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Kerala HC: Govt. Liable to Compensate Injured or Deceased Vehicle Owners(27.09.2016)
Kerala HC has said that Government is liable to compensate for death or injury occurring to a vehicle owner during an accident as road tax is levied b.....
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Kerala HC: Non Consideration of Reply Filed by Assessee Amounts to Violation of Natural Justice(21.06.2021)
Kerala High Court while allowing an appeal has observed that non consideration of a reply filed by the Assessee amounts to violation of the principles.....
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Kerala HC: Section 164(2) Companies Act not Retrospective(21.06.2021)
Kerala High Court has dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the disqualification of around 250 Directors of Companies under Sections 164 and 167 .....
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Kerala HC: Registration of Crime Under Section 102 CrPC Illegal(21.06.2021)
Kerala High Court has quashed proceedings against a 21 year old man holding that Section 102 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) is not an offe.....
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Kerala HC: Limited Physical Hearing in District Courts After Govt Relaxes Lockdown Restrictions(21.06.2021)
Kerala High Court has issued an official memorandum with revised guidelines for the functioning of courts in the district judiciary with effect from M.....
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Kerala HC Grants Protection from Arrest to Lakshadweep Filmmaker Aisha Sultana(21.06.2021)
Kerala High Court has granted interim protection from arrest for a week to Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana in the sedition case registered against.....
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Kerala HC: State Legislature does not have Power to Amend KVAT Act which is not in Existence Post-GST(12.12.2019)
Kerala High Court has ruled that the State Legislature did not have power to amend the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003 which is not in existence afte.....
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Kerala HC: Investigation or Arrest under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act to be Conducted Only by SPO(30.11.2020)
Kerala High Court has held and clarified that any investigation or arrest under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 has to be conducted only by.....
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Kerala HC: Power under Section 25 of Rent Act Is Not Appellate Power(04.10.2021)
Kerala High Court has observed that the power exercisable by High Court under Section 25 of Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act (Rent Act) i.....
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Kerala HC Sets Aside Government’s Move Not to Permit New Colleges(04.01.2017)
Kerala High Court has struck down as unconstitutional and void a Government decision not to grant permission for starting new self-financing Arts and .....
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Kerala HC: 'Criminal Breach of Trust' & 'Misappropriation' Must to Prove Offence U/S 13(1)(c) PC Act(25.07.2023)
Kerala HC while upholding the conviction of Lower Division Clerk under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 has observed that ingredients of crimina.....
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Kerala HC: Provide Adequate Protection to Passengers of Online Cab Services(21.12.2016)
Kerala HC has ordered that passengers of online cab services should be provided adequate protection.
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Kerala HC: Section 23 Attracted if there was no Requirement of Providing Maintenance in Transfer Deed(11.11.2019)
Kerala High Court has observed that Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 can be invoked even if there wa.....
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Kerala HC: Burden on Insurer to Prove That Cancellation Policy Has Been Informed to Vehicle Owner(17.06.2019)
Kerala High Court has rejected the award of a Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, which had exonerated the insurer from liability in a motor accident cla.....
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Kerala HC Reprieves Minister K Babu in Bar Bribery Case(29.01.2016)
Kerala HC has stayed Thrissur vigilance court's order to register an FIR against minister K Babu in the bar bribery case.
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Kerala HC Put Stay on FIR Order Against CM Oommen Chandy(01.02.2016)
Kerala HC has stayed a Thrissur vigilance court order to register an FIR against Chief Minister Oommen Chandy while recommending administrative action.....
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Kerala HC Orders CI to Pay 1L Compensation(23.05.2016)
Kerala HC has ordered a Circle Inspector (CI) of police to pay Rs 1 lakh as compensation for violating Supreme Court guidelines while arresting a reti.....
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Kerala HC: Interim Protection from Arrest Granted to Sunny Leone in Cheating Case(11.02.2021)
Kerala High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to actor Sunny Leone (officially named Karenjt Kaur Vohra), her husband Daniel Weber and .....
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Kerala HC: E-Way Bill Mandatory Where Value of Each Invoice Individually Lower Than Rs 50k(11.02.2021)
Kerala High Court has ruled that E-Way Bill is mandatory for transporting goods where value of each invoice is lower than Rs 50,000 individually but e.....
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Kerala HC Put Ban on Sale of Plastic Water Bottles at Sabarimala(18.02.2016)
Kerala HC has banned sale of any material, including water, in plastic bottles at any place connected to the famous hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa.
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Kerala HC: Even After Assignment of Copyright, Author has Right to Protect His Intellectual Property(08.01.2020)
Kerala High Court observed that observed that Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957 protects the special rights of the author even after the assignmen.....
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Kerala HC: Every Case of Inter-religious Marriage is Not ‘Love Jihad’(23.10.2017)
Kerala High Court has held that every case of inter-religious marriages can’t be termed either as ‘love Jihad’ or ‘Ghar wapsi’.
