Kerala High Court Issues Guidelines for Police Conduct and Arrests Inside Court Premises

The Kerala High Court clarified guidelines to be followed by police personnel for arresting persons within court premises, along with a grievance redressal mechanism to be followed at both state and district levels.

The Court further made clarifications to the report prepared by the State Police Chief regarding a guideline on the code of conduct to be adhered to by Police personnel within court premises.

Thereafter, the Court directed the State Government to issue an Office Memorandum highlighting the clarifications to inform all the stakeholders about the order.

The writ petition is set to be listed again after two months.