The Kerala High Court has asked the state government to take a final call within three months on whether to grant permission for the publication of a manuscript written in jail by Roopesh, who is serving sentences in multiple Maoist-related cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Justice V G Arun passed the direction while disposing of a petition filed by Roopesh, who wrote a Malayalam book titled Bandhitharude Ormakurippukal (Memoirs of the Incarcerated) during his years in custody. He had submitted the manuscript to the prison authorities, seeking approval to publish it, but the decision remained pending for an “inordinately long” time, prompting him to approach the court.

Appearing for Roopesh, advocate Kaleeswaram Raj argued that the Kerala Prisons and Correctional Se

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