Kerala High Court

'Landmark Decision': Kerala High Court appoints separate lawyer for child in custody battle

Initially, the family court had granted custody of the first two children to the father, a decision reached upon uncovering evidence of their maternal grandfather having subjected them to inappropriate conduct

‘Nudity not always obscene': POCSO case against Rehana Fathima

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a criminal case against women’s rights activist Rehana Fathima. She courted controversy in June 2020 after a video showing her two minor children painting on her semi-naked body created outrage

SC agrees to hear plea against High Court order on the release of 'The Kerala Story'

The Kerala High Court said that owing to the secular nature of Kerala's society, people will accept the film for what it is. The court also asked the petitioners how the movie, which it observed is fiction and not history, would create sectarianism and conflict in society

Kerala High Court declares unconstitutional stipulation of 1-yr separation or more for filing divorce plea

The High Court gave this order on a plea filed by a young Christian couple challenging the fixation of the minimum period of separation of one year under Section 10A of the Divorce Act, 1869 as being violative of fundamental rights

PFI must be held accountable for hartal violence; deposit Rs 5.2 crore with govt, says Kerala HC

On failure to deposit the amount within the stipulated time, the state government shall take immediate steps to proceed against the assets/properties of PFI, the personal assets of its office bearers, for realisation of the Rs 5.2 crore, the court directed

Kerala: State transport body wants to recover Rs 5 crore from PFI for damage to buses during hartal, moves HC

This comes as more than 150 people allegedly linked with the Popular Front of India were detained or arrested in raids across seven states on Tuesday, five days after a similar pan India crackdown against the group often accused of being linked to radical Islam

Kerala High Court finds PFI in contempt: What’s the legal status on holding a flash hartal?

The Kerala High Court has initiated a contempt case against the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its general secretary for holding a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the state. The ‘flash bandh’ by the Muslim outfit in response to the nationwide raids saw widespread violence and stone pelting

Kerala High Court holds PFI in contempt for flash hartal

Kerala High Court also asked the police to grant adequate protection to all public utility services that apprehend violence, at the hands of those supporting the illegal hartal

Kerala: High Court orders police protection for Adani's Vizhinjam port project

The court also directed the protestors should not trespass into the port premises and that they should agitate peacefully outside it. The construction work at the port should not be obstructed, the court ordered

Kerala government moves High Court against bail granted to activist Civic Chandran in sexual harassment case

The state government sought to cancel the anticipatory bail which was granted by Kozhikode Sessions Court on 2 August which became controversial for the observations made by the Judge allegedly against the SC/ST (PA) Act