academy Icon academy Icon lawbiz Icon
Subscribe Premium

 Kerala High Court

Kerala High Court Stays FIR, Probe Against Former CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Kin In CMRL-Exalogic Pay Off Case

The Kerala High Court on Monday (October 26) has stayed the FIR registered against former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter Veena T. and son-in-law/ex-Minister Muhammed Riyas in CMRL-Exalogic pay off case, on a Single judge's direction to the Vigilance.The Division Bench of Justice K. Natarajan and Justice Johnson John also stayed the further investigation in the case as well as...

Kerala High Court Amends Internship Policy, Restricts Eligibility To Law Students In Final Two Years

The Kerala High Court has notified a new, amended internship policy for law students undergoing internship at the Court.The Internship Policy for the High Court of Kerala, 2026 (Amended) would supersede the earlier policy notified earlier this year. The policy lays down the procedure and manner of applying and intake for internships, dress codes for interns, actions that would be construed...

Are Your Hands Chained?: Kerala High Court Questions States Inaction In KPSC Exam Probe, Says Prime Accused Not Being Questioned

The Kerala High Court on Saturday (October 24) criticised the State over inadequate investigation in the case relating to the alleged irregularities in the examination conducted by the Kerala Public Service Commission for recruitment to the Planning Board.Justice A. Badharudeen, while hearing a plea moved by the KPSC challenging Crime Branch FIR registered to probe into the...

Kerala High Court Underscores Peer Restraint Among Benches, Says Judicial Strength Flows From Discipline, Not Dominion

The Kerala High Court has recently observed that all Judges are equal in status and power and that no Bench, irrespective of its strength, can assume a supervisory role over another or advise, counsel or criticise Judges on how they should act or record their decisions. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 598]A Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice Basant Balaji made the...

Kerala High Court Seeks States Response To Ex-DGP Tomin Thachankarys Plea To Go Abroad For Rejoining Work

The Kerala High Court on Saturday (October 24) sought the response of the State to a plea preferred by ex-Director General of Police Tomin J. Thachankary seeking to go abroad for rejoining his work.Thachankary has sought to modify the conditions imposed by the Court while suspending the sentence awarded to him by the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Kottayam in...

Kerala High Court Refuses To Stay Reconstitution Of State Waqf Board, Says New Members Have Already Assumed Office

The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 23) issued notice before admission on the appeals challenging a Single Bench order refusing to stay a government order (GO) reconstituting the State Waqf Board.The Division Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice Basant Balaji today heard detailed arguments by Senior Advocate S. Sreekumar and Advocate P. Chandrasekhar for the appellants,...

State Cant Escape Liability For Harm Caused By Wild Animals Merely Because It Does Not Own Or Control Them: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the State's lack of ownership or physical custody over wild animals does not, by itself exclude the State from the liability for harm caused by them. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 594]Justice Mohammed Nias C.P., made the observation while dismissing a Regular Second Appeal filed by the State against the concurrent findings of the Munsiff's Court, Kalpetta, and the...

Kerala High Court To Hear On Monday Appeals By Pinarayi Vijayan, Kin Against Order Directing Vigilance FIR In CMRL-Exalogic Case

The appeals preferred by former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter Veena T. and son-in-law/ex-Minister Muhammed Riyas against the Single Bench order directing Vigilance FIR against them in CMRL-Exalogic pay off case is likely to be heard by the Kerala High Court on Monday (October 26).The appeals were mentioned before the Division Bench of Justice Satish Ninan and Justice P. Krishna...