Category: Kerala High Court

Tensions continue between two Christian factions over possession of church in Kerala following Supreme Court verdict.

Source – Tension prevailed in Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district in Kerala on Monday after a large number of priests and followers belonging to the Jacobite faction prevented those belonging to the Orthodox faction from entering a church to take its possession as per a Supreme Court’s 2017 verdict regarding the Church’s management. In its order, the apex

Why not dissolve Kochi Corp, asks Kerala HC.

Source – newindianexpress.com KOCHI: Expressing concern over the severe waterlogging that threw life out of gear in Kochi on Monday, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday orally observed that the government needs to step in and initiate action to dissolve the city corporation council if it is inefficient in preventing flooding. Justice Devan Ramachandran said

Make all roads motorable by January 2020: High Court tells Kerala government.

Source – thenewsminute.com The Kerala High Court has directed the government as well as local self governing institutions to make all roads motorable immediately, no later than January 2020. The directive was issued by Justice Devan Ramachandran while hearing a writ petition filed in 2008 on the bad condition of roads in Kerala. When the petition, filed by

Illegal Cavity Searches, Surveillance: Undertrial Accuses Kerala’s High-Security Prison Of Abuse, Rights Violation.

Source – huffingtonpost.in KOZHIKODE, Kerala — He is an undertrial accused of alleged Maoist activities and has nearly 40 cases against his name but its Kerala’s first high-security jail in Viyyur, Thrissur that 48-year-old Roopesh has put in the dock, accusing it of rampant abuse and blatant rights violations. In a letter to the Chief Justice

Kerala courts reject bail pleas of man who killed partner’s 7-yr-old son in Idukki.

Source – thenewsminute.com In June, the police filed two chargesheets against accused, Arun – for the murder of the seven-year-old boy, and for sexually abusing the victim and his sibling. The sessions court in Thodupuzha on Thursday rejected the bail application of Arun Anand, the prime accused in the murder of a seven-year-old boy in

A Kerala MLA and his illegal dam.

Source – newindianexpress.com The check dam constructed by Kerala MLA P V Anwar in Malappuram district is a classic case of subversion of the system through a combination of money and political power. The legislator, belonging to the ruling Left front, along with his father-in-law, built the dam as part of his theme park in

Advocate Commissioner to inspect shops at Panampilly Nagar again

Source: thehindu.com The Kerala High Court on Wednesday appointed an Advocate Commissioner to inspect the commercial establishments operating without licence in Panampilly Nagar residential areas. The order was passed on a contempt petition filed by Sobha Ramachandran, a resident of Panampilly Nagar, against the Kochi Corporation for not complying with a court directive to close