Kerala HC orders extension of interim orders, bails till May 31

‘If lockdown period is extended, interim bail will continue till then’

A full Bench of the Kerala High Court has ordered that all the interim orders passed by all the courts and tribunals in the State which are due to expire during the lockdown period, be extended up to May 31, 2021. The court also extended till May 31 the interim bails, including the ones granted to undertrial/remanded prisoners incarcerated in the jails, in connection with offences fetching seven years or less punishment. The court also directed the sessions judges in the State to consider the bail applications of undertrial prisoners who did not come under above category, filed through e-mail and dispose of them through videoconferencing, after hearing the advocate concerned and the public prosecutor.