Kerala High Court News & Updates
The Kerala High Court observes that isolated incidents do not establish police failure to enforce the public smoking ban. It directs authorities to continue strict enforcement and conduct awareness programmes on the legal prohibition and the harmful effects of passive smoking.
Read Full ArticleThe Kerala High Court acquits a man convicted under Section 354 IPC, holding that the alleged act of hitting a woman’s chest with an elbow did not establish the requisite criminal intent. The Court also finds the evidence insufficient to sustain the conviction without independent corroboration.
The Kerala High Court held that a citizen's attire is a matter of personal choice and nobody can dictate it without legal backing.
The Kerala High Court upheld ₹10,000 monthly maintenance, holding that the husband's 70% disability was irrelevant as he had means but concealed his income.
The Kerala High Court held that suppressing a live-in relationship and child while fixing marriage can constitute “deceitful means” under Section 69 BNS and attract the Section 18 SC/ST Act bar.
Supreme Court holds that a cheque-bounce demand notice sent to the drawer’s correct address and delivered to his mother constitutes valid service, declaring the contrary Kerala HC ruling in M.D. Tho...
Kerala High Court holds that Section 100 of the Patents Act permits the Government to manufacture patented medicines and sell them to needy patients on a non-commercial basis where intervention is nec...
Kerala High Court grants anticipatory bail to an advocate accused of outraging a fellow lawyer’s modesty, holding that custodial interrogation was unnecessary amid a cross-complaint.
Kerala High Court directs numbering of a ‘John Doe’ suit, holding that insisting on the address of an unidentified defendant under Order VI Rule 14A CPC defeats the purpose of such proceedings.
Kerala High Court allows a widow to use her deceased husband’s cryopreserved embryos, holding that his intention for their actual use supports her wish to become a parent.
The Kerala High Court quashed a Section 69 BNS case, holding that a married woman with a subsisting marriage could not claim her sexual relationship was induced solely by a promise of marriage.
The Kerala High Court directed the State to urgently address staffing, security, medicine and transport shortages at mental health centres, while welcoming their renaming as “Happiness and Wellness ...
Kerala High Court initiates suo motu contempt proceedings against Advocate Mathews J. Nedumpara over unauthorised YouTube recordings of court proceedings and bars him from virtual hearings.
Kerala High Court quashes criminal defamation proceedings against Malayala Manorama editors over an Excise arrest report, holding that publication alone is insufficient without culpable intent.
Kerala High Court closes PIL alleging men would be barred from a women's event, holding the plea was based on unverified media reports and filed without approaching authorities.
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