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TopicKerala High Court

Topic: Kerala High Court

Can arrests be made on court premises? SC weighs arguments, sees road to resolve cop-lawyer friction

Kerala Police Officers’ Association argues HC guidelines on arrests in court premises hinder investigations and risk criminals taking shelter in court premises to evade police action.

Rejecting waqf board’s claim over 400-acre land, how Kerala HC upheld state govt’s power of scrutiny

Case revolves around tract of land in Vadakkekara village in Ernakulam district which was gifted in 1950 by a businessman to a college management committee via ‘endowment deed’.

PIL opposes Arundhati Roy’s smoking photo on book cover—right to life, ‘unhealthy message to youth’

Kerala High Court seeks Centre’s response on plea seeking stay on Roy's book 'Mother Mary Comes to Me' unless the mandatory statutory warning is printed on the cover.

How HC relied on ‘sterling witness’ test to acquit Kerala ex-minister Nadar in sexual harassment case

Former Kerala forest minister Nadar was accused of sexual harassment by woman forest officer in 2001. He was convicted by trial court and court of sessions at Kozhikode.

New front in tussle with governor: Kerala & West Bengal spar with Raj Bhavans over appointment of VCs

Supreme Court has appointed search-and-selection committees to choose vice-chancellors nominated by both chief minister and governor for state-run universities.

‘Possibility of reformation, no criminal past’—why Kerala HC modified life term of former IS operative

Life term was handed to Subahani Haja in 2020. The Kerala man had entered Iraq in 2015 & received religious & arms training, but his stint was cut short due to injury.

In order upholding daughters’ inheritance rights, Kerala HC resolves conflict between state, central law

Sections of Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act, 1975 were found to be contradictory to provisions of Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.

Sacred name sparks courtroom drama: What CBFC argued in affidavit opposing Janaki vs State of Kerala

Censor board later changed its stance, said it was ready to greenlight film for release if title is changed to ‘Janaki V’ and the name is muting in one scene, to which makers agreed.

Kerala HC allows gender-neutral birth certificate for transgender couple

As per the high court ruling both parents can be identified simply as 'parent' instead of 'mother' or 'father'. The couple alleged that local authorities refused to amend the certificate.

Properties unrelated to crime can’t be attached under PMLA, says Kerala High Court

Proceeds of crime, in the case of property, has been explicitly defined as those obtained or derived out of a criminal activity amounting to scheduled offence, says judge.

On Camera

Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Can’t stay behind tech curve anymore, must catch up—Vice Chief of Navy Staff ahead of Swavlamban 2025

New Delhi: Noting that India cannot afford to stay behind the technology curve when it comes to war-fighting, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff...

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.