This weekly round-up collects Kerala High Court decisions covered by Legal Republic in the selected week. Each entry gives the court, case name or citation, a short holding, and a link to the full article.
Decisions Covered
Hari Devageeth v. Union of India & Others, 2026:KER:33711 / WP(C) No. 5306 of 2025
A transman with intact reproductive organs was denied oocyte cryopreservation by an ART clinic citing the ART Act; the Kerala High Court ordered an ART bank to proceed, grounding the right in Article 21.
Read full articleAll India LPG Distributors Federation (Kerala Circle) v. Union of India, WP(C) Nos. 15265 of 2025 and 5556 of 2026
Justice M.A. Abdul Hakhim upholds the right of three Oil Marketing Companies to transfer LPG customers between distributors, rejecting claims of legitimate expectation, promissory estoppel, and constitutional violation.
Read full articleRajan Babu @ Murari Thantri v. State of Kerala, 2026:KER:33786
Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath dismissed the bail application of an astrologer accused of assaulting a minor girl at his centre, citing bite marks, bloodstained dress, and a premeditated criminal act.
Read full articleT.M. Manju Gowreesankaram v. Bar Council of Kerala & Ors., WP(C) No. 6893 of 2026
A registered Homoeopath who cancelled her clinic licence but retained her medical registration was lawfully denied enrolment as an Advocate by the Bar Council of Kerala, the High Court held.
Read full articleRahiman v. State of Kerala, 2026:KER:34071
The Kerala High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against conviction under the POCSO Act, holding that an unsigned first information statement does not vitiate prosecution when the victim's oral evidence is consistent and credible.
Read full articleLawrence & Ors. v. State of Kerala, 2026:KER:34799
The Kerala High Court held that a Sessions Judge was wrong to bar defence counsel from using Section 161 CrPC statements to contradict prosecution witnesses during cross-examination, calling the restriction illegal.
Read full articleUmmer C.K. v. Oriental Insurance Company Ltd., MACA No. 949 of 2015 (2026:KER:35025)
A 24-year-old whose right leg was amputated above the knee in a 2008 road accident receives a near-trebled award after the Kerala High Court applies a lifetime replacement formula for prosthetic limbs.
Read full articleIn the Matter of Travancore Devaswom Board – Sabarimala Special Commissioner Report – Unauthorised Helicopter Movement Over Sabarimala Temple, SSCR No. 12 of 2026 (2026:KER:33868)
The Kerala High Court closed suo motu proceedings after police confirmed an Indian Coast Guard helicopter had strayed over Sabarimala due to adverse weather, with a crime already registered.
Read full articleA. Raju v. State of Kerala, Crl.Rev.Pet No. 522 of 2017
The High Court of Kerala set aside concurrent convictions for illicit arrack possession, holding that the absence of the Magistrate's signature on the destruction inventory under Section 53A of the Abkari Act entitled the accused to the benefit of doubt.
Read full articleMRPN Minority Shareholder Customers Welfare Association v. Director SFIO & Ors., WP(C) No. 39488 of 2024; WP(C) No. 555 of 2026
The Kerala High Court, in two successive writ petitions by a minority shareholders' welfare association, pushed the SFIO to conclude its Popular Finance Group fraud inquiry and then closed the matter once criminal complaints were filed.
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