The Hindu·4 min read·hard
Kerala dental college faculty member’s arrest in student’s death raises larger questions on safeguards against ‘illegal’ arrests
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K.S. Sudhi
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A Kerala court ordered the release of a dental college faculty member, Dr. Kodanda Ram, after finding his arrest for a student's suicide was illegal. The court ruled that police failed to follow Supreme Court mandates regarding the provision of written grounds for arrest.
Larger questions surrounding personal liberty and the legal safeguards available to citizens against illegal arrests without a warrant have come into renewed focus in Kerala with the recent “illegal” arrest of Dr. Kodanda Ram, a former faculty member at the Dental College, Anjarakandy, Kannur.
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