Kerala High Court
Kerala High Court Stays Loan Recovery Proceedings Against Wayanad Landslide Victims
The Kerala High Court has ordered that all recovery proceedings against Wayanad landslide victims be kept in abeyance until the writ petition initiated after the large-scale landslide that hit Wayanad on July 30, 2024 is disposed of.The division bench of Dr. Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Jobin Sebastian issued the interim order after criticising the Central Government for...
Plea In Kerala High Court Claims Travancore Devaswom Board Funded Global Ayyappa Sangamam, Seeks Action Against Commissioner
A petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court claiming that the Global Ayyappa Sangamam was funded by the Travancore Devaswom Board, in contravention of its affidavit claiming that event would be primarily through voluntary contributions.For context, TDB had filed the affidavit in response to a batch of petitions alleging that the event was a political and commercial one, veiled as...
KeLSA's Victim Rights Centre Submits Comprehensive Suggestions To Kerala High Court For Strengthening Adoption, Foster Care Systems
The Victim Rights Centre (VRC) of the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) has submitted comprehensive suggestions before the Kerala High Court for the betterment of adoption and foster care system.The report was submitted by Adv. Parvathi Menon A., Project Co-ordinator of VRC after she was suo motu impleaded by Justice Sobha Annamma Eapen in a writ petition filed by an adoptive...
Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Actress Lakshmi Menon In Abduction Case
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (October 8) allowed the anticipatory bail plea of actress Lakshmi Menon in alleged abduction and assault case.The parties had submitted before the Court that their disputes have been settled and that the complaint was filed based on misunderstanding. The de facto complainant had filed an affidavit in this regard."The allegations indicate that a serious...
'Exploitation Of Hope & Vulnerability': Kerala High Court Shocked At Alleged Trafficking Of Women For Assisted Reproductive Technology
The Kerala High Court has recently expressed deep concern and “shock” over alleged instances of exploitation involving women brought to the state purportedly as egg donors or prospective surrogate mothers under the guise of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) programs.The Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M.B. Snehalatha made the observations while hearing...
'Union Govt Has Failed People, We Don't Need Charity': Kerala High Court Remarks On Non-Waiver Of Loans For Wayanad Landslide Victims
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (October 8) orally remarked that it would pass an interim order to stay the loan recovery action being taken against victims of the Wayanad Landslides. During the last hearing, on the issue of loan waiver of victims, the Additional Solicitor General of India, ARL Sundaresan, appearing for the Centre, submitted that there is some ambiguity with regard to...
Draft Law Based On Hema Committee Report Likely To Be Placed Before Council Of Ministers In Nov: State Tells Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (October 8) was told by the Government Pleader that the draft legislation for addressing issues in the entertainment industry in the State is likely to be placed before the Council of Ministers by the first week of November.During an earlier hearing, the Special Bench of Dr. Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice C.S. Sudha had orally pointed lacunae...
LIC's Cancer Cover Valid Only If 'First Diagnosis' Occurs After Waiting Period, Not Expert Confirmation: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court allowed Life Insurance Corporation's appeal against direction to pay insurance coverage claim of a cancer patient, holding that LIC's coverage for cancer care would apply only if the first diagnosis–which does not include confirmation by expert, occurred after waiting period of 180 days. The claimant, an LIC policy holder, had renewed her cancer cover on 16.03.2021. As...
Ill Treatment Of Children By Spouse Constitutes Cruelty Under Section 10(1) Divorce Act: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the ill-treatment of children by a spouse constitutes mental cruelty towards the other spouse and can be a valid ground for dissolution of marriage under Section 10(1)(x) of the Divorce Act, 1869.The Division Bench comprising Justice Sathish Ninan and Justice P Krishna Kumar, dismissed the wife's appeal against a Family Court judgment granting divorce to...
Kerala High Court Closes Plea Challenging Proposal To Set Up Polling Booth At Mosque, Notes Site Shifted To Anganwadi
The Kerala High Court has closed a writ petition moved by Twenty 20 Party challenging the proposal to fix a Mosque (Madrasathul Islamiya) as the polling booth for the upcoming local body elections, after the District Election Officer proposed a nearby Anganwadi for the purpose.The writ petition was filed seeking to quash the proposal to fix the polling station at Madrasthul Islamiya in...
Kerala High Court Asks Actor Dulquer Salmaan To Approach Customs Authority Seeking Provisional Release Of Seized Vehicle
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (October 7) asked actor Dulquer Salmaan to approach the authority under the Customs Act seeking the provisional release of his Land Rover Defender, which was seized by Customs officials as part of Operation Numkhor.The Court asked the actor to approach the adjudicatory authority under the Customs Act with an application under Section 110A of the Customs Act....