On Plea For Man Jailed In UAE For Spying, Court's Direction To Centre
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Shihani Meera Sahib Jamal Mohammed received a 10-year jail term in August 2015, and his mother claimed he was not provided legal aid to defend himself in UAE courts.
The Kerala High Court has directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to take a decision within three months on the representation by a woman seeking release of her son from a UAE prison where he is serving a 10-year jail term, since 2015, for allegedly spying for the Indian government.
Justice PV Kunhikrishnan directed the ministry to consider the woman's representation made in June 11 last year, "as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment".
The court in its order also directed the MEA to give an online hearing to her before taking a final decision and with these directions disposed of the woman's plea seeking legal aid for him in UAE and to bring him back to India.
The woman's son, Shihani Meera Sahib Jamal Mohammed, was awarded a 10-year jail term in August 2015 and the sentence was upheld by the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal, the central government had informed the court in December last year.
