Clean Record for 8 Years Justifies Removal from Rowdy List, Says Court: Kerala High Court

Police cannot indefinitely retain a person in their rowdy list without present criminal activity, the Kerala High Court has ruled, while ordering the removal of a petitioner’s name and photograph from the rowdy list of Fort Kochi Police Station. The court applied the constitutional principles of reformation and natural justice, and cited that retaining names without valid ongoing threat or activity violates the purpose of Indian criminal jurisprudence. Reformation is…