Kerala High Court
Kerala High Court Directs Vigilance Probe Into Suspicious Fund Transfers By Sabarimala Staff During Mandala Season
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (February 11) directed the Chief Vigilance and Security Officer (Superintendent of Police) of the Travancore Devaswom Board to conduct a detailed probe into suspicious fund transfers by the staff employed at Sabarimala during the 2025-26 Mandala-Makaravilakku season.The Division Bench consisting of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and K.V. Jayakumar passed...
Kerala High Court Expresses Satisfaction With KITFRA's Proposal To Digitise Temple Accounts, Seeks State & Devaswom Board's Response
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (February 11) expressed prima facie satisfaction on the proposal put forth by the Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd. (KITFRA) to facilitate digitisation of temple accounts.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar directed the State Government and the Travancore Devaswom Board to respond to...
Grounds Of Arrest Need Not Specify Quantity Of Contraband For Accused From Whom No Seizure Is Made: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that while communication of the grounds of arrest is a mandatory constitutional and statutory requirement, the specification of the quantity of contraband seized is necessary only in respect of those accused from whose possession the contraband was recovered.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath delivered the judgement in a bail application arising out of crime...
Kerala High Court Expunges Caution Against Doctor For Being Unaware Of Mental Healthcare Act Mandates, Notes He Acted Professionally
The Kerala High Court recently expunged a caution given to a doctor by the Statutory Mental Health Review Board for being unaware of the provisions of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.The Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M.B. Snehalatha was considering an appeal that challenged the order of the Review Board.The appellant in this case was a doctor having a career...
Municipal Secretary Can Cut Down Dangerous Trees Without Notice To Owner: Kerala High Court Grants Relief To 92-Year-Old Man
The Kerala High Court recently passed a judgment clarifying that as per Section 412(2) of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994, the secretary of a municipal corporation can cut down dangerous trees, without notice to their owner.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan granted relief to a 92-year-old man, who had been fighting for the past 9 years to get the trees in his neighbouring property cut down because...
Kerala High Court Refuses To Close Suraj Lama Case Despite Identification Of Body, Orders SIT To Probe Sequence Of Events
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (11 February) declined to close the habeas corpus petition filed to trace Suraj Lama, an Indian citizen who was deported from Kuwait but went missing after arriving at Kochi, even after identification of his dead body recovered from Kochi's Kalamaserry area.The division bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M B Snehalatha has directed...
Kerala High Court Asks Travancore Devaswom Board To Explain Irregularities Found In Audited Accounts Of Global Ayyappa Sangamam
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (February 11) flagged the irregularities noted by the independent team that audited the accounts of the Global Ayyappa Sangamam, which was held on September 20, 2025 at Sabarimala with the approval of the Court.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar observed that it is for the Devaswom Board to explain the...
'Suitability Certificate' From Indian Nursing Council Not Mandatory For Registering Nurses Trained Outside State: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the State Nursing Council cannot insist on a Recognition/ Suitability Certificate of the Indian Nursing Council (INC) for granting inter-State registration to nursing students.Justice N Nagaresh was delivering the judgment in a writ petition which challenged the insistence of recognition of the Nursing Colleges by Indian Nursing Council for registration...
Kerala High Court Dismisses Pleas Challenging Upper Age Limit For Availing Assisted Reproductive Technology Services
The Kerala High Court recently dismissed a batch of writ petitions challenging the upper age limit prescribed to avail assisted reproductive technology services.Justice Sobha Annamma Eapen passed a common judgment in the batch of cases that had challenged the constitutional validity of Section 21(g) of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 that prescribed the upper...
Using Minimum Corporal Punishment For Discipline Not Offence: Kerala High Court Quashes Criminal Case Against Teacher For Caning Student
The Kerala High Court has reiterated that using minimum corporal punishment to discipline student in school is not an offence under the Juvenile Justice Act or the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.Justice C. Pratheep Kumar quashed the criminal case initiated against a teacher for caning a student in the school.The prosecution case is that the accused teacher voluntarily caused hurt to a student by...
'Neighbourhood School' Under RTE Act Cannot Be Rigidly Distance-Based: Kerala HC Dismisses Challenge To School Shifting In Lakshadweep
The Kerala High Court has held that the concept of a “neighbourhood school” under Section 6 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) Act cannot be applied through rigid distance-based standards and must be understood in light of local geographical and demographic realities.Justice N. Nagaresh was delivering the judgment in two writ petitions filed by...
'Will Not Affect Fair Trial': CBFC Opposes In Kerala High Court Plea To Stall Movie Allegedly Inspired By Venjaramoodu Murder Case
The Central Board of Film Certification on Tuesday (February 10) submitted before the Kerala High Court that though the movie 'Kaalam Paranja Kadha' may have been inspired by the Venjaramoodu Mass Murder case, the same will not affect the trial of the accused.Justice Bechu Kurian was considering a plea preferred by the father of the accused who stated that the movie may prejudice the trial in...