Bar Councils Cannot Charge Fees To Verify Certificates Of Enrollment Applicants : Kerala High Court

The direction issued by the Bar Council of India to collect Rs 2500 as verification fee cannot be implemented, the Court ruled.

Kerala High Court Directs 'Mridanga Vision' Proprietor's Surrender In Connection With Event Where MLA Uma Thomas Was Injured

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (December 31) directed the sole proprietor of Mridanga Vision, Nigoshkumar M to surrender before the investigation officer on January 2 (Thursday), while disposing of his anticipatory bail plea moved over the accident caused to Thrikkakara MLA Uma Thomas.Mridanga Vision had organized 'Mridanga Naadam', an event conducted with an intention of setting a...

Kerala HC Stays Proceedings By Police Asking Malayalam Newspaper To Disclose Source On Report About Alleged Data Leak Of PSC Applicants

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (December 31) stayed further proceedings in connection to notices issued by the police's Crime Branch to Malayalam language newspaper Madhyamam Daily asking it to reveal how it accessed a note by the Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) which is stated to have said that the name and password of several PSC applicants were available on the dark web.Madhyamam...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 23 - December 29, 2024

Nominal Index [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 823 – 826 ]The Management Committee of Chempazhanthi Agricultural Improvement Co-operative Society and Another v The Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 823XXX v Union of India and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 824M/s Elstone Tea Estates Ltd. v State of Kerala And Connected Case, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 825Chavakkad...

Longevity Of Service Cannot Be Sole Reason For Claiming Regularisation: Kerala HC

Kerala High Court: A single bench of Justice Harisankar V. Menon dismissed petitions by Cochin Port Trust firemen seeking regularisation and pay parity with permanent firemen. The court observed that the firemen were engaged only as Leave Reserve Pool (LRP) workers and were not entitled to regularisation or equal pay. Relying on Secretary, State of Karnataka v. Umadevi (3) [(2006) 4 SCC...

Charitable Society Looking After Socio-Economic And Welfare Matters Of Ex-Servicemen, Their Families Can Levy Service Tax: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court stated that services by charitable society who look after socio-economic and welfare matters of ex-serviceman and their families is liable to service tax. The Division Bench of Justices A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Easwaran S. observed that “for an association like the assessee, the embarking on a transaction that is designed to earn income for its members,...

'Mridanga Vision' Proprietor Moves Kerala HC Seeking Anticipatory Bail Over Accident At Event Which Injured MLA Uma Thomas

Nigoshkumar M., the sole proprietor of 'Mridanga Vision' has moved the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail over the accident caused to Thrikkakara MLA Uma Thomas.Reportedly, the MLA fell from the 15-foot VIP gallery erected at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for the event 'Mridanga Naadam'. The program was organized by Mridanga Vision with an intention to set a Guinness World Record and...

Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]

Nominal Index Citations: [2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 1-275]Union of India & Ors. v. P.K. Santhosh Kumar, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 1P C Najeeb v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 2George Mathew v. State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 3XXX v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 4Ranjith Kumar K.V. & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Ors., 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 5X v Y, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 6Thazheveettil...

Kerala High Court Allows State To Acquire Nedumpala Estate and Elstone Tea Estate In Wayanad For Rehabilitation Of Landslide Victims

The Kerala High Court on Friday (December 27) held that the State can take over the Nedumbala estate and Elstone tea estates in Wayanad for rehabilitation purposes post the July 30 landslide, under the Disaster Management Act, 2015 (DM Act). Justice Kauser Edappagath also said that the government shall determine the total amount of compensation to be awarded to the petitioners...

Kerala HC Permits 'Pappanji' Burning During New Year Celebrations In Kochi, Suggests Increasing Breadth Of Barricade Around Effigy

The Kerala High Court on Friday (December 27) permitted 'Pappani' burning at Veli Ground in Fort Kochi for the New Year Celebrations this yearThe Mattancherrry police had earlier issued a notice directing the organisers to remove the erected effigy of 'Pappanji'. Permitting the burning of the effigy the court also suggested to the authorities to increase the breadth of barricade around...

Walayar Rape-Death | Kerala HC Dismisses Plea By Victims' Mother Challenging Integrity Certificate Granted To SP Over Allegedly Faulty Probe

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (December 24) dismissed a petition by the mother of two girls–who were allegedly raped and killed in Walayar in 2017–against the Integrity Certificate issued by the State to Superintendent of Police MJ Sojan, which is a requirement for conferring an officer with IPS cadre. Sojan is presently holding the post of Superintendent of Police (Non-IPS cadre) in...

No Penalty Can Be Levied U/S 271B Of IT Act If No Prejudice Is Caused To Dept On Account Of Belated Furnishing Of Audit Report: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court held that circumstances under which AO can absolve a taxpayer from payment of penalty u/s 271B are discernible from a reading of Sec 273B, which states that no penalty can be imposed on an assessee u/s 271B for breach of the provisions, if he proves that there was "reasonable cause" for the said failure.The provision of Section 44AB of Income tax Act prescribes a...