Criminal Law News Dumping waste in open a criminal offence in Kerala November 21, 2011 / November 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Dumping waste in open a criminal offence in Kerala A division bench of the Kerala High Court Monday directed the state police to register criminal cases against all those who dump waste on the streets. The bench of Justice CN Ramachandran Nair and Justice PS Gopinathan asked all the local self-governing bodies in the state to ensure that no garbage was dumped in the […] Read more » Dumping waste in open a criminal offence in Kerala Justice CN Ramachandran Nair Justice PS Gopinathan Kerala High Court
Criminal Law News Sex scandal: Achuthanandan’s plea for CBI probe dismissed September 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala high court Tuesday dismissed leader of opposition VS Achuthanandan’s plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Kozhikode ice cream parlour sex case, allegedly involving state minister PK Kunhalikutty. The court had earlier this month asked Kerala police to submit their case diary and investigation report in the sex scandal […] Read more » Chief Justice J Chelameswar Kerala High Court PK Kunhalikutty Sex scandal VS Achuthanandan
Media & Entertainment News Stay on Rs.75 lakh compensation to Mangalore crash victims August 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A division bench of the Kerala High Court Thursday stayed a single bench verdict ordering national carrier Air India to pay Rs.75 lakh ($168,000) each to the families of 158 passengers killed in the Mangalore crash last year. However, a division bench of Justices C.N. Ramachandran Nair and P.S. Gopinathan asked Air India to ensure […] Read more » ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation Justice C.N. Ramachandran Nair Justice P.S. Gopinathan Kerala High Court Mangalore crash victims Rs.75 lakh compensation
Top Law News Apex court cautions on fee waiver for poor litigants July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that before an individual was declared indigent and exempted from paying court fee, subordinate courts must ascertain his true financial status. The courts should not merely base their judgment on his own income but also the financial support received by him from other sources, the apex court said. An apex […] Read more » fee waiver Kerala High Court poor litigants
Top Law News Air India to pay Rs.75 lakh to crash victims July 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed Air India to pay interim compensation of Rs.75 lakh each to the kin of 158 passengers who died in an air crash in Mangalore last year. The direction was made by Justice P.R. Ramachandran Menon following a petition by the family of Mohammed Rafi, who died in the […] Read more » air crash in Mangalore Air India crash victims Justice P.R. Ramachandran Menon Kerala High Court Mangalore
Media & Entertainment News Sabarimala ‘celestial light’ man-made, admit authorities April 25, 2011 / April 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The ‘celestial light’ at the Sabarimala temple on Makara Sankranthi day is actually man-made, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) told the Kerala High Court Monday, three months after a stampede killed 102 pilgrims there. The board, which oversees the functioning of all temples in Kerala’s southern districts, said this in an affidavit to the court, […] Read more » authorities celestial light celestial Makara Jyothi light Kerala High Court Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham KYS man-made Sabarimala Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)
Top Law News Relief for Congress MP from Kerala High Court July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court on Wednesday gave relief to five-time Congress Lok Sabha member Kodikunnil Suresh by staying for three weeks a verdict annulling his election as MP from a constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes. Suresh had filed a petition asking the court to stay the verdict for a month so that he could approach […] Read more » Congress MP Kerala High Court Relief