Kerala High Court Impleads NCB In Lawyer's Plea To Quash Case Alleging Threat To Intelligence Officer

The Kerala High Court on Friday (July 3) impleaded the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) as an additional respondent in the plea filed by a lawyer seeking to quash a criminal case accusing him of threatening and intimidating an Intelligence Officer.Justice C.S. Dias allowed the petition filed by the petitioner, a 30-year-old practicing lawyer.It had earlier granted the advocate interim protection...

LiveLaw Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: June 2026 [Citations 300 - 352]

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 300 - 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 352Nominal IndexGigi Varghese v. The Village Officer and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 300Aboobacker Siddique and Anr. v. State of Kerala and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 301Hayarunisa Abdul Hakkim v. The Director General of Police and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 302Prof. Dr. K.S. Anilkumar v. Dr. Mohan Kunnummal, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 303Rajesh K....

Employee Cannot Invoke Consumer Forum For Gratuity Claims Against Employer: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that an employee claiming gratuity from an employer cannot be treated as a "consumer" under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 and, therefore, consumer commissions lack jurisdiction to entertain such disputes.Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A delivered the judgment in a petition seeking to quash an order of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission,...

Kerala High Court Suggests Parliament To Amend Divorce Act To Enable Christian Women File Cases At Place Of Residence

The Kerala High Court in a recent decision noted that there is no provision in the Divorce Act, 1869 that enables a wife to prefer petitions in the court having jurisdiction in her place of residence. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 358]Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed that such a provision exists in the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 as well as the Special Marriage Act, 1954 and there is no justifiable...

Kerala High Court Directs Home Secretary To Decide Plea Seeking Vigilance Probe Against Top Officials Over Bodybuilders' Police Appointments

The Kerala High Court on Friday (July 3) directed the Home Department Secretary to consider a representation seeking a vigilance enquiry against top officials including, State Police Chief Ravada Chandrasekhar IPS, S. Sreejith IPS, Biswanath Sinha IAS and P. Sasi. The representation was made alleging that the afore persons wereas involved in the alleged illegal appointments of bodybuilders...

Kerala High Court Closes PIL For CBI Inquiry Into 'Attack' On ED Officials After Search At Ex-CM's Home, Cites Satisfactory Progress In Probe

The Kerala High Court on Friday (03 July) disposed of the PIL seeking CBI enquiry into the alleged "attack" on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials following the agency's search operation at the residence of former CM Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter on May 27. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 357]The Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar disposed of the petition after taking note of a report...

Another PIL Moved Before Kerala High Court Challenging State Waqf Board Constitution, Inclusion Of Former MLA In Reserved Seat

Another public interest litigation has been moved before the Kerala High Court challenging the constitution of the State Waqf Board. The inclusion of CPI(M) politician and former MLA Kunhammed Kutty Master in the Board is also highlighted in the plea.Earlier, PILs were moved by BJP leader Shone George and a Christian trust named Assembly of Christians Trust Services (ACTS). The present PIL...

Kerala High Court Receives Gold Award From Union Govt For Innovation In E-Governance

The Kerala High Court has received the Gold Award in the National Awards for e-Governance, which aims to recognise and promote excellence in implementation of e-Governance initiatives.The Award is for the District Court Case Management System (DCMS) developed. It is one of the seven categories for which awards are granted.DCMS is awarded Gold in the second category which is for Innovation by...

Kerala High Court Seeks State's Response In Expelled Congress Leader's Plea Alleging Threats From Chief Minister VD Satheesan

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (July 2) granted two weeks' time to the State to file its statement in the police protection plea filed by expelled Congress leader Simi Bell Rose John, accusing Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and his brother, V.D. Ajayakumar of threatening her.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas has posted the case to July 16 (Thursday) granting time to the State, the SHO of...

Compliance With S.50 NDPS Act Mandatory Even If Accused Himself Produces Contraband From Pocket During Body Search: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently held that the compliance with Section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act is mandatory even when the accused himself produces contraband from his pocket, during body search.For context, Section 50 of the NDPS Act deals with Conditions under which search of persons shall be conducted.According to the Section, when a duly...

Kerala High Court Refuses To Extend Transit Anticipatory Bail Granted To Viral Kumb Mela Star's Husband In POCSO Case

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (July 2) dismissed an application filed by Mohammed Farmaan, the husband of viral Kumb Mela star, seeking an extension of time in the 1-month transit anticipatory bail granted to him in a POCSO case registered at Madhya Pradesh.The application was filed following the rejection of Farmaan's bail plea by the jurisdictional POCSO Court, Mandleshwar (MP)...

Special Court Under PMLA Is Legally Competent To Try Scheduled Offence After Committal: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has reaffirmed that a Special Court constituted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) is legally competent to try a scheduled offence once the case is committed to it under Section 44(1)(c) of the Act, even if that court is not independently notified to try the particular offence. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 354]Justice A. Badharudeen delivered the judgment in...