{
  "id": 11186356,
  "title": "Kerala HC stays trial against IAS officer Venkitaraman",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/kerala-hc-stays-trial-against-ias-officer-venkitaraman",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T11:51:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/kerala-hc-stays-trial-against-ias-officer-venkitaraman-1.500694927"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Kerala High Court has stayed further proceedings in the trial against senior IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman, who is accused of the 2019 road accident death of journalist K.M. Basheer. The court's decision came in response to a plea filed by Basheer's widow, Jaseela, who challenged the state government's decision not to appoint a Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) to conduct the trial. The High Court has called for the records relating to the government's decision, and the case will be reconsidered on October 27. In the meantime, the prosecutor has been directed to obtain instructions from the government.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Kerala HC stays trial into death of journalist K.M. Basheer in accident involving car driven by Sriram Venkitaraman",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/kerala-hc-stays-trial-into-death-of-journalist-k-m-basheer-in",
        "published": "2026-10-01T10:31:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}