Invoking Bank Guarantee For Interim Release Of Vehicle Seized For Alleged Sand Transport 'Unjustifiable': Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that a condition, which required furnishing of bank guarantee to get interim custody of a vehicle that was alleged to be caught transporting river sand from forest, is onerous.Justice C.S. Dias observed that the Apex Court decision in Shihab etc. and another v. State of Kerala and another [2016 (4) KHC 183] holds the field when it comes to...

Circumstantial Evidence Sufficient Proof Of Adultery To Defeat Wife's Maintenance Claim: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently held that circumstantial evidence is sufficient to establish the factum of 'living in adultery' to defeat the claim for maintenance under Section 125 of Cr.P.C.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath, was delivering a judgment in a revision petition filed against the Family Court decision which had granted maintenance to a woman despite evidence produced by the...

Kerala High Court Upholds Requirement Of Clinical Clerkship For Foreign Medical Grads Who Faced Break In Course During COVID

The Kerala High Court on Monday (1 December) upheld the requirement of clinical clerkship for Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) who faced a break in the course during the pandemic and joined the college and did a compensatory course.A Division Bench comprising Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice P V Balakrishnan held that the FMGs, who had completed medical courses in China during...

Vellayani Lake Acquisition: Kerala High Court Grants Interim Relief To 60 Farmers; Bars Dispossession Without Due Process

The Kerala High Court, on a recent occasion, passed an interim order granting relief to around 60 traditional farmers whose properties are located adjacent to the Vellayani Lake, which is stated to be marked for development by the State government.Justice C. Jayachandran directed the state government, its Water Resources, Agriculture and Revenue departments and the District Collector...

BCI Affiliation Absent In Several Legal Education Centres Across Kerala: GLC Kozhikode Principal Tells High Court

The Principal of the Government Law College, Kozhikode recently filed a statement before the Kerala High Court wherein it told that in addition to the government law colleges in Kozhikode, Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram, several other legal education institutions do not possess affiliation from the Bar Council of India.The statement was filed in a plea preferred by an Idukki-based advocate,...

Revisional Power U/S 263 Income Tax Act Cannot Be Upheld By Tribunal On Grounds Not Taken By Commissioner: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that a tribunal cannot travel beyond the grounds not cited by the commissioner while exercising jurisdiction under Section 263 Income Tax Act.Justices A. Muhamed Mustaque and Harisankar V. Menon stated that only one reason was highlighted by the Commissioner for exercising the power under Section 263 of the Act and the Tribunal having found the said reason as not...

Public Appeals For Organ Donors 'Contrary' To Law: Kerala High Court Told As Advisory Committee Recommends Anonymous Online Donor Platform

The Transplantation Advisory Committee constituted under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act has recently informed the Kerala High Court that public appeals calling for Organ Donors are contrary to law under the Transplantation Act and has recommended the creation of an Anonymous Online Donor Platform. The submissions were made before the division bench comprising Chief...

Kerala High Court Asks NHAI To Produce Contractual Timeline For NH-544 Work After Reports Of Delay In Construction

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (02 December) directed the National Highways Authority of India to report the time period prescribed in its agreement with the Contractor for the completion of National Highway stretch in NH-544. The division bench comprising Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Harisankar V Menon were considering the writ petition regarding traffic congestion...

Further Probe Under S.173(8) CrPC Permissible Only By Agency Which Conducted Original Investigation: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has reaffirmed that further investigation under Section 173 (8) CrPC must be conducted by the same agency that has conducted the original investigation and not a different agency.Justice C Pratheep Kumar was delivering the judgment in a writ petition filed by the accused in pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pathanamthitta.The petitioner, accused of offences...

Rescheduling Payment Under OTS Amounts To Rewriting Contract, High Court Can't Do It In Writ Jurisdiction: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the High Court cannot invoke its writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution to reschedule payments to be made by a borrower under One Time Settlement (OTS). A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S thus sett aside a Single Judge order that had granted borrowers the facility to clear loan arrears...

Suraj Lama Missing Case: Kerala High Court Seeks Information On Body Found In Proposed Judicial City Area, Questions Police Surveillance

The Kerala High Court on Monday (December 01) directed the Director General of Police to make available before it all details about the body traced out from a marshy area in Kalamassery, which is suspected to belong to Suraj Lama, who has been missing since October 5 after he arrived in Kochi from Kuwait.Additionally, the Superintendent of the Medical College Hospital, where the missing Mr....

Kerala High Court Grants Interim Protection To 'Bokashi Bucket' Mark, Bars Sale Of Identical Compost Bins

The Kerala High Court has put a temporary restraint on a Kozhikode-based business from making or selling compost bins using the name “Bokashi Bucket,” after finding that the term is a registered trademark owned by Global Pharmaceuticals. A single bench of Justice S Manu passed the order on November 18, 2025, overturning a Additional District Court order refusing to grant protection to...