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Time of India
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Final notification on delimitation in urban local bodies in Kerala issued
T'puram: The final notification for the ward delimitation in 86 municipalities and six municipal corporations across the state has been issued. The decision was approved in a meeting of the delimitation commission chaired by state election commissioner A Shajahan. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Commission members Rathan U Kelkar, K Biju, S Harikishore, and K Vasuki attended the meeting. Earlier, the state govt issued a notification revising the number of wards in municipalities and corporations. As per the new norms, municipalities must have a minimum of 26 and a maximum of 53 wards. In corporations, the number of wards must range from 56 to 101. The ward revision was based on the 2011 Census population figures. As a result, 128 new wards were added to municipalities and seven to corporations. However, Cherpulassery municipality and Thrikkadeeri grama panchayat in Palakkad district were excluded from this delimitation process since their ward structure remained unchanged after the 2015 revision. Following the completion of the first phase of delimitation, Kerala now has 17,337 wards in 941 grama panchayats, 3,241 wards in 87 municipalities, and 421 wards in six corporations. The final notification is available on the state printing department's e-gazette website: All voters listed in the existing electoral rolls will be reassigned to the newly defined wards. Electoral registration officers (EROs) will prepare the revised voter lists. The state election commission's training for EROs will conclude on June 5. Secretaries of grama panchayats and municipalities, and additional secretaries in corporations will serve as EROs. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The state election commission will later issue a separate notification regarding the voter list revision. District election officers have been instructed to set up and organize polling stations based on the voter strength in each new ward. In the second phase, ward delimitation for block panchayats will be undertaken. The draft notification for the revision of wards in the state's 152 block panchayats will be released on May 30.
Time of India
30-04-2025
- Time of India
Life term & fine for all 11 convicts
T'puram: Nedumangad SC/ST special court judge A Shajahan sentenced all 11 accused in the Pothencode Sudheesh murder case to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 each on Wednesday. In total, the accused have to pay a fine of Rs 2.75 lakh and in default of the payment, they shall undergo an additional jail term of six months. The court also ordered that Rs 1 lakh from the fine be paid to mother of the victim. Life imprisonment and a Rs 10,000 fine were imposed as per IPC Section 302 for murder, five-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 as per IPC Section 326 for voluntarily causing grievous hurt using a lethal weapon, two-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 as per Section 324 for causing hurt using a weapon, three-year imprisonment and a Rs 5,000 fine under IPC Section 449 for house trespass, three-year jail as per the Arms Act, 18 months in jail under Sections 143 and 144 for unlawful assembly, three-year jail as per Sections 147 and 148 for rioting and six months for wrongful restraint as per section 341. All the sentences will run concurrently, informed the court. The court, however, observed that the prosecution failed to prove the conspiracy charges against the accused. Mangalapuram native Sudheesh was murdered by the accused after they trespassed into the house of his relative at Pothencode on Dec 11, 2021. The accused in the case are Sudheesh alias Unni, Shyam, Rajesh alias Ottakam Rajesh, Nidheesh, Nandeesh, Ranjith, Sreenath, Sooraj, Arun, Jishnu Pradeep and Sachin. As part of gang rivalry, Sudheesh, belonging to the scheduled tribe category, was murdered for attacking a friend of the first accused. Sudheesh bled to death as the accused chopped off his leg. They carried the leg on a bike and later, left it on the road, and its CCTV visuals turned out to be crucial in the case. Since the deceased belonged to the scheduled tribe category, the case was investigated by the then Nedumangad DSP MK Sulfikar. There were 82 witnesses in the case, but four among them turned hostile later. On behalf of the prosecution, special public prosecutor Geena Kumari appeared in the court.
