Category: Kerala High Court

Violence has no constitutional sanction

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com In 1999, Justice C S Rajan of the Kerala High Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate into an ‘encounter killing’ that occurred on 18 February, 1970. Varghese, a Naxalite leader, was shot dead in Thirunelli forest in Kerala. After a few decades, a police constable named Ramachandran Nair, out of

Kerala High Court bats for transgender rights

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com KOCHI: The transgender community has a reason to cheer as the Kerala High Court on Thursday observed that a person cannot be denied legitimate rights merely because he/she is a transgender, particularly when such person has assigned to a particular gender. Justice Devan Ramachandran made the observation when the petition filed by Hina Haneefa,

Maradu flats: SC extends mandate of one member committee till further orders

Source:-https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday extended till further orders the mandate of one-member committee of retired Kerala High Court judge Justice K Balakrishnan Iyer constituted to determine the compensation paid to flat owners of Maradu municipality of Kochi district, whose houses were demolished for being in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ)

Kerala High Court: Benefit Of Gratuity Act Cannot Be Denied To An Employee By Designating Him As A Trainee

Source:-https://www.theindianwire.com The Kerala High Court has observed that an employer should not deprive an employee from the privilege of the Gratuity Act by nominating him/her as a trainee while extracting daily work from him. Under the Gratuity Act, Justice AM Badar noted that a trainee is not exempted from the meaning of the term ’employee,’

Kerala high court rejects state government’s plea against airport lease to Adani group

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Kerala high court on Monday rejected the state government’s plea questioning the Centre’s decision to lease out Thiruvananthapuram international airport to the Adani Enterprises. While rejecting the plea of the state government and five others, the court said it did not want to interfere with what it called a policy decision of the

What can be done about trial by media?

Source:-newindianexpress Litigation is not always a search for truth. According to philosopher Charles Taylor, it is a “zero-sum game”, where the law only says “either A or B is right”. It does not consider the multitude of truth and complexity of events, issues or individuals. British Marxist Terry Eagleton put it in perspective: “Court rooms,

Cong, BJP youth leaders who led protests against Kerala Minister get COVID-19

Source:-thenewsminute Three young political leaders who have been leading protests against Minister KT Jaleel in Kerala have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Two youth leaders of the Congress party and former district secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) have been infected with the novel coronavirus, they revealed on their respective Facebook pages. Youth leaders of

India: Kerala High Court Explains Procedural Mechanism Of Lifting An Encumbrance Under Section 57 Of The Transfer Of Property Act, 1882

Source:-mondaq Factual Background The appellant and the second respondent were siblings who had received the property of their father through a registered partition deed in 1980 (Partition Deed). The Partition Deed contained a covenant that both the brothers must pay a sum of INR 500 each to their sister, that is, the first respondent, within

Why Kerala Has Gone to Supreme Court Against the CAA.

Source:- thewire.in ‘The Centre’s new citizenship law imperils India’s constitutional values. No person who wants democracy to flourish can afford to be silent in this struggle against communalism.’ India’s history in the first half of the 20th century is immortalised by our glorious national struggle against colonialism. In these early years of the 21st century,