Kerala High Court
Kerala High Court Directs Nodal Agency To Consider Inclusion Of Non-Resident Returnees In NORKA-CARE Health Insurance Scheme
The Kerala High Court has directed NORKA Roots to consider the inclusion of Non-Resident Keralite (NRK) returnees in its recently launched NORKA-CARE Group Health and Accident Insurance Scheme.NORKA Roots is a nodal agency for all matters concerning collaboration with the government of Kerala to address grievances on Non-Resident Keralites. Justice N Nagaresh gave the directions while disposing...
Kerala High Court Grants Bail To 70-Year-Old Man Booked For Allegedly Hunting & Killing Leopard In Reserve Forest
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (October 9) granted regular bail to a 70-year-old man, who is accused of killing a leopard in a reserve forest by laying a cable trap.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas allowed the petition taking into consideration the period of custody undergone, the absence of antecedents and the advanced age of the petitioner. The petitioner was arrayed as an accused in O.R....
Kerala High Court Seeks Details On TDB–NIC MoU For Digital Governance Of Devaswom Institution
The Kerala High Court has sought details of the Memorandum of Understanding between National Informatics Centre and Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) for computerisation and digital governance for managing temple administration.The directions were given by the division bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K.V. Jayakumar, while considering a matter concerning the...
'How Can Doctors Work In Insecurity?': Kerala High Court Seeks Report On Safety Of Hospital Staff After Attack On Doctor
The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 10) orally directed the state government to submit a report to ensure the safety of doctors, medical personnel and all attendant staff in hospitals. The observation was made in the light of a recent attack on a doctor in Kozhikode. He was attacked using a sharp weapon by the father of a girl, who died of amoebic fever and was treated by the...
Printing Digital Images/Letters On Paper Constitutes Services, Attracts 18% GST Not 12%: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that printing digital images/letters on paper constitutes services, and attracts 18% GST not 12%.The question before the bench was to determine whether the assessee's printing activities ie. converting the figures, letters, photographs etc., in a digital form, into physical format by printing it on paper were liable to GST at 12% or 18%.Justice Ziyad Rahman...
Kerala High Court Says Munambam Land Was Not Intended To Be Waqf
The Kerala High Court has held that the 1950 endowment deed executed by Mohammed Siddique Sait in favour of the Farooq College Managing Committee was not a waqf deed but a simple gift deed, never intended to create a permanent dedication of property in favour of Almighty God.A Division Bench comprising Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. observed thus while...
Munambam Land Dispute | Waqf Board Didn't Come Forward, Litigants Opposing Inquiry With 'Ulterior Purpose': Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 10) observed that the litigants who had approached the court challenging appointment of inquiry commission by the state in the Munambam land dispute were only masquerading for certain other interested parties having "ulterior purposes".The court made the observation while allowing two appeals filed by the State Government challenging a March 17...
Forgery Conviction Cannot Be Sustained On Sole Testimony Of Person Claiming Familiarity With Accused's Handwriting: Kerala High Court Reiterates
The Kerala High Court has reaffirmed that conditions under Section 47 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 must be satisfied to sustain the conviction for forgery or related offences, and the sole testimony of a witness claiming familiarity with the handwriting of the accused do not suffice. Justice A. Badharudeen delivered the judgment while allowing appeals challenging a conviction in...
Sabarimala Gold Loss: Kerala High Court Flags Misappropriation In Sideframes Of Sanctum, Orders SIT To Investigate On That Aspect Also
The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 10) flagged alleged gold loss in the lintels/sideframes of the Sreekovil of Sabarimala temple and ordered the SIT to investigate into the same as well.The Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar today observed:"From the investigation so far conducted, it appears that in so far as sideframes/lintel,...
Courts Should Not Order Provisional Admissions To Medical Colleges Unless Cast-Iron Case Made Out: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that interim orders permitting provisional admissions to medical courses cannot be granted as a matter of course, even in writ petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution.The Division Bench comprising Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S. observed: “In a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, an interim...
Kerala High Court Directs Public Service Commission To Provide Accessible Exam Centres For Candidates With Disabilities
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (October 9) set aside a 2019 order of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that had recommended the Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) to pay an amount of ₹1,000 each to 290 physically challenged candidates.The KPSC challenged this order of the NHRC, which had taken suo motu cognizance based on a Malayalam newspaper report dated 08.08.2014....
Munambam Waqf Land Dispute: Kerala High Court Allows State's Appeal Against Quashing Of Inquiry Commission
The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 10) allowed two appeals filed by the State Government challenging a March 17 order cancelling the appointment of an Inquiry Commission set up by the State to resolve the land dispute between residents of Munambam and the Waqf Board.A division bench of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Syam Kumar VM while pronouncing the order said,...