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Make uniform law for charitable, religious bodies: Kerala HC tells Centre

Kerala High Court urged the Centre to explore possibility of a uniform central legislation to regulate the functioning of charitable organisations and religious institutions

Dhanlaxmi Bank gets legal breather in fresh twist to tussle for board seat

Kerala HC on Tuesday ruled in favour of the bank on the issue of writ petitions filed by four persons demanding board positions

Supreme Court allows Adani to operate Thiruvananthapuram airport

The court, however, said the question of ownership of land on which the airport is still to be decided.

Woman's attire not license to outrage her modesty, says Kerala HC

A woman's attire cannot be a license to outrage her modesty nor can it be a ground for absolving the accused who committed such a crime, the Kerala High Court has said. Justice Kauser Edappagath said objectifying a woman based on what she wears "cannot be justified" and it should not be believed that women dress only to lure male attention. "There is no reason why a woman should be judged by her clothes. Norms that categorize women based on her attire and expressions can never be tolerated. There cannot be any thought that women dress only to lure male attention. It is wrong to say that a woman was sexually assaulted just because she was wearing provocative clothes. "Sexually provocative dressing of a victim cannot be construed as a legal ground to absolve an accused from the charge of insulting the modesty of a woman. The right to wear any dress is a natural extension of personal freedom guaranteed by the Constitution of India. Even if a woman wears a sexually provocative dress, th

Kerala HC quashes unlawful assembly, rioting case against Pinarayi Vijayan

The Kerala High Court has quashed a case of unlawful assembly and rioting and connected proceedings in a magisterial court against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and 11 other CPI(M) leaders in connection with the 2009 human chain protest against India entering into a trade agreement with ASEAN countries. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas quashed the case against the CPI(M) leaders, also including Prakash Karat, former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan and current state Minister for General Education V Sivankutty, saying that there was no use of criminal force by them or the protestors, the protest was not indefinite, normal life was not paralysed and therefore, offences of unlawful assembly or rioting under the IPC were not made out. The case was quashed on the plea moved in the high court by the 12 CPI(M) leaders. While quashing the case, the high court said just like the leadership of a political party is not an immunity against prosecution, the position of the accused shall not

Kerala HC asks PFI to deposit Rs 5.20 crore for damage caused during bandh

Kerala High Court has directed the Popular Front of India general secretary Abdul Sattar, to deposit an amount of Rs 5.20 crores to the state Home Department for the damages incurred during its hartal

Kerala HC raps Bharat Jodo Yatra for flex boards, banners along highways

The Kerala High Court has strongly criticised the Congress-led Bharat Jodo Yatra for the flex boards and banners erected along the side of the roads and said the government departments, including police, have chosen to turn a blind eye towards it. Justice Devan Ramachandran, in an order issued on Thursday evening, said it was a tragedy that the orders of the court and the competent authorities are "given absolutely no respect" by persons and entities "who are in charge of the future of this nation". The court made the observations during an urgent hearing requested by amicus curiae Harish Vasudevan, who filed a report along with photographs, to show that a particular political party, while conducting procession across Kerala, has erected a large number of boards, banners, flags and other such material illegally. "Illegal installations have been made by a particular political party on every side of National Highway from Trivandrum to Thrissur and even beyond; and that even though the

Kerala High Court initiates suo motu case against PFI's call for bandh

Kerala High Court on Friday initiated a suo motu case against Popular Front of India leaders who called for a strike in the state against the arrest of its members by the National Investigation Agency

Kerala judge transferred over observations in sexual harassment case

Kozhikode District and Sessions judge S Krishnakumar, who had made controversial observations in his orders while granting bail to an accused in two sexual harassment cases, has been transferred as Presiding Officer of Labour Court in Kollam. According to the transfer order issued by the Kerala High Court, Muralee Krishna S, District and Sessions Judge, Manjeri, will be the new District and Sessions judge, Kozhikode. In the judiciary-transfer and posting orders of District and Sessions judges issued by the high court late on Tuesday, as part of its routine administrative affairs, has transferred two other judges also. Judge Krishnakumar's observations regarding survivors in his two orders on the anticipatory bail pleas moved by accused 'Civic' Chandran, who is also a writer and social activist, in two sexual harassment cases had stirred up a nation-wide controversy. The Kerala government has moved the High Court seeking to set aside the sessions court orders granting bail to ...

CGIT gets presiding officer, Kerala High Court disposes of petition

The Kerala High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) which sought the appointment of a presiding officer to the Central Government Industrial-cum-Labour Tribunal (CGIT) here. In a memo field before the HC by the central government's advocate, it was submitted that a presiding officer to the CGIT has been appointed on August 18, 2022. It was submitted that the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, has issued an office order appointing H G Nagarathna as the presiding officer of CGIT here. "Once the Presiding Officer takes charge, the Gazette notification would be issued", the memo said. The HC took the memo on record and disposed of the PIL, filed by the Industrial Law Practitioners' Forum. The new presiding officer has a tenure of four years.

Comparing wife with other women amounts to mental cruelty: Kerala HC

Comparing wife with other women and constantly taunting her for not being a spouse of his expectations amounts to mental cruelty by a husband, the Kerala High Court held

Kerala HC directs trial to be expedited in 2021 murder of RSS worker

The Kerala High Court has directed a sessions court in Palakkad to expedite the trial in the case regarding the killing of an RSS worker who was hacked to death in November last year in that district

Dhanlaxmi Bank's Rs 127-cr rights issue hits fresh roadblock at boardroom

Lender was aiming to raise Rs 127 crore for growth plans

Kerala rains: HC directs DMA, Kochi Corporation to take necessary steps

Kerala directed the Disaster Management Authority and the Corporation of Kochi to ensure every necessary step is taken on a war footing in the wake of heavy rains and expected flooding in the city.

NEET controversy: Kerala HC to hear PIL for one exam protocol across India

Kerala High Court will likely hear on Friday, a plea seeking a standard protocol for conducting examinations across the country in view of a recent incident at a NEET exam centre

Kerala HC allows son of unwed woman to keep mother's name alone in docs

The children of unwed mothers and rape victims can live in this country with the fundamental rights of privacy, liberty, and dignity, the Kerala High Court has said

Nambi Narayanan tried to influence CBI probe in ISRO spy case: ex-cops

Vijayan, along with 17 other former Kerala police and IB officials, is facing a CBI probe for allegedly falsely implicating Narayanan and some others in the 1994 spying case.

SC order on developmental projects applicable not just to SilverLine: HC

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday admitted it was wrong to stall the SilverLine project as pointed out by the Supreme Court.

Kerala govt miffed with HC for asking it to declare strike 'illegal'

The two-day national strike was called on March 28-29 by the trade unions, except the BMS, against the Centre's "anti-people" policies.

Kerala HC restrains 5 unions in BPCL, Kochi, from joining nationwide strike

A joint forum of central trade unions has given a call for a nationwide strike on March 28 and 29, to protest against the Union government's policies affecting workers, farmers and people