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Kerala HC Restores Life Ban On Cricketer Sreesanth Allowing BCCI Appeal(23.10.2017)
Kerala High Court has allowed appeal filed by Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI), and has thereby restored the life ban imposed on S.Sreesant.....
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Kerala HC: Farmers Who Sell Grains to Govt. Can't be Shown as Borrowers in Paddy Receipt Sheets(16.11.2023)
Kerala HC has held that the farmers who sell their paddy to the Government under the tripartite agreement cannot be treated and shown as borrowers in .....
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Madhu Lynching Case: Kerala High Court Refuses to Suspend Sentence of 12 Convicts(16.11.2023)
Kerala High Court has rejected the plea for suspension of sentence of 12 convicts out of the 13 convicts in case of brutal lynching of a mentally chal.....
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Titanium Company Scam: Kerala High Court Orders CBI Investigation(16.11.2023)
Kerala HC has directed the Central Government to order the CBI to investigate the corruption allegations involving high officials of Titanium Company .....
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Kerala HC Stays State Govt. Order Mandating Installation of Surveillance Cameras on Private Buses(16.11.2023)
Kerala High Court has stayed the State government's order mandating the installation of security cameras in private buses as a precondition for renewa.....
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Kerala HC: Puttingal Temple Fire Tragedy Should be Inquired by CBI(12.04.2016)
Kerala HC, while hearing Justice Chidambaresh's plea seeking ban on high decibel firecrackers, has observed that Puttingal temple fire tragedy should .....
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Kerala HC Permits Low-Decibel Fireworks Display(15.04.2016)
Kerala HC has permitted low-decibel fireworks display during the ongoing Pooram festival in Thrissur, exempting it from the ban imposed in the wake of.....
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SC: Admission Supervisory Committee Can Take Suo Motu Action Over Self Financing Colleges Admissions(17.11.2021)
Supreme Court while upholding Kerala HC judgment has held that Admission Supervisory Committee in Kerala has jurisdiction to initiate proceedings suo .....
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Kerala High Court Seeks Response On Alleged Use Of Spoiled Jaggery To Prepare Prasadam At Sabarimala(18.11.2021)
Kerala High Court has sought response of the State and the Travancore Devaswom Board on a plea alleging that spoiled halal-certified jaggery was being.....
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Kerala HC Rejects Saritha's Plea for CBI Inquiry in Solar Scam(05.04.2016)
Kerala HC has rejected solar scam accused Saritha S Nair's plea for a CBI inquiry into role of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the scandal.
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Kerala HC Permits Demolition of Biju Ramesh’s Building(06.04.2016)
Kerala HC has allowed Thiruvananthapuram District Disaster Management Authority to proceed with demolition of a portion of a five-storied building own.....
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Kerala HC Disposes Petition Seeking Probe Into Solar Scam Case(15.03.2016)
Kerala HC has disposed petition seeking probe into possibility of a conspiracy behind solar scam accused Saritha S Nair's revelation that she paid bri.....
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Kerala HC Directs Police Action against Taxi Drivers Obstructing Online Taxi Operators(18.03.2016)
Kerala HC has ordered State Police Chief to take action against taxi drivers who prevent online taxi services such as Uber and Ola from entering publi.....
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Kerala HC: MVD Officials Do Have Power to Seize Records of Modified Vehicles(18.03.2016)
Kerala HC has clarified that Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) officials have power to seize records of a vehicle that is modified or altered from its o.....
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Kerala HC Directs State to Liberate Elephants From Processions, Exhibitions(16.02.2017)
Kerala HC has said that legislature should take action to liberate elephants from processions and exhibitions as Kerala Captive Elephants (Management .....
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Ker. HC: Demand of Bribe to be Established by Prosecution in Case of Obtainment & Not in Acceptance(24.01.2024)
Kerala HC while explaining the provisions of Sec. 7 of Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 1918 has observed that in the case of acceptance of b.....
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Kerala HC: RTE Act Applicable to Minority Institutions(13.06.2016)
Kerala HC has held that a provision in Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act which prohibited holding back promotion of a student or .....
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Kerala HC Rules, Pregnant Students Don't Have Special Privileges(14.06.2016)
Kerala HC has ruled that pregnancy is an optional choice and, therefore, special exemption cannot be made for a pregnant student with attendance short.....
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Kerala HC Set Aside 1:45 PTR Ratio for Teacher's Appointment(18.12.2015)
Kerala HC has set aside provisions in teachers’ package that Pupil-Teacher- Ratio (PTR) of 1:45 for appointment of teachers should be followed by aide.....
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Kerala High Court : Mineral Water Unit Permissible in ESAs(21.12.2015)
Kerala HC has held that mineral water manufacturing units can be allowed in the Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) in State as ESA demarcation notifi.....
