Archive · 15 Sep 2026
Kerala HC Seeks Stand on MLA Kappan Disqualification Plea
A petitioner asked the Kerala High Court to remove MLA Mani C Kappan from office.
The request is based on Kappan’s convictions in four cheque bounce cases.
A Mumbai court sentenced him to a total of three-and-a-half years.
The petitioner says the sentences are separate rather than concurrent.
If that interpretation is correct, the petitioner says Kappan should be disqualified.
The High Court has not made a final decision.
It asked several officials and Kappan to explain their positions.
The case will be heard again on September 22.
The Kerala High Court sought responses on a plea to disqualify Pala MLA Mani C Kappan.
The plea follows Kappan’s conviction and sentences in four cheque bounce cases in Mumbai.
The petitioner claims the sentences total three-and-a-half years and do not run concurrently.
Responses were sought from the Kerala government, Assembly Speaker, Election Commission of India and Kappan.
The matter was listed for further hearing on September 22.
- Who
- Pala MLA Mani C Kappan; petitioner Dinesh Menon; the Kerala government, Assembly Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, Election Commission of India and Kappan were asked to respond.
- What
- The Kerala High Court sought responses to a plea seeking Kappan’s disqualification as a legislator.
- When
- The report is dated September 14; the matter is scheduled for further hearing on September 22. The article does not specify a year.
- Where
- The plea was heard by the Kerala High Court; the convictions and sentences were issued by a Mumbai court.
- Why
- The petitioner says Kappan’s combined three-and-a-half-year sentences in four cheque bounce cases do not run concurrently, which he claims triggers disqualification.
Petitioner’s Case
Respondents’ Position
Whether Kappan is disqualified
Petitioner’s Case
Dinesh Menon claims Kappan should be disqualified because the sentences in four cheque bounce cases total three-and-a-half years and are not concurrent.
Respondents’ Position
The government, Speaker, Election Commission of India and Kappan were asked to state their positions; the article does not report their responses.
- MLA concerned
- Mani C Kappan, representing Pala
- Petitioner
- Dinesh Menon, a Maharashtra resident
- Cases
- Four cheque bounce cases
- Sentence claimed
- A total of three-and-a-half years
- Court issuing sentences
- A Mumbai court
- Judge
- Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas
- Next hearing
- September 22