Kerala High Court Upholds KFON Project Amid Opposition Challenge

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a plea by opposition leader V D Satheesan seeking to annul contracts and initiate a CBI probe into the KFON project. The court found no evidence of irregularity, emphasizing the project's ongoing success in providing internet connectivity to government offices and economically disadvantaged families.

In a significant boost to the Left government, the Kerala High Court on Friday rejected a plea from Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan seeking to quash the KFON project contracts and initiate a CBI investigation.

Justices A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Syam Kumar V M concluded there was no prima facie evidence of illegality in the KFON project, which aims to establish a state-wide optical fibre network.

The project has already connected over 20,000 government offices and provided free internet to 5,484 economically backward families, the court noted, dismissing the plea as premature and lacking substantiation.

(With inputs from agencies.)