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Kerala HC: Law Degree Not Compulsory for Reporting Case Proceedings(28.11.2016)
Kerala High Court has said there had not been any stipulation that law graduates alone could cover Court proceedings.
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Kerala HC: State Cannot Deny Licence Citing Abkari Policy(29.11.2016)
Kerala HC has said that State Government could not deny beer and wine parlous licence citing its Abkari policy as existing rules confer right to seek .....
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Kerala HC Grants Bail to All 41 Accused in Temple Fire Case(11.07.2016)
Kerala HC has granted bail to all 41 accused in Kerala's Kollam temple fire tragedy that claimed over 100 lives because police failed to file chargesh.....
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Kerala HC Denies to Intervene in NGT Order on Diesel Vehicles Ban(13.07.2016)
Kerala HC has denied to intervene in vacating a stay order against operation of a National Green Tribunal (NGT) circuit bench order on imposition of b.....
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Kerala HC Orders Release of UT Prisoners Charged with Offences Punishable Upto 7 Years(31.03.2020)
Kerala High Court has extended the subsistence of all the interim orders passed by it and the subordinate Courts till 18th May, 2020. The Court has al.....
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Kerala HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance to Monitor State Action During Lockdown(31.03.2020)
Kerala High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of reported incidents of police brutality against persons who are allegedly violating the national loc.....
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Kerala HC Seeks Response of Karnataka Advocate General on Blockade of Inter-State Roads(31.03.2020)
Kerala High Court has sought the response of Advocate General of Karnataka on the issue of Karnataka Government blocking the roads to Kerala in the wa.....
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Kerala HC Issues Notice to Finance Ministry, RBI over SBT-SBI Merger(31.08.2016)
Kerala HC has issued notice to Union Finance Ministry, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), State Bank of India (SBI), State Bank of Travancore (SBT) and the .....
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Kerala HC: Eyewitness' Politics Not a Bar for Accepting Testimony(07.09.2016)
Kerala HC has said that even if witnesses to a crime belong to a political faction that is opposed to the accused, their testimonies need not be disca.....
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Kerala HC Orders Removal of Name of Divorced Husband from Passport(09.09.2016)
Kerala HC has asked Regional Passport Officer, Kochi, to consider an application filed by a Muslim woman who got divorced by her husband, seeking remo.....
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Kerala HC Reserves Order Over Advance Intimation for Transportation of Indian Citizen’s Body(13.07.2017)
Kerala HC has reserved its order in a plea challenging vires of Rule 43 of Aircraft (Public Health) Rules, 1954 which mandates advance intimidation fo.....
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Kerala HC Permits Muslim Girls to Wear Hijab for AIPMT(27.04.2016)
Kerala HC has granted permission to Muslim girls to wear hijab, a customary religious dress, for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT)-2016 but on condit.....
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Kerala HC: Imprisonment in Default of Fine Awarded in Multiple Cases Can’t Run Concurrently(30.03.2020)
Kerala High Court has held that the imprisonment in default of payment of fine awarded on an Accused in a case cannot be directed to run concurrently .....
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Kerala High Court Asks Centre to Grant Provisional Nod for MBBS Course(16.09.2015)
Kerala HC on appeals filed by three Medical Colleges, has directed Central Government to grant provisional permission to the three self-financing medi.....
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Kerala HC Orders Panchayat to Compensate Victim of Dog Bite(17.08.2016)
Kerala HC has upheld a munsif court’s order directing a panchayat in Thrissur district to pay compensation of Rs.30,000 with six per cent interest to .....
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Kerala HC: Public using Plastic Bags like Monkeys using Garlands(17.08.2016)
Kerala HC, while asking the State Government to step in and impose restrictions on plastic bags by Gandhi Jayanti, has said that use of plastic bags b.....
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Kerala HC Says 'No' to Stay Operation of New Cattle Rules(07.06.2017)
Kerala HC has refused to stay operation of new Cattle Rules (Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017.
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Kerala HC: Counsel Can Sue in Cause Initiated by Client If He Has Independent Cause of Action(07.06.2017)
Kerala High Court has held that if counsel of a litigant is aggrieved in a cause initiated by his client and if he has an independent cause of action,.....
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Kerala HC Orders Ban on Gatherings in Court Premises(26.07.2016)
Kerala HC has banned gatherings of any kind within and outside the high court premises and ordered State Police Chief to take action against such acti.....
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Kerala HC: Omission to Mention Nature of Debt or Liability in Notice Does Not Render it Invalid(31.05.2019)
Kerala High Court has observed that the omission or error in the notice under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 to mention the natur.....
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Kerala HC: No Ban on Journalists from Reporting Court Proceedings(01.08.2016)
Kerala HC has said that there is no ban on journalists reporting court proceedings but the judges would be at liberty to decline access to any person .....
