Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: April 2025 [Citations: 222 - 257]

Nominal Index: [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 222 - 257]Martin Paul v State of Kerala and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 222Ajithkumar K. K. v State of Kerala and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 223Aisha P and Another v Bar Council of India and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 224P. T. Jahangeer v State of Kerala and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 225Nassar v Union of India and Another & Connected Cases, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 226M.I. Mohammed Versus M/S. Hll Life Care Ltd., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 227Balu v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 228P. Gopalakrishnan @ Dileep v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 229Himaval Maheshwara Bhadrananda v State of Kerala and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 230Amal Nisham v The State of Kerala and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 231K. N. Anand Kumar v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 232State of Kerala v Rishikesh and Others & Varsha Deepak v Rishikesh and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 233Gopinathan Pillai M. & Others v Union of India and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 234Indian Medical Association Kerala Branch vs Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 235Sindhu S. and Others v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 236Thevan v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 237C.Y Cherian v. State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 238Asha Lawrence and Another v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 239M/s Anoor Dental College v. State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 240St. Antony Trading and Transport Pvt Ltd vs Joint Commissioner (Appeals), 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 241Anvar Ali Poolakkodan v. The Income Tax Officer, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 242Anoop Varkey v G. S. Sajiprasad and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 243The Gateway Hotels v. Kochi Municipal Corporation, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 244P. Sudhakaran v State of Kerala and Others & Connected cases, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 245Flemingo (DFS) Private Limited Versus Airports Authority Of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 246Suo Motu v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 247XX v YY, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 248Baburajan v State of Kerala and Others & Connected Case, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 249XX v YY, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 250Soorya Kiran And Another v State of Kerala And Others & Connected Cases, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 251Dr. E. Sreedharan v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 252V. S. Gourishankar v Bar Council of India and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 253Arjun Madou Dugi v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 254Prasanna v State of Kerala and Others & Connected Case, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 255Shyna P. A. v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 256x v y, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 257Judgments/ Orders This MonthHusband's Disinterest In Family Life Indicates Failure To Fulfill Marital Duties, Compelling Wife To Adopt Spiritual Lifestyle Is Cruelty: Kerala HCCase Title: XX vXXCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 221The Kerala High Court affirmed the decision of a Family Court granting divorce to a wife who alleged that her husband was not interested in having physical relations or children with her due to some superstitious beliefs.The division bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M. B. Snehalatha remarked that the husband's disinterest in family life indicates his failure to fulfil his marital duties.Kerala High Court Directs State To Implement Its Monthly Scholarship Scheme For Disabled Children; Highlights Indifference Of OfficersCase Title: Martin Paul v State of Kerala and AnotherCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 222The Kerala High Court has asked the State government to scrupulously implement its 2015 policy for persons with disabilities under which it had announced a Scheme for distribution of monthly scholarships to eligible students.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu also flagged the 'reluctance and apathy' of ground-level officers in implementing the Scheme and directed the State to take deterrent and punitive action against those found in default, including the Secretaries of the Local Self Government Institutions.Advocate Cannot Be Summoned As Witness And Be Compelled To Disclose Confidential Information Against Client : Kerala HCCase Title: Ajithkumar K. K. v State of Kerala and AnotherCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 223The Kerala High Court observed that police's power provided under Section 179(1) of BNSS cannot be stretched to call for an advocate–who is appearing for the accused in the crime–so as to divulge information shared between him and the client.In doing so Justice Kauser Edappagath observed that summoning an advocate representing his client potentially infringes the "client's right to representation and also violates the constitutional rights of the legal practitioners" besides impinging upon the stature of an advocate.Co-Opted Members Of Bar Council Cannot Be Considered As A Separate Class From Elected Members: Kerala HCCase Title: Aisha P and Another v Bar Council of India and OthersCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 224The Kerala High Court recently held that co-opted members of the Bar Council cannot be considered as a...

Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: April 2025 [Citations: 222 - 257]

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