Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up : March 02 - March 08, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 122 - 131]XXX v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 122Praveen Kumar @ Kannan v. State of Kerala, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 123Mariyakutty and Ors. v United India Insurance Company Ltd., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 124Chandramohan K.C. and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 125Adv. Kulathoor Jaisingh v. The Chairman and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 126Appukuttan v State of Kerala, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 127 M/s Grid Engineers and Contractors and Anr. v. Union Bank of India and Anr. and connected case, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 128N.K. Premachandran v Union of India and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 129Binu Das B v Smitha Raj L, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 130Suo Motu v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 131Judgments/ Orders This WeekAfter Husband Agrees, Kerala HC Allows Correction Of Father's Name In Birth Certificate Of Child Born Out Of Extra-Marital AffairCase Title: XXX v. State of Kerala and Ors.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 122The Kerala High Court recently invoked its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution to order correction of the name of the father in the birth certificate of a minor child, who was born out of an extra-marital affair of the child's mother.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan was considering a writ petition filed by the minor child and her biological parents. They sought to correct the name of the father in the birth certificate from that of her mother's former husband to that of the child's biological father.Delay In Filing Complaint No Ground To Discard Matrimonial Cruelty Case; S.498A IPC Is Continuing Offence: Kerala High CourtCase Title: Praveen Kumar @ Kannan v. State of KeralaCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 123The Kerala High Court recently passed a judgment wherein it refused to set aside the conviction of a husband under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code on the ground that there was delay in filing complaint by wife.Justice M.B. Snehalatha remarked: “Matrimonial cruelty is a continuing offence, as the suffering of the victim does not end with a single isolated incident but continues so long as oppressive conduct persists. Harassment and cruelty within the marriage cannot be viewed in isolation, but must be assessed in the context of continuous conduct.”Siblings Not Entitled To Compensation For 'Loss Of Love' In Motor Accident Death Claims: Kerala High CourtCase Title: Mariyakutty and Ors. v United India Insurance Company Ltd.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 124The Kerala High Court has reaffirmed that siblings of a deceased accident victim are not entitled to compensation under a separate head of “loss of love and affection”.Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen was delivering the judgment in an appeal filed by the mother and siblings of a 21-year-old man who died in a road accident in 2014. While the Court enhanced compensation under the head of loss of dependency, it reduced the amount granted by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) towards “loss of love and affection,” restricting consortium compensation to the mother alone.High Court Declines Fresh PIL Against 'Kerala Story 2'; Pulls Up Petitioner For Casting Aspersions On Coordinate Bench That Allowed ReleaseCase Title: Chandramohan K.C. and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 125The Kerala High Court on Thursday (March 5) refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking a direction to re-title the movie 'The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond', which was released last week, so as not to include the words “Kerala”/ “Keralam”. A detailed order is awaited.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. orally remarked that similar issues are already pending before a coordinate Division Bench, which is considering appeals against the interim stay granted against the release of the movie.Kerala High Court Refuses To Interfere With Assembly Ethics Committee Proceedings Against Rahul Mamkoottathil MLACase Title: Adv. Kulathoor Jaisingh v. The Chairman and Ors.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 126The Kerala High Court on Thursday (March 5) dismissed the public interest litigation filed by Advocate Kulathoor Jaisingh seeking a direction to drop further proceedings before the Ethics Committee of the Legislative Assembly against Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil that was initiated on the basis of a complaint made by D.R. Murali, MLA of Vamanapuram, Thiruvananthapuram.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. held that the writ petition preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is not maintainable and is liable to be dismissed.Failure Of Investigating Officer To Note Victim's Intellectual Disability Not Fatal If They Are Competent To Testify: Kerala High CourtCase Title: Appukuttan v State of KeralaCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 127The Kerala High Court has held that the failure of an investigating officer to identify or record the intellectual disability of a victim during investigation does ...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up : March 02 - March 08, 2026

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