Kerala High Court Issues Interim Order Directing Police To Not Arrest ED Assistant Director Accused Of Demanding ₹2 Crore Bribe

The Kerala High Court has issued an interim order to not to arrest the Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate, Kochi till 11th June. The order was passed by Justice P. G. Ajithkumar. The anticipatory bail petition filed by the ED official is posted to be heard then. The order was passed after the Public Prosecutor sought time and admitted that no arrest would be made till the matter...

Kerala High Court Allows Transgender Couple's Plea To Show Them As 'Parents', Not Father And Mother In Child's Birth Certificate

The Kerala High Court on Monday (2nd June) allowed the petition moved by a transgender couple seeking issuance of a new birth certificate for their child showing them as just 'parents' and not 'father' and 'mother'. The order was passed by Justice Ziyad Rahman A. A.The detailed order is awaited.The plea was filed by Zahhad, a transman, and Ziya Paval, a transwoman, who became India's...

Kerala High Court Closes Plea For Verification Of Migrant Workers, Says It Is For Govt To Decide

The Kerala High Court disposed of a Writ Petition seeking a direction to the government to verify the identity, criminal antecedents and other details of migrant workers arriving in the State. In the petition, it was alleged that most of the migrant workers coming into Kerala have criminal antecedents and have fabricated identity cards.While considering the matter on Friday (May 30), the...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 26 – June 1, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 294 - 304]J.C. Flowers Asset Reconstruction Pvt. Ltd v. State of Kerala and others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 294Sukanth Suresh P. v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 295Mathew B. Kurian v. National Council for Teacher Education and others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 296Sumisha (Minor) v Shaji P. Y. and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 297X v. FACT and...

Kerala High Court Slams State For 'Harassing' Former VC In-Charge Of KTU Ciza Thomas, Orders Release Of Pension

The Kerala High Court on Friday (May 30) directed the state government to release within two weeks all pensionary benefits due to Dr. Ciza Thomas who retired as Principal of Government Engineering College on March 31, 2023Notably, she had assumed the office of Vice Chancellor of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University, as per an order of the Chancellor, the then Governor of Kerala,...

Benefit Of S.14 Limitation Act Can't Be Construed So Liberally Just To Save A Lis: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the benefit of exclusion of limitation period under Section 14(1) of the Limitation Act would not be available in the subsequent suit unless all the ingredients under the provision are satisfied. The Court found that the provision cannot be liberally construed, just to save a lis.Section 14 of the Limitation Act permits extension of limitation period for...

Court Fees Increased In View Of 20-Year Inflation After Detailed Study & Deliberation With Stakeholders: Kerala Govt To High Court

While opposing a plea against increase in Court Fees, the Kerala Government told the high court that the hike in court fees was done keeping in mind inflation of the past 20 years, after a detailed study and deliberating with all the stakeholders.The submission was made in the State government's counter affidavit to the PIL filed by Kerala High Court Advocates Association (KHCAA), challenging...

Husband Sending Draft Divorce Agreement To Wife Would Not Constitute Abetment Of Suicide: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently set aside an order of the trial court which had added the charge of abetment of suicide against man whose wife is stated to have committed suicide by allegedly jumping into a well days after a draft divorce agreement was given to her.The prosecution witnesses–the deceased's mother, brother and father had stated that the husband's family came to the...

'If VC Gets Salary, Student Can't Be Denied Fellowship' : Kerala HC Bars Salary To University VC & Registrar Till Student's Dues Cleared

The Kerala High Court recently came down heavily on the Sankaracharya University for denying fellowship to a research student.The Court opined that when the Vice-Chancellor of the University is being paid salary regularly, there is no reason for the non–payment of the petitioner's fellowship.“If the Vice Chancellor of the University is being paid salary regularly, there can be...

Kerala High Court Directs State To Audit Citizen's Complaints Lodged On 'K-SMART', Report On FIRs Registered & Fines Imposed

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (May 29) passed an interim order directing the Secretary of Local Self Government Institutions (LSGI), which is the competent authority, to submit a detailed report on the actions taken on the complaints registered on K-SMART. For context, K-SMART or Kerala - Solution for Managing Administrative Reformation and Transformation is an e-governance platform for...

Businessman Who Accused ED Officer Of Bribery Gets ED Summons; Kerala High Court Stays His Arrest

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (29th May) directed not to arrest the businessman, Aneesh Babu who raised allegation of bribery against the Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate, Ernakulam Office. Justice Kauser Edappagath has posted the case after a week.The petitioner stated that after he registered the vigilance case against the Enforcement Officer, he has got a summons from...

Veterinary Student Death: Kerala High Court Disposes Mother's Appeal Against Order Halting Expulsion Of Accused Students

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (May 28) disposed of appeals moved by the mother of veterinary student Sidharthan J.S., who allegedly committed suicide last year. The writ appeals were filed against a single judge's order, which had quashed the expulsion of nineteen students of the College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences at Mannuthy. The Division Bench of Justice Amit Rawal and...