Kerala High Court Flags ₹40 Lakh Embezzlement In Petrol Pump Run By Travancore Devaswom Board, Orders Digitalisation Of All Temple Accounts

The Kerala High Court on Friday (August 8) pulled up the Travancore Devaswom Board over reported embezzelment of ₹40 lakh from a petrol pump run by it at Nilakkal, a base camp of Sabarimala pilgrims.Noting that the Board administers 1,250 temples, the Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar ordered digitalisation of all their accounts and sought...

KTU Vice-Chancellor Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Direction To Resolve Administrative Stalemate

Dr. Sivaprasad, Vice-Chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, has approached the Kerala High Court seeking interference by the Court to resolve the administrative stalemate in the University. As per the plea, a few members of the Syndicate (respondent 2 to 4) are abstaining from attending the Syndicate meeting, due to political reasons. These respondents, namely, the Secretary...

Koodathayi Murder: Kerala High Court Dismisses Accused Jolly Joseph's Plea To Inspect Alleged Crime Scene With New Lawyer

The Kerala High Court on Monday (August 11) refused to interfere with an order of the trial court denying permission to the prime accused in Koodathayi Murder case, Jollyamma Joseph alias Jolly Joseph, to inspect the place of occurrence of crime along with her new lawyer.Jolly is accused of murdering six of her family members, including her first husband Roy Thomas, using cyanide, with the...

Committee Constituted To Review Film Ticket Pricing: State Tells Kerala High Court

The Kerala government on Monday (August 10) informed the High Court that it has constituted a Committee to enquire into matters relating to regulation of ticket charges in cinema theatres and multiplex theatres.The submission was made before a division bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji which was hearing a Public Interest Litigation seeking fixation of ticket prices...

Kerala High Court Imposes ₹50K Cost On Litigant Appearing In Person For Threatening Judge

The Kerala High Court recently imposed Rs. 50,000 cost on a litigant, who was appearing as party-in-person, for threatening the single judge hearing his case by stating that he has filed a complaint against the judge before the President of India and other authorities.Referring to former CJI JS Khehar's opinion in the 2015 National Judicial Commission judgment Supreme Court...

Convict Files Two Appeals, One Results In Confirmation, Other In Acquittal; Kerala High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs

The Kerala High Court recently imposed a cost of Rupees one lakh on a convict (2nd respondent), who had filed two criminal appeals before the Sessions Court, one of which resulted in confirmation of sentence and the other in acquittal.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan observed that it is the duty of all stakeholders to work together and ensure that the criminal justice delivery system is protected....

Kerala High Court Weekly Round Up: August 04 -August 10, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 477- 490]C.A.N. Subramoniya Sarma and Ors. v. State of Kerala and Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 477SR Educational & Charitable Trust v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 478Thankamma and Ors v Regional Joint Labour Commissioner, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 479Vinu C. Kunjappan v. State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 480Musthafa N P and Anr v The...

All India Lawyers' Forum For Civil Liberties Moves Kerala High Court Against Bar On Use Of Toilets At Private Fuel Pumps By General Public

The All India Lawyers' Forum for Civil Liberties (AILF) has approached the Kerala High Court seeking to be impleaded in the ongoing writ petition, regarding the access to toilets in Petrol Pumps challenging the interim order that restricts washrooms use at privately owned petrol pumps to employees and customers only.The Forum asserts that the interim order of the High Court has “a direct...

'If Bulk Purchaser Like IRCTC Insists On Biodegradable Packaging, Manufacturers Would Comply': Kerala High Court On Waste Disposal In Trains

The Special Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday (August 9) questioned about the waste disposal mechanism in trains, especially those like Vandebharat, which provides food to its passengers.The Special Bench comprising Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas and Justice Gopinath P. was hearing the suo motu proceedings initiated in the wake of the Brahmapuram fire. The bench was constituted to monitor...

Veterinary Student Death: Kerala High Court Permits Family To Withdraw ₹7 Lakh Awarded By NHRC

The Kerala High Court on Friday (August 8) passed an interim order permitting the parents of deceased veterinary student Sidharthan J.S., who allegedly committed suicide last year, to withdraw the amount of Rupees 7 Lakh deposited by the state government with the Registry as per the high court's earlier direction.After admitting the petition, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar...

Wife Of Deceased Nephew Not 'Relative', Need Not Maintain Senior Citizen Merely Because She Inherited Latter's Property: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has ruled that a person cannot be compelled to maintain a childless senior citizen under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, unless they are a legal heir of the senior citizen as defined under personal law.The division bench comprising Justice Sathish Ninan and Justice P. Krishna Kumar delivered the judgment while allowing a writ...

Convict Not Entitled To Emergency Leave For Giving Care To Pregnant Wife: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently passed a judgment denying emergency leave to a life convict to give pregnancy care to his wife, who was two months pregnant. It opined that extraordinary powers under Article 226 of the Constitution cannot be exercised granting parole to those convicted of serious offences, forgetting about the interests of the victims. Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan...