No FIRs to be launched on basis of amendment brought to Police Act: Kerala govt to HC

The Kerala government on Tuesday assured the High Court here that no FIRs would be launched on the basis of the amendment brought to the Police Act, which has triggered a political storm across the country. The government gave the assurance while a division bench, comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly was considering a batch of petitions, challenging the constitutional validity of an amendment to the Police Act brought by the state’s ruling CPI(M)-led LDF government.

“No coercive action will be taken on the basis of the newly inserted Section 118A in the Kerala Police Act, 2011, which has been put on hold,” the Additional Advocate General informed the court. When the court pointed out that the ordinance has been issued,