pending for five to ten years, the police did not receive 36 summonses. Of the 64 summonses received, 61 were served. Three could not be delivered due to incorrect or outdated addresses. Nineteen warrants were issued in these cases, but 17 remain unexecuted due to reasons such as the accused being deceased, bedridden, or not residing at the listed address.
As for the 232 cases pending for less than five years, police failed to receive 33 summonses. Of the 199 summonses received, 128 were served. The remaining 71 could not be delivered for reasons such as the accused being absconding, in judicial custody, or summonses being recently issued. Warrants were issued in 24 of these cases; eight were executed, and 16 remain pending.
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Trump tells Fox News he's no longer sending Witkoff, Kushner to Pakistan for Iran talks
Islamabad (AP): President Donald Trump says he told top US envoys not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, telling Fox News that "they can call us anytime they want.”
In a brief phone interview Saturday, Trump told Fox News that he told US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner “you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
Trump also said of the US side “we have all the cards.”
His comments came after the White House said Friday that Witkoff and Kushner would be heading to Pakistan for another round of negotiations with Iran.
