Top Law News Kerala HC permits women’s employment in liquor shops December 21, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a significant order, the Kerala High Court has permitted employment of women in foreign liquor retail shops terming as “unsustainable” and “violative of the Constitution” the state’s rules restraining women from such jobs. Such orders and rules “are violative of Article 14 and 15 of the Constitution and are therefore unsustainable”, the court said […] Read more » Court featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News women's employment in liquor shops
Criminal Law News Top Law News Kerala HC denied pre-arrest bail to local CPI(M) leader November 14, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Kerala High Court today rejected the anticipatory bail application of a local CPI(M) leader, who has been named as an accused in a criminal case, and directed him to surrender. Justice P Ubaid asked petitioner Zakir Hussain, who has been booked on the charge of threatening a man over a business deal, to surrender before […] Read more » Court CPI(M) criminal case featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News
Top Law News CBI directed to probe conspiracy behind Marad riots November 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court today directed CBI to probe the conspiracy behind the 2003 communal riots in Marad in Kozhikode district in which eight persons were killed. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Mohan Shantanagoudar and K Sathish Nainan issued the order while considering a PIL filed by Kolakkadan Moosa Haji in 2012, seeking a […] Read more » CBI Court featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News Marad riots
Top Law News Kerala HC: bail to all 41 accused in temple fireworks tragedy July 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Kerala High Court today granted bail to all the 41 accused in the Puttingal Devi temple fire work tragedy, that claimed 109 lives at Paravoor in Kollam district in April. Granting bail to them, Justice P Ubaid instructed them to surrender their passports to the police and not to leave the state. The court observed […] Read more » bail to all 41 accused in temple fireworks tragedy Court featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News
Top Law News Kerala HC quashes Vigilance court proceedings against Chandy, Mohammed June 24, 2016 / June 25, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a relief to former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and former Power Minister Aryadan Mohammed, the Kerala High Court today quashed proceedings initiated by the Vigilance Court in Thrissur against them in connection with bribery charge in the solar scam. Justice B Kemal Pasha, allowing a petition by Chandy and Mohammed, said the vigilance court […] Read more » Court featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News Oommen Chandy Vigilance Court
Top Law News Kerala HC absolute stay on NGTB order June 10, 2016 / June 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Kerala High Court today stayed a National Green Tribunal Circuit bench order banning light and heavy diesel vehicles, which are more than 10 years old, in six major cities Kerala, as well as registration of any diesel vehicle in the capacity of 2000 CC. Issuing the stay order, Justice P B Suresh Kumar said the […] Read more » Court featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News NGT NGTB
Top Law News Kerala HC allows Muslim girls to wear hijab for AIPMET April 26, 2016 / April 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court today granted permission to Muslim girls to wear hijab, a customary religious dress, for the All India Pre-Medical Test-2016 but on condition that they should be present at the hall half an hour before the exam for frisking if necessary. The order was issued by Justice Muhammed Mushtaq while hearing a […] Read more » AIPMET Court featured hijab Kerala High Court Law Legal News
Top Law News Kerala HC bans use of high-decibel crackers in worship places April 12, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Kerala HC bans use of high-decibel crackers in worship places The Kerala High Court today banned the use of high-decibel crackers and fireworks display after sunset in places of worship across the state in the wake of the temple tragedy in Kollam that has claimed 110 lives. The court asked the state government to examine whether a CBI probe is necessary into the Paravur Puttingal […] Read more » bans use of high-decibel crackers Court featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News worship places
Top Law News Kerala HC Judge seeks ban on high decibel fire crackers April 11, 2016 / April 12, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Kerala HC Judge seeks ban on high decibel fire crackers Use of high decibel fire crackers must be banned at allKerala temples, a senior Kerala High Court Judge suggested today, seeking immediate judicial intervention by the court to stop “man-made” tragedies like Kollam mishap. In a letter to Registrar General of the high court, Justice V Chitambaresh said, “The time is more than ripe for […] Read more » ban on high decibel fire crackers Court featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Kerala HC declines to stay vigilance case against ex-Ker Min April 8, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a setback to Kerala Congress (M) leader and former state finance minister K M Mani ahead of Assembly polls, the Kerala High Court today refused to stay the proceedings against him in the bar bribery case pending in the Vigilance Court in Thiruvananthapuram. Justice P D Rajan rejected the prayer of 82-year-old Mani seeking […] Read more » Congress Court featured Kerala Kerala High Court Law Legal News vigilance case
Top Law News Hiring musclemen to recover loans unethical: Kerala HC March 30, 2016 / March 31, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court today held that the practice of banks and financial institutions authorising musclemen to recover loans from borrowers “is illegal, unethical and against protection of public interest.” Considering an appeal filed by a detective agency in Kozhikode complaining non-payment of commission by a public sector bank which engaged it to recover loan […] Read more » featured Hiring musclemen to recover loans unethica Hiring musclemen to recover loans unethical: Kerala HC Kerala High Court Law Legal News
Top Law News Police chief can appoint officer to probe outside jurisdiction March 6, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that a DGP has the power to appoint a superior police officer to investigate a criminal case registered outside his territorial jurisdiction. A bench comprising justices Ranjana Gogoi and Prafulla C Pant set aside a Kerala High Court order which held that state police chief cannot appoint any officer beyond […] Read more » featured Justice Prafulla C. Pant justices Ranjana Gogoi Kerala High Court Police chief can appoint officer to probe outside jurisdiction probe outside jurisdiction The Supreme Court
