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Delay In Re-Submitting Final Report After Curing Formal Defects Not Ground For Default Bail: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that default bail cannot be granted merely because there was delay in re-submitting the final report, which was submitted within the statutory period and returned only for curing formal defects. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 521]Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath reasoned:“Where a final report is returned only for curing formal defects, the permission granted is to rectify such defects. Once cured and re- presented without any further investigation, the re-submission relates back...

Microfinance Fraud Case: Kerala High Court To Decide Whether Sanction Required To Prosecute Vellappally Natesan, Others

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (September 22) observed that it would decide whether sanction is required to prosecute the accused persons in the ₹15.85 crore SNDP Microfinance Fraud case, including Vellappally Natesan and former MDs of Kerala State Backward Classes Development Corporation Ltd. (KSBCDC).The development comes in two pleas registered in 2020 seeking appointment of a Special Investigation Team headed by an efficient officer to investigate into the crime registered by the Vigilance...

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 in Thachankary's appeal against conviction.The prosecutor submitted that this was an exceptional case...

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 police custody."there is a serious dispute regarding the applicant's ownership, possession and occupation over...

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...