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Kerala HC Put Stay on NGT Order, Permits Registration of Diesel Vehicles(30.05.2016)
Kerala HC has stayed for two months, the order of National Green Tribunal, Circuit Bench, Kochi, directing that the State should not register diesel v.....
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Kerala HC Stays Criminal Case Against Ex-Industries Minister E.P. Jayarajan(11.04.2017)
Kerala High Court has stayed criminal proceedings pending before Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court against former Industries Minister E.P. Jayarajan .....
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Kerala HC Rejects Plea To Retain Authorised Wholesale Distributors In PDS(12.04.2017)
Kerala HC has rejected plea of Kerala Ration Wholesale Distributors Federation to retain Authorised Wholesale Distributors (AWD) and not to shut them .....
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Kerala HC: Photographs of Couple in a Happy Mood does Not Mean They Were Leading a Happy Married Life(23.05.2019)
Kerala High Court has held that though the photographs may reflect that the couple were in a happy mood, but it does not mean that the couple was lead.....
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Kerala HC Junks State Govt.'s Tax Demand on Flipkart, Myntra(21.10.2015)
Kerala HC while allowing petition by Flipkart and Myntra against commercial tax department's order imposing more than Rs 49 crore penalty for alleged .....
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Kerala HC Says ‘No ban on Entry of Media Personnel to Court Premises’(17.10.2016)
Kerala HC has issued a press note that said there are no restrictions on entry of media personnel to court premises for reporting purposes.
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Kerala HC Asks Kochi Corporation to Consider Shopowners' Objection(24.08.2016)
Kerala HC has directed Kochi Corporation to consider the objections filed by the owners of 166 commercial establishments in Panampilly Nagar.
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Kerala HC Affirms Priests, Nuns’ Right to Property Despite Poverty Oath(16.06.2017)
Kerala High Court while affirming priests and nuns’ right to property has ruled that Christian priests and nuns are entitled to their right to propert.....
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Kerala HC Allows Screening of Anand Patwardhan Documentary 'Reason' In Film Festival(26.06.2019)
Kerala HC has allowed Screening of Anand Patwardhan Documentary 'Reason/Vivek' at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival going on in Th.....
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Kerala HC Seeks Details on Bar Bribery Case Inquiry(01.12.2015)
Kerala High Court has ordered State Government to make available to it details relating to investigation in the bar bribery case.
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Kerala HC Says There is No Law to Regulate Private Detective Agencies(03.12.2015)
Kerala HC on petition filed by SP Sunil Jacob, seeking order restraining Ernakulam Range IG from initiating action against him, including raids in pri.....
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Kerala HC Denies Plea for CBI Inquiry against Mohanlal Thevara(04.12.2015)
Kerala HC has denied to order a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the seizure of elephant tusks from actor Mohanlal's Thevara residen.....
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Kerala HC Rejects Plea Seeking Re-postmortem of Maoists Killed in Encounter(08.12.2016)
Kerala High Court has rejected a plea for re-postmortem of bodies of two Maoists killed, allegedly in an encounter in Nilambur forests in Malappuram.
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Kerala HC Directs Govt to Verify Audio Clip in which CPM Leader Allegedly Threatens Police Officer(09.09.2019)
Kerala High Court has directed the Advocate-General to inform it about the authenticity of an audio clip from a telephonic conversation between a poli.....
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Kerala HC: Harassment of Husband and Family by Filing False Complaints Amounts to Mental Cruelty(09.09.2019)
Kerala High Court has observed while granting divorce to a man that harassing a husband and his family for a considerably long time by filing false co.....
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Kerala HC Rejects Ex-Minister Plea to Quash Vigilance Case over Tax Relief for Poultry Traders(05.10.2016)
Kerala HC has dismissed a petition by Ex-Minister K M Mani seeking quashing of a criminal case registered against him by Vigilance and Anti-Corruption.....
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Kerala HC Issues Notice to Maneka(29.10.2015)
Kerala HC has issued a notice to Union minister Maneka Gandhi on a petition alleging that a panchayat had cancelled a contract for catching stray dogs.....
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Kerala HC Directs Local Bodies to Take Action against Sray Dogs(05.11.2015)
Kerala High Court for protecting lives of human beings than stray dogs, has said that local bodies can exercise their power to capture, sterilise or d.....
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Kerala High Court Denies to Grant Immediate Stay on Vigilance Court Order in Bar Bribery Scam(09.11.2015)
Kerala HC has denied to grant an immediate stay on a Vigilance court order directing further inquiry against state Finance Minister K M Mani in bar br.....
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No Politics In Educational Institutions: Kerala HC(16.10.2017)
Kerala High Court has observed that Educational Institutions are meant for imparting education and not politics.
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