Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 18 To July 24, 2022

Nominal Index [Citations 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 354-374] 1. Ibrahim v. Regional Transport Authority & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3542. State of Kerala v. P. Gopalakrishnan alias Dileep & Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3553. Y v. Union of India & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3564. Suo Motu v. State of Kerala & Others 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3575. Elappully Erancheri Jama-Ath Palli & Anr v. Mohammed Haneef & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3586. Aby Thomas v. Director General of Police & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3597. Sanalkumar v. City Police Commissioner, Kollam and others and, Sumith v. Shareef S and others. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3608. N. Vanaja @ Vanaja Nagendra and anr. v. Bhanumathy and others 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3619. State of Kerala & Anr v. K.S Govindan Nair 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 36210. Bunker Partner OU v. MV MAIA-1 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 36311. Prakash O.S v. State of Kerala & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 36412. T.P Nandakumar v. State of Kerala & Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 36513. Shibu L.P v. Neelakantan & Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 36614. Ameen Saleem & anr. v. State of Kerala & ors. 2022 LiveLaw(Ker) 36715. X v. Union of India & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 36816. Arsho P.M v. State of Kerala 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 36917. X v. State of Kerala 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 37018. K. Chathu Achan v. State of Kerala & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 37119. Kizhakkambalam Pachakkari Karshaka Sangham & Ors v. State of Kerala & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 37220. XXX v. Registrar of Births and Dead Pathanamthitta Municipality and ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 37321. Shan S & anr. v. Marriage Officer 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 374Judgements This Week:Registry Not To Accept Hard Copies Of Illegible Documents: Kerala High Court Warns Of Disciplinary ActionCase Title: Ibrahim v. Regional Transport Authority & Ors.Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 354The Kerala High Court last week cautioned its Registry of disciplinary action if it cleared any document or file that was illegible or if the words are not printed in sufficiently large font.Justice Amit Rawal held so while considering a petition where the font used in a document was as small as '8'. The Judge found that the document was illegible and that the Registry should not have accepted and produced before the Court the hard copy of such documents.Actor Assault Case: Kerala High Court Directs Crime Branch To Wind Up Further Investigation By 22nd JulyCase Title: State of Kerala v. P. Gopalakrishnan alias Dileep & Anr.Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 355The Kerala High Court on Monday disposed of the plea filed by the prosecution seeking 3 more weeks' time to conclude further investigation in the 2017 Actor Assault Case.Justice Kauser Edappagath denied this request of the Crime Branch, but considering the submission made by the Director General of Prosecution, granted time till 22.07.2022 to submit the Final Report. Initially, the Court had asked the prosecution to conclude the investigation by 15th July.Kerala High Court Allows Termination Of Minor Rape Survivor's 24 Weeks PregnancyCase Title: Y v. Union of India & Ors.Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 356The Kerala High Court recently came to the assistance of a minor rape survivor by paving the way for her to undergo medical termination of her pregnancy which was a result of the sexual assault committed on her.In case the newborn is born alive, Justice V.G Arun directed the State and its agencies to assume full responsibility and offer medical support and facilities to the child, if the petitioner was not ready to assume responsibility.Kerala High Court Initiates Suo Motu Case On Collapse Of Temple Roof During CeremonyCase Title: Suo Motu v. State of Kerala & OthersCitation: 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 357The Kerala High Court recently initiated suo motu proceedings to look into the collapse of a portion of the concrete on the top of the Anakkottil in Valiyakalavoor Temple that fell down during the 'choroonu' ceremony injuring three people, including the mother of the baby.A Division Bench consisting of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P. G. Ajithkumar initiated the suo motu proceeding on the basis of a news item in the Malayalam daily, Mathrubhumi, about three devotees from a family sustaining injuries at the Valiyakalavoor Temple, which is under the management of the Travancore Devaswom Board, when a portion of the roof of the temple collapsed. The Court pulled up on the Devaswom Board for its failure to perform its statutory duty.Muslims Of All Sects Entitled To Offer Prayers In Any Mosque, Bury Their Dead In Public Burial Grounds: Kerala High CourtCase Title: Elappully Erancheri Jama-Ath Palli & Anr v. Mohammed Haneef & Ors.Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 358The Kerala High Court recently ruled that every Muslim has the right to offer prayers in any mosque or bury their dead bodies in a public khabarsthan and that this cannot be obstructed merely because they belong to a different sect.A Division Bench of Justice S.V. Bhatti and Justice Basant Balaji was dealing with a petition filed by a wakf arguing that since...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 18 To July 24, 2022

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