HC stays Lakshadweep official’s order

Asking APP to do other legal works of administration is abuse of power: plea

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed an order of the Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Lakshadweep, directing the Assistant Public Prosecutor (APP) at the Amini Island to attend the legal cell at the Secretariat for completing urgent pending works until further orders. The Bench comprising Justices K. Vinod Chandran and M.R. Anitha directed the Administrator, Union Territory of Lakshadweep, to ensure that the prosecutor was posted in the island where the courts were functioning. The court issued the order on a petition filed by Muhammed Saleem K.P., Andrott Island, Lakshadweep. The petitioner contended that the present order was rampant abuse of power. The duty of the Assistant Public Prosecutor was to conduct prosecution cases before the magistrate court.