Kerala High Court
Irregularity In Sabarimala Ghee Sales: Kerala High Court Orders Independent Re-Evaluation Of Records To Check If Penal Offences Are Made Out
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (June 9) ordered an independent re-valuation of the records relating to alleged irregularities in the Aadiya Sishtam Ghee sales in Sabarimala temple, which had allegedly caused a loss of more than Rs. 17 lakhs to the Travancore Devaswom Board during a short span of a month's time.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar passed the order in the light of a report submitted by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau...
Kerala High Court Stays Trial Proceedings In Shuhaib Murder Case
The Kerala High Court in an interim order on Wednesday (10 June) stayed till June 15 trial court proceedings in Youth Congress activist Shuhaib's murder case. Before approaching the High Court, the accused had moved the Sessions Court, Thalassery, seeking transfer of the trial. Their first application was dismissed on technical grounds for want of an affidavit, while a second application filed with an affidavit was rejected on merits on June 6, 2026.Justice G. Girish, passed the interim...
Govt Employees Cannot Claim Hostel Subsidy Under Children's Education Allowance Scheme Merely Because School Mandates Hostel: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has held that government employees are not entitled to claim hostel subsidy under the Children Education Allowance (CEA) Scheme merely because a school mandates hostel accommodation.For context, the Children Education Allowance Scheme is a scheme introduced by the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India, in favour of the employees of the Department...
Motor Accident Claim | Salaried Deceased's Contribution As Homemaker Can't Be Added To Income Unless Evidence Is Adduced: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court, in a recent judgment, held that in motor accident claims cases, contribution of a deceased as a homemaker, who also was a salaried employee, cannot be added to monthly income unless proved by evidence.Justice Sobha Annamma Eapen was considering an appeal filed by the claimants seeking enhancement of compensation awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal.The deceased was a salaried employee working as a sweeper in a school. She was walking on the public road when a...
Advocate Anoop V Nair Appointed As Kerala State Attorney
The newly-elected government in Kerala has appointed Advocate Anoop V. Nair as the State Attorney.The government had earlier appointed Senior Advocate Jaju Babu as the Advocate General and Advocate T.A. Asaf Ali as the Director General of Prosecution.Advocates Mohammed Shah and K.C. Vincent are appointed as the Additional Advocate...
2017 Actress Assault Case: Another Kerala High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Survivor's Plea For Fresh Probe Into 'Memory Card Leak'
Kerala High Court's Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath on Wednesday (June 10) recused from hearing a plea filed by the survivor in the 2017 Actress Assault Case seeking a fresh and comprehensive probe by SIT into the alleged illegal access of the memory card that contained visuals of the assault.This development comes after a coordinate bench of Justice Jobin Sebastian had recused from hearing...
Major Siblings Can Claim Compensation For 'Loss Of Dependency' If Proved By Evidence: Kerala High Court Upholds Award To Unmarried Sister
The Kerala High Court recently held that a sibling is entitled to compensation under the head of loss of dependency if dependency is established by adducing evidence before the Tribunal in motor accidents claims.Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen upheld the compensation awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal to an unmarried and unemployed sister of the deceased, who had deposed and gave...
Kerala High Court Directs Formulation Of New Scheme For Effective Administration Of Sree Thirumandhankunnu Bhagavathy Temple
The Kerala High Court, in a recent decision, directed the Malabar Devaswom Board to formulate within three months a new scheme for the effective administration of Sree Thirumandhankunnu Bhagavathy Temple in Malappuram district.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar remarked that the present scheme framed in 1966 is ineffective, and ordered that a...
MSC Elsa 3 Sinkage: Kerala High Court Permits 3 Out Of 7 Foreign Crew Members To Return To Their Home Countries
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (June 9) has allowed three out of the seven foreign crew members of the sunken Liberian-flagged vessel MSC Elsa 3 ship , to return to their home countries on certain conditions.The three persons permitted to leave are not named in the preliminary inquiry report in the formal investigation under the Merchant Shipping Act nor are they accused in the criminal...
Sabarimala Ashtabhishekam Case: Kerala High Court Seeks 10-Year Record On Conduct Of Major Temple Rituals, Details Of Materials Supplied
The Kerala High Court on Monday (08 June) has directed the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) to produce ten years of records relating to material procurement practices in Sabarimala Temple for major temple rituals including Ashtambhishekam, Mahanivedhyam, Ganapathy Homam and other Vazhipadu.A Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K.V. Jayakumar, was considering a...