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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 and investigation under way.
2026-05-22 · 3 min read
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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.
2026-05-22 · 7 min read
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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 and directing the recall of three witnesses.
2026-05-22 · 5 min read
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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.
2026-05-20 · 7 min read
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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.
2026-05-20 · 7 min read
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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.
2026-05-20 · 4 min read
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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.
2026-05-19 · 8 min read
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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.
2026-05-19 · 9 min read
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The Supreme Court found Kerala's affidavit on FIR non-registration thoroughly unsatisfactory and directed the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ernakulam, to appear personally on 15 May 2026.
2026-05-13 · 4 min read
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Justice C. Jayachandran held that a District Collector cannot use Section 30(2)(v) of the Disaster Management Act to issue a stop memo against a private developer, and that a 2-to-3 metre dip in groundwater does not satisfy the emergency threshold under Section 26(2).
2026-05-12 · 4 min read