Tag: Kerala High Court

Source:- swarajyamag.com The Kerala High Court has ruled that minority institutions cannot promote religion in the garb of the right to establish educational institutions and cultural rights, especially with relation to the Right to Education Act (RTE) 2009. Another significant feature of the ruling by the High Court Judge Justice A Muhamed Mustaque is that

Source:- business-standard.com A gay couple has moved the Kerala High Court, seeking to strike down certain provisions under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, which do not permit to get their marriage registered. Considering the writ petition by the petitioners on Monday, the court has sought the views of Central and state governments on the matter.

Source – news18.com Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to preserve until further orders the bodies of two Maoists who were killed in an encounter in the Agali forests last week, after their relatives filed a plea against a court order permitting their cremation. It also directed the government to keep

Source – deccanchronicle.com The prosecution sought two days to submit arguments when the bail pleas of two students held for alleged Maoist links came up in the court on Monday amidst reports of the police having second thoughts on the applicability of  UAPA. Granting the time, the District Sessions Court postponed the hearing to Thursday

Source – news18.com Kochi: The authorities on Monday failed to implement a court order directing to facilitate entry of Orthodox faction priests and followers into a church in Kothamangalam to offer prayers following strong resistance from Jacobite faction priests and faithful. The Orthodox faction priests and followers withdrew from the scene after their hours-long stand-off with

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

Source – New Delhi: The saga of the Bishop Franco rape case continues with a new twist: the police officer who served a legal notice to rape accused Franco has now been immediately transferred from his post. Franco is accused of raping a Christian nun 13 times, and a criminal investigation in the case him is

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

Source – deccanchronicle.com Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday castigated the Kerala police and the DGP for their failure to hand over the Periya double murder case to the CBI. The state government and the police are duty bound to implement the court order and the action of the DGP amounted to dereliction of

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