The Kerala High Court has quashed the crime registered against former Congress MLA from Parassala A.T. George, filed by the former Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] MLA from Kuttiyadi K.K. Lathika, alleging that he had hit her during a ruckus in the Assembly in 2015. 

A Single Bench of Justice C.S. Dias observed that the crime registered in connection with the brawl against former Congress MLAs M.A. Vaheed, Dominic Presentation and K. Sivadasan Nair had been set aside by the court in September 2024.

Ms. Lathika had alleged that Mr. Vaheed had restrained her, touched her inappropriately, and attempted to push her to the floor. It was also alleged that the accused had obstructed her movement inside the Assembly Hall and outraged her modesty. The accusations against Mr. Presentation and Mr. Nair had been raised by former Kovalam MLA Jameela Prakasam of the Janata Dal (Secular).

The court clarified that there was no evidence to prove the elements required to constitute the offence of obstruction and that the Magistrate had not framed any charge against Mr. George for causing injury to Ms. Lathika.

Meanwhile, the court dismissed a plea by some LDF leaders to quash the cases registered against them in connection with the Assembly ruckus.

The LDF leaders had sought a joint trial along with the case against A.T. George. However, the court held that since the case against the Congress leader had been dismissed, a joint trial would be irrelevant. 

LDF leaders Kunjahammed, E.P. Jayarajan, C.K. Sadasivan, and K.T. Jaleel had approached the High Court after the Thiruvananthapuram Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court rejected their request in this regard.

The Assembly ruckus occurred during a protest by LDF MLAs demanding the resignation of the then Finance Minister K.M. Mani and opposing the presentation of the State Budget for 2015-16 by Mani.