INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed an order of the Lakshadweep island administration, directing the Assistant Public Prosecutor
(APP) to attend pending legal works of various government departments, instead of posting them in the courts there.The high court granted
the stay on a PIL by Mohammed Saleem, challenging the directive of an Additional District Magistrate in Lakshadweep to the APP posted in
petitioner alleged that the order was a rampant abuse of power and an absolute failure of the Justice delivery system particularly in the
Criminal Justice System of Lakshadweep.This is all the more exasperating when it is learned that the respondent has not cared to ensure that
an appropriate person is appointed in the post of Assistant Public Prosecutor at the Court of Amini Island in the interregnum, the
petitioner said.Justice Vinod Chandran, who is the judge-in-charge of the island judicial administration, sought the view of the sub-judge
prosecutors had been deputed to the island in Kavaratti for the past two months and there have been no cases posted for trial after the
reopening of the courts.Recording the views expressed by the sub-judge, the high court stayed the administration's order.
