Release Victim Compensation Within A Week Or We'll Attach Treasury Accounts: Kerala High Court Warns State, Summons Finance Secy

The Kerala High Court on Monday (March 16) remarked that it would pass orders to attach the Treasury accounts of the State government in case the amounts due to the Victim Compensation Fund and the fees to the mediators are not paid within a week.Division bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. was hearing two pleas, including a suo motu petition concerning...

Kerala High Court Allows Extraction, Preservation Of Brain-Dead Man's Gametes At Wife's Request

The Kerala High Court has recently granted interim permission to extract and cryopreserve the gametes of a man declared brain-dead, following a petition filed by his wife seeking to preserve the possibility of having a biological child in the future.Justice M.B Snehalatha passed the interim order to allow the extraction and cryopreservation of the gametes of the petitioner's husband, by...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up : March 09 - March 15, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 132 - 147]New India Assurance and Ors. v The Federal bank Ltd., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 132Ajeesh Kalathil Gopi v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 133Rafeek v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 134Saheer v. The Ombudsman for Local Self Government and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 135Union of India and Anr. v. Mohanan Madathil...

Kerala High Court Flags Irregularities In Accounting Of Ghee Sales In Sabarimala, Calls For Audit Dept Report

The Kerala High Court on Friday (March 14) noted serious irregularities in the accounting process related to Aadiya Sishtam Ghee sales in Sabarimala temple and directed the State Audit department to carry out an audit and place a detailed report before it.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar passed the order in a Devaswom Board Audit Report...

Quantity Of Contraband Not Relevant For Preventive Detention Under PITNDPS Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that the quantity of contraband is not a relevant factor to decide whether a detention order under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PITNDPS Act) should be passed against a person found engaged in illicit traffic of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.The Division Bench of Dr. Justice...

Kerala High Court Asks State Whether Suchitwa Mission Can Provide Expertise To Remove Pilgrims' Clothes Discarded In Pampa River

The Kerala High Court on Friday (March 14) asked the State to inform whether the Suchitwa Mission can provide expertise or technical support to remove the clothe waste remaining in river Pampa discarded by Sabarimala pilgrims.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar noted the submission of the Standing Counsel appearing for the Travancore Devaswom Board...

Kerala High Court Upholds Direction To Implead Local SHO In Bank Account Defreezing Petitions

The Kerala High Court has upheld the a direction requiring petitioners seeking defreezing of bank accounts to implead the local Station House Officer (SHO ) of the police station having jurisdiction over their address as a party respondent in such writ petitions.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M delivered the judgment in appeals arising out...

State Undertakes Before Kerala High Court To Ensure Uninterrupted Service Of Sanitation Workers At Sabarimala

The Government Pleader on Thursday (March 12) undertook before the Kerala High Court that uninterrupted service of sanitation workers shall be ensured at Sabarimala.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar recorded the submission while considering a suo motu petition initiated on the basis of the Sabarimala Special Commissioner's report regarding...

Kerala High Court Summons Home Secretary Over Failure To Pay Mediator Fees & Victim Compensation

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (12 March) summoned the Home Secretary of the State to be personally present in the Court noting the unsatisfactory progress with regard to the payment of fee to the Mediator and victim compensation.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M issued the directions. The Court was considering a suo motu petition concerning...

'Meticulous Investigation Being Carried Out By SIT': Kerala High Court In Plea Seeking CBI Inquiry In Sabarimala Gold Theft Case

The Kerala High Court on Friday (March 13) orally remarked that a very meticulous investigation is being carried out by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which includes some of the best persons in the country, while probing the Sabarimala gold theft cases.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar was hearing a batch of pleas seeking CBI inquiry into...

Kerala High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Setting Up CFSL In State Amid NDPS Trial Delays, High Pendency

The Kerala High Court recently sought the central government's stand on whether a Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) can be established in the State.The Special Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice C. Jayachandran was considering a plea preferred by the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) outlining among others, the issue of high pendency of NDPS trials due to lack...

Sabarimala Gold Theft: State Moves Kerala High Court To Cancel Rajeev Thantri's Bail, Expunge Special Court's Remarks Against Probe

The State government has moved the Kerala High Court seeking to cancel the bail granted to Kandararu Rajeevaru @ Rajeev Thantri, who is arrayed as an accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case. The plea also seeks to expunge the alleged adverse remarks made by the Special Judge against the investigation, stating them to be 'unwarranted and prejudicial to investigation'. The Special...