"Authorities Must Prevent Unauthorised Constructions": Kerala High Court Orders Restoration Of Mangrove In Kunhimangalam

The Kerala High Court has observed that the state Authorities are under a statutory mandate to ensure unauthorised constructions are prevented in protected zones under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 read with Coastal Regulation Zone Notifications. The observations were made by the division bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji, while delivering judgment in a public interest litigation filed by an agriculturist from Kannur who alleged large-scale...

Plea In Kerala High Court Challenges Tribunal Reforms Act, Appointments Of DRT Ernakulam Presiding Officer & DRAT Chennai Chairperson

A petition has been moved before the Kerala High Court challenging the appointments of Retired Justice G. Chandrasekharan as the chairperson of the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, Chennai and Retired District Judge, Su Williahm, as presiding officer of the Debts Recovery Tribunal, Ernakulam.The plea states that the two appointments were not in accordance with the directions laid down by the Supreme Court in Rojer Mathew v South Indian Bank Ltd., mandating selection of tribunal members to...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 06 - October 12, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 622 - 642]X v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 622National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 623Abdul Majeed C.K. v. Travancore Devaswom Board and Ors. and connected cases, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 624Sivananda Prabhu and Ors. v. S.N. Govinda Prabhu & Brothers and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 625Jinto P.D. v. State...

Kerala High Court Closes Plea Seeking Conduct Of Enrollment After Bar Council Of Kerala Enrols New Batch Of Advocates

The Kerala High Court has closed a plea seeking to conduct enrollment of law graduates to the Bar Council of Kerala.Justice N Nagaresh closed the matter after the counsel for the petitioner told the court that the enrollment for the new batch of advocates had been conducted on 11 and 12th October 2025. The Court has previously invoked Section 58 of the Advocates Act to protect the interests of law graduates awaiting enrollment and has directed the Bar Council of Kerala to...

Kerala High Court Dismisses PIL Against Arundhati Roy's 'Mother Mary Comes To Me'

The Kerala High Court on Monday (October 13) dismissed the Public Interest Litigation filed seeking action against author Arundhati Roy's book 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' for having a photo of the author smoking on the cover. The petitioner had sought a stay on the book's sale without statutory label.Division bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji pronounced in open court:"To conclude, whether there is any infringement of S.5 of Act of 2003 is a question involving statutory...

Kerala High Court Issues Notice On Film Producer Sheela Kurian's Plea Seeking Action Against Cop For 'Improper Behaviour'

Film producer Sheela Kurian has moved the Kerala High Court seeking action against Deputy Superintendent of Police, Madhu Babu alleging improper behaviour by him when she visited his office in connection with a criminal complaint.When the matter came up for consideration before Justice G. Girish on Thursday, the judge take time to the prosecutor to take instructions in the case and issued...

S. 263(1) & S. 269(1) BNSS | Court Cannot Prepare Format Of Charge & Merely Fill Details Of Case In Vacant Space: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently set aside an order of a Magistrate Court, which had framed the charges in printed format with the name and other details of the accused inserted in writing.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan observed that the framing of charges ought to have been done in writing, in accordance with Sections 263(1) and 269(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita/ Sections 240(1)...

Ensure Competent Officers Are Posted In Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau: Kerala High Court Tells Authorities

The Kerala High Court recently observed that the Director General of Police and the Director of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) must ensure that competent officers are posted in the VACB.Justice A. Badharudeen was considering a petition challenging the vigilance proceedings initiated against two government officials for an alleged case of demand of bribe. The prosecution...

Kerala High Court Directs Nodal Agency To Consider Inclusion Of Non-Resident Returnees In NORKA-CARE Health Insurance Scheme

The Kerala High Court has directed NORKA Roots to consider the inclusion of Non-Resident Keralite (NRK) returnees in its recently launched NORKA-CARE Group Health and Accident Insurance Scheme.NORKA Roots is a nodal agency for all matters concerning collaboration with the government of Kerala to address grievances on Non-Resident Keralites. Justice N Nagaresh gave the directions while disposing...

Kerala High Court Grants Bail To 70-Year-Old Man Booked For Allegedly Hunting & Killing Leopard In Reserve Forest

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (October 9) granted regular bail to a 70-year-old man, who is accused of killing a leopard in a reserve forest by laying a cable trap.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas allowed the petition taking into consideration the period of custody undergone, the absence of antecedents and the advanced age of the petitioner. The petitioner was arrayed as an accused in O.R....

Kerala High Court Seeks Details On TDB–NIC MoU For Digital Governance Of Devaswom Institution

The Kerala High Court has sought details of the Memorandum of Understanding between National Informatics Centre and Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) for computerisation and digital governance for managing temple administration.The directions were given by the division bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K.V. Jayakumar, while considering a matter concerning the...

'How Can Doctors Work In Insecurity?': Kerala High Court Seeks Report On Safety Of Hospital Staff After Attack On Doctor

The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 10) orally directed the state government to submit a report to ensure the safety of doctors, medical personnel and all attendant staff in hospitals. The observation was made in the light of a recent attack on a doctor in Kozhikode. He was attacked using a sharp weapon by the father of a girl, who died of amoebic fever and was treated by the...