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MSC Elsa 3 Wreck: Kerala High Court Takes Note Of Maritime Administrations Proposal For Independent Underwater Survey To Assess Risks

The Kerala High Court has taken note of steps initiated by the Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA) to assess the condition of submerged containers and the possible navigation and environmental risks associated with them following the MSC Elsa 3 wreckage. The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K.V. Jayakumar was considering a batch of public...

Can MLA Convicted In Multiple Cases Avoid Disqualification If Each Sentence Is Below 2 Yrs? Kerala High Court Asks In Mani C Kappans Case

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (September 22) orally asked if repeated convictions with sentences not exceeding to 2 years can avoid automatic disqualification of a legislator as per the Representation of Peoples Act.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas posed the question orally while hearing a plea filed by businessman Dinesh Menon seeking to disqualify Pala MLA Mani C. Kappan following his...

Exceptional Case: Kerala Govt Objects To Ex-DGP Tomin J Thachankarys Sentence Suspension Plea In DA Case

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (September 22) granted 2 days' time to the State to object to former Director General of Police Tomin J. Thachankary's plea to suspend his 4-year sentence in a disproportionate assets case.When the matter came up before Justice A. Badharudeen today, the public prosecutor submitted that he seeks to file a counter objecting to the sentence suspension plea...

Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Reporter TV MD Anto Augustine Arrested In Alcohol Possession Case

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (September 22) granted regular bail to Reporter TV Managing Director Anto Augustine, who is booked in an excise case for illegal possession of large quantities of alcohol in his residence in Wayanad. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 519]Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath noted that recovery was effected in the case already and that Augustine was also handed over to...

Kerala High Court Quashes Order Dismissing Actor Jayasuryas Income Tax Appeal, Remands For Fresh Consideration

The Kerala High Court has quashed an order dismissing actor Jayasurya's (Jayan Vathakkattu Moni) income tax appeal, holding that an income-tax appellate authority cannot dismiss an appeal solely because the assessee failed to appear for the hearing.Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. observed that the appellate authority is bound to frame points of determination as per Section 250(6) and answer the same...

Section 233 BNSS Applies Only When Cases Concern Same Offence, Not Merely Same Transaction: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the statutory requirement under Section 233 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, requiring a complaint case to be stayed when a police investigation is pending, applies only when both proceedings concern the same offence. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 516]Justice C.S Dias made the observation while dismissing a petition filed by Roji Augustine, in...

Kerala High Court Closes Plea Against Ban On Police Participation In Temple Rituals After State Clarifies Restriction Applies Only In Uniform

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (17 September) closed the plea against the police circular prohibiting police participation in temple ceremonies as the State Police Chief clarified that the circular did not prohibit the practice of any religion or interfere with the administration of temples or other religious institutions. The Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and...

Microfinance Fraud Case: Kerala High Court Criticises Disagreement Between Govt & Its Advocates On Need For Prosecution Sanction

The Kerala High Court on Friday (September 18) orally criticised the perceived differences of opinion between the State government and its advocates regarding the question of requirement of sanction to prosecute the accused persons in the ₹15.85 crore SNDP Microfinance Fraud case.When the matter came up before Justice A. Badharudeen, the special public prosecutor for vigilance placed...

Kerala High Court Refuses Interim Bail To Reporter TV MD Anto Augustine Arrested In Alcohol Possession Case

The Kerala High Court on Friday (September 18), declined for now, to grant interim bail to Reporter TV Managing Director Anto Augustine, who is booked in an excise case for illegal possession of large quantities of alcohol in his residence.The application was urgently moved following dismissal of his bail plea by the Judicial First Class Magistrate 1, Sulthan Bathery today morning. He...

Ex-DGP Tomin J Thachankary Moves Kerala High Court Challenging Conviction In Disproportionate Assets Case

Former Director General of Police Tomin J. Thachankary has moved the Kerala High Court challenging his conviction in a disproportionate assets case.Yesterday, the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Kottayam had found him guilty of Section 13(2) read with 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. He was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 30.84...

Kerala High Court Directs Expeditious Decision On Jiostars Plea Against Order Halting Web Series Anali Allegedly Based On Koodathayi Murders

The Kerala High Court on Friday (September 18) directed the Munsiff Court, Ernakulam to expeditiously hear and dispose of Jiostar Pvt. Ltd.'s plea to set aside an order halting the release of JioHotstar webseries 'Anali', which is allegedly based on the Koodathayi murders. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 515]The order to halt the series was passed in an injunction suit filed by prime accused Jollyamma...