Thiruvananthapuram, July 14 -- The Kerala high court on Monday directed the state to make necessary arrangements for a BJP councillor in Thiruvananthapuram to take oath inside Viyyur central jail, where he is detained under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007 (KAAPA).

Justice PV Kunhikrishnan passed the order on a writ petition by R Sugathan, the BJP councillor elected from Vazhottukonam ward of Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation.

On June 24, the court had ordered 20 BJP councillors, including Sugathan, to retake their oaths after their earlier oaths, taken in December last year, were found to violate the provisions of the Municipality Act. The councillors had taken their oaths in the name of various Hindu dei...