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Child born four months of marriage entitled to equal share in property: Kerala High Court

December 23, 2025 10:46 am

Kerala high court property rights: Justices Ninan and P Kumar said the law leans strongly in favour of the legitimacy of a child born during the subsistence of a valid marriage.

Why Kerala High Court declared Centre imposing service tax on amusement facilities as unconstitutional

December 23, 2025 10:12 am

Since the state law already covers admission fees and entertainment activities, the Centre cannot use its “residuary” powers to impose service tax on the same activity, the court said.

Kerala High Court says state can't claim royalty on mining activity before 2021, upholds state minerals law

December 22, 2025 6:33 pm

Kerala High Court mining royalty ruling: Justice Edappagath said the state cannot claim royalty for the minerals extracted by private persons from their own land that fall within the Malabar area before the Minerals Vesting Act, 2021 came into being.

Brother’s son or sister's son same: Kerala High Court says jail can't discriminate over emergency leaves of prisoners

December 22, 2025 1:26 pm

brother son sister son same jail leave: Justice Edappagath said the Jail Superintendent interpreted the term direct nephew as the sister's son of the convict and not the brother's son. I cannot accept the said interpretation.

Tanzanian High Court judge's son, in Kerala jail for 270 days, gets HC relief in drug case

December 21, 2025 3:59 am

In June this year, the High Court dismissed their bail application as the prosecution alleged that more than Rs 50 lakh had been credited into the account of Atka within a period of four months from one of the suspects.

‘Detrimental to interest of holy Deity, lakhs of devotees’: Kerala High Court denies bail in Sabarimala gold theft case

December 20, 2025 4:27 pm

Kerala High Court Sabarimala gold case: The court said that the development of the country, the social equilibrium, and the economic fabric are affected if the corrupt persons in serious cases, including the big guns, escape from the process of law and prosecution.

'Personal liberty cherished right': Kerala High Court grants bail to orphanage trust founder accused in 500 cheating cases

December 20, 2025 11:32 am

Kerala High Court bail news: Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed that the allegations against the trust founder were “serious” in nature but granted him bail, considering his age and health issues.

Kerala High Court gives second chance to interfaith friends over kidney donation amid ‘emotional link’ dispute

December 16, 2025 5:24 pm

Interfaith Kidney Donation Case: The court offered one more opportunity to the 62-year-old recipient and the 36-year-old donor to prove their relationship for kidney donation.

'No punitive mechanism to compel': Legal experts on delay in transfer of Madras High Court judge to Kerala High Court

December 16, 2025 5:18 pm

Legal experts said the judiciary historically refrained from adopting an enforcement-oriented approach, recognising the absence of any express constitutional tool to compel obedience beyond the Presidential order.

'Film must be judged as a whole': Kerala High Court upholds release of film ‘Haal’, rejects CBFC excision orders

December 16, 2025 5:36 pm

Kerala High Court Haal Film Release Verdict: The bench watched the movie on December 3 and found that the movie as a whole depicted a "love story between a Muslim boy and a Christian girl", facing opposition from their families against their union.

KERALA HIGH COURT VIDEOS

First woman climbs Kerala peak that women were banned from

June 22, 2020 6:05 pm

Dhanya Sanal became the first woman to climb the Agasthyakoodam peak in Kerala on Tuesday after the High Court recently lifted a restriction on women undertaking the annual trek.

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