[7] Ameerul Islam, a migrant labourer from Assam, was convicted for the rape and murder of Dalit law student Jisha by Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court Judge N.Anil Kumar on December 12, 2017.

In the judgment, Judge N Anil Kumar specifically mentioned the use of scientific methods to prove the case which grabbed the national attention and roiled the political scene in the state.

On May 20, 2024, a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court upheld the death sentence awarded by the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court to Ameerul Islam, the lone convict in a 2016 case of rape and murder of a Dalit LLB student from Perumbavoor in Ernakulam.

[10] The state government reorganized the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA) advisory board and appointed Justice N Anil Kumar as its new chairman on 16 February 2022.

Justice N Anil Kumar was sworn in as the sixth Lok Ayukta of Kerala State on August 21, 2024.