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Contractors on Jal Jeevan Mission water supply schemes said a separately priced supply item in the bill of quantities is a contract of its own, payable in full on delivery. A Division Bench has held that a line item is not a severable obligation.
For nineteen years Kerala courts have thrown out applications under Order IX Rule 7 as three years too late. Three judges have now held that no period of limitation applies at all, and that the 2007 decision which started it was wrong.
Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath found custodial interrogation unnecessary and allowed pre-arrest bail with weekly reporting conditions to a 57-year-old advocate accused under the BNS.
The Kerala High Court held that a hospital's failure to obtain the statutory Form 9 consent cannot deprive a widow of access to her deceased husband's cryopreserved embryos for assisted reproduction.
The Kerala High Court set aside a Munsiff Court order that refused to number a John Doe injunction suit for non-compliance with Order VI Rule 14A of the CPC, holding the demand impossible to satisfy.
The Kerala High Court found the Ernakulam Special Court granted bail to a PMLA accused solely on the ground of 15 months' custody, without addressing the mandatory twin conditions under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Dismissing bail applications in two unconnected POCSO cases, Kerala High Court found both accused had concealed criminal antecedents and prior bail orders, directing courts statewide to refuse numbering non-compliant applications.
The Kerala High Court upheld escorted movement of three children in conflict with law for evidence recovery, holding that BSA procedures can apply to CCLs if JJ Act safeguards are respected.
Justice Harisankar V. Menon directed Meta Platforms and Google LLC to preserve digital content from specific Facebook pages and a YouTube channel pending an election petition alleging corrupt practices under the Representation of the People Act, 1957.
The Kerala High Court upheld a Special CBI Court's refusal to discharge three accused in a 2013 gold smuggling conspiracy, rejecting the argument that departmental exoneration bars criminal prosecution.
Justice Jobin Sebastian held the Magistrate applied no independent mind to the complaint's cognizable-offence allegations and remitted the matter for fresh, reasoned consideration.
The Kerala High Court upheld a 20-year sentence, holding that kissing a child's penis twice satisfies Section 3(d) of the POCSO Act without requiring oral sex or deeper penetration.
A Kerala High Court Division Bench has settled a decade-long split, holding that customers who visit brothels are criminally liable under Sections 5 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.
The Kerala High Court ruled no provision allows attachment of a judgment debtor's wife's independent property, while directing the executing court to scrutinise a potentially fraudulent gift under Section 53 of the Transfer of Property Act.
Kerala High Court holds that paternal relationship alone cannot satisfy Section 75's requirement of actual charge or control over a child; quashes criminal proceedings against NRI father.
The Kerala High Court held that grounds of arrest must be communicated to relatives before production even before a non-jurisdictional Magistrate, vitiated three NCB arrests under Article 22(1).
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court suspended the life sentence of a Malayalam teacher convicted of aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a 10-year-old student, finding arguable grounds on medical evidence and inconsistencies in the victim's testimony.
The High Court of Kerala quashed a criminal defamation complaint against the Chief Editor, Editor, and Reporter of Malayala Manorama who published a news item about an excise arrest, holding that reporting an official act without culpable intent cannot ground criminal defamation.
The Kerala High Court dismissed a father's second bail application under POCSO, holding that a mother's affidavit of settlement cannot override the State's duty to prosecute incestuous sexual assault of a minor.
Justice Easwaran S. of the Kerala High Court overruled a registry objection and directed the numbering of an election petition filed by Advocate Mathew Kunnappally against five respondents from Kannur.
The Kerala High Court took stock of Kochi's flood preparedness on 6 August 2026, paid tribute to R.Rajesh who drowned saving another, and directed the District Collector's Committee to file a status report by 13 August.
Justice Jobin Sebastian held that Section 357A imposes a duty on criminal courts to recommend victim compensation, and exercised Section 482 powers to remedy the trial court's omission in a 2014 acid attack case.
The Kerala High Court restored a money recovery suit dismissed for want of summons steps, censuring the trial court's remarks on the drafting counsel's legal acumen as wholly unwarranted.
The High Court of Kerala refused pre-arrest bail to a man accused of posting death threats and sexually explicit messages targeting a police officer and his family on social media.
