Kerala High Court
'Undue Fetter' On Right Of Appeal: Kerala High Court Sets Aside Order Requiring 50% Maintenance Deposit For Delay Condonation
The Kerala High Court recently held that courts cannot impose deposit of a percentage of the award amount as condition while considering an application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act to condone delay in preferring an appeal. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 558]Justice Jobin Sebastian opined that such a condition may be justified when the appellate court is considering an application for stay...
Kerala High Court Grants Relief To Headmistress Denied Entry For Wearing Churidar Instead Of Saree, Says 'Dress Choice A Fundamental Right'
The Kerala High Court recently ordered police protection after the manager of a school obstructed the headmistress' entry for wearing churidar instead of saree. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 560]Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan also declared that a citizen's choice of attire is a part of fundamental right: “What dress one wears is ordinarily a matter of personal choice of every citizen of this country. No...
Kerala High Court Directs State To Notify Anti-Ragging Guidelines Within Two Weeks
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (06 October) directed the State Government to notify the proposed Anti-Ragging and Student Welfare Guidelines, 2026, within two weeks, while observing that issues relating to enhanced punishment and reclassification of ragging offences would require amendments to the Kerala Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1998.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen...
SFI Activist Abhimanyu Murder: Kerala High Court Refuses In-Camera Trial, But Bars Photography/ Video-Recording Of Accused In Courtroom
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (October 7) declined the plea for in-camera trial in the SFI activist Abhimanyu murder case which is pending before the Sessions Court, Ernakulam.Abhimanyu was stabbed to death in 2018 during a campus political rivalry at Maharaja's College in Ernakulam. Presently, trial is pending before the Sessions Court against 16 accused (Accused Nos. 1 to 16)...
Kerala High Court Questions Centre Over Long-Pending AIIMS Proposal, Says State's Existing Healthcare Can't Be A "Handicap"
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (07 October) questioned the Centre's stand on the long-pending proposal to establish an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kerala, asking whether the State's comparatively better healthcare infrastructure had effectively become a “handicap”.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar was considering...
Kerala High Court Refuses To Quash Cruelty Case Against In-Laws Accused Of Calling Woman 'Servant', 'Cancer In Their Life'
The Kerala High Court recently refused to quash the matrimonial cruelty case against the parents-in-law of a woman, who allegedly referred to her as 'servant without wages' and 'cancer in their lives'. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 557]Justice G. Girish observed that there are multiple incidents of matrimonial cruelty attributed against the husband's parents and that the same are prima facie sufficient...
S.69 BNS | Hiding Live-In Relationship, Child With Another Amount To 'Deceitful Means' To Have Sexual Intercourse With Woman: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that hiding live-in relationship with another woman and child born in it would amount to 'deceitful means' employed to have sexual intercourse with a woman as per Section 69 BNS. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 556]Justice A. Badharudeen made the observation while considering a plea for anticipatory bail under Section 18A of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act.“At...
“Responsibility To Stand By Soldier In Crisis”: Kerala High Court Orders CBI Probe Into 14-Year-Old Disappearance Of Tripura State Rifles Jawan
The Kerala High Court has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the disappearance of a Tripura State Rifles jawan who went missing more than 14 years ago while travelling by train from Kerala to Guwahati. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 555]Justice G. Girish observed,“Peaceful sleep of the civilian is at the cost of sleepless nights, vigilance and sacrifice of the soldier. The...
Kerala High Court Sets Aside BJP Councillor R Sugathan's Preventive Detention Under KAAPA, Says Illegible Material Supplied To Him
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (October 6) has set aside the prevention detention of BJP Councillor from Thiruvananthapuram Sugathan R., who is presently detained in Viyyur Jail (Thrissur) as per the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007 (KAAPA). [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 554]The Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S. today delivered the verdict in...
Physical Disability Immaterial If Husband Has Means To Maintain Wife: Kerala High Court
Court further said that a person who marries despite incapacity to fulfill conjugal obligations, can't evade maintenance liability.
Kerala High Court Directs Payyanur Muncipality To Demarcate Space For Street Vendors To Avoid Footpath Encroachment
Footpaths are for pedestrians, but can't overlook poor street vendors who work under the hot sun or in rains, Court said.
Low IQ Or Intellectual Disability Won't Make Accused Unfit For Trial If He Can Understand & Participate In Proceedings: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that low IQ or intellectual disability would not make an accused unfit for trial if he has the functional capacity to understand and participate in proceedings. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 550]Justice Jobin Sebastian referred to Section 368 [Procedure in case of person with mental illness tried before Court] of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)...