LPG Distributors Don't Have Vested Legal Right Over Customer Base, Oil Companies Can Shift Consumers Between Distributors: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that LPG distributors do not possess a vested legal right over customer bases built during the course of distributorship operations.Justice M.A. Abdul Hakhim was considering two writ petitions filed by a registered All India Association of LPG Distributors and other individual LPG Distributors in various parts of the State of Kerala.The pleas challenged...

Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala High Court Grants SIT Two More Weeks To Complete Investigation

The Kerala High Court on Monday (May 18) granted two more weeks to the Special Investigation Team to complete its probe into alleged misappropriation of gold from the Dwarapalaka idols and door frames of the Sreekovil in Sabarimala temple.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar perused a report submitted by Sri. S. Sasidharan, the Investigating Officer,...

Kerala High Court Denies Bail To Astrologer Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor Girl On Pretext Of Conducting 'Exorcism'

The Kerala High Court on Monday (May 18) dismissed the bail application preferred by astrologer Rajan Babu @ Murari Thantri, who was arrested on February 9 for allegedly raping a minor girl on the pretext of conducting an 'exorcism' on her. Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath observed:“A perusal of the case diary would reveal that the accusation against the applicant is very serious, and it...

Kerala High Court Flags Alleged Misappropriation Of Funds By Devaswom Board Officers In Relation To Sabarimala's Ashtabhishekam

The Kerala High Court on Monday (May 18) flagged the alleged misappropriation of funds by the Administrative Officers of the Travancore Devaswom Board for the last 10 years or so in relation to procurement of items required for 'Ashtabhishekam' in Sabarimala temple.Ashtabhishekam refers to a sacred ritual in which the deity's idol is bathed with eight auspicious substances.The Division Bench...

Cashew Corp Scam: Kerala High Court Questions Industries Secretary's Absence In Contempt Case Over Refusal To Sanction CBI Prosecution

The Kerala High Court on Monday (May 18) questioned why the Principal Secretary, Industries Department (Cashew) of the State government did not personally appear before it after being directed to do so.Justice A. Badharudeen was considering a contempt plea initiated against the Secretary for denying sanction for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute allegedly corrupt...

Transgender Persons Must Be Made Aware Of Fertility Preservation Options Before Gender Reassignment Surgery: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently observed that the appropriate government has a duty to give proper awareness to transgender persons regarding preservation of their sperms or oocytes before they begin sex-reassignment treatment.Justice Sobha Annamma Eapen remarked:“It is the bounden duty of the appropriate Government to give proper awareness to the transgender persons regarding preservation...

Senior Adv Jaju Babu To Be Kerala Advocate General; T Asaf Ali Director General Prosecution

The newly elected UDF Government in Kerala has decided to appoint Senior Advocate Jaju Babu as the Advocate General.T Asaf Ali has been appointed as the Director General of Prosecutions.Chief Minister VD Satheesan announced these decisions in a press meet held after the first cabinet meeting of the newly elected government.

Kerala High Court Weekly Round Up: May 11 - May 17, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 252 - 269]Star Health And Allied Insurance Company Limited v. Balakrishnan K.M. and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 252A.K. Baby v State of Kerala and Ors. and connected case, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 253C.A. Jaleel v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 254Rajesh. K v The Additional District Magistrate and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 255Laiju M S v...

S. 447 BNSS| High Court Can Be Directly Approached To Transfer Case From One Special Court To Another: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court, in a recent decision, held that a person seeking to transfer a case from one Special Court to another Special Court can directly approach the High Court without first approaching the Sessions Court.Justice A. Badharudeen held:“it is not safe to say that, when a person wants to transfer a case pending before the Special Court under the PC [Prevention of Corruption ]Act...

State Waqf Board Orders Must Be Challenged Before Waqf Tribunal; High Court Can Be Approached Only If Tribunal Non-Functional: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that once a Waqf Tribunal is established by the State, a Muttawalli interest in a waqf or any person aggrieved by an order made under the Waqf Act must approach the Tribunal instead of the High Court.The Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S. added that writ jurisdiction of High Court can be invoked only in cases...

Kerala High Court Allows Transgender Man To Preserve His Eggs

The Kerala High Court on Friday (May 15) allowed a transgender man to cryopreserve his eggs by permitting him to approach an ART bank of his choice.The ART bank will take steps to retrieve the oocytes of the petitioner and cryopreserve the same in order to utilise it for reproduction at a later stage in life.Justice Sobha Annamma Eapen noted that the petitioner is a person, who was...

Kerala High Court Upholds POCSO Act Conviction Despite Non-Seizure Of Mobile Used To Show Sexually Explicit Videos To Child

The Kerala High Court recently upheld a man's conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, despite non-seizure of the mobile phone used to show sexually explicit videos to child, noting that no challenge has been raised regarding the non-seizure, during cross-examination.Justice A. Badharudeen delivered the judgment in an appeal challenging conviction...