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'Casting couch must be dealt with heavy hand’: Kerala High Court grants bail to film director

January 02, 2026 6:35 pm

Kerala High Court News: Justice Jobin Sebastian was hearing a plea of a director seeking bail in an alleged "casting couch" case and observed that such practices constitute a “serious affront” to the “dignity of women”.

To strike a balance between flood control and environmental protection, the Kerala High Court directed the government to constitute a multi-departmental committee within two months.

Saving Olive Ridleys: Kerala High Court says flood control can't endanger ecology, turtle nesting

January 02, 2026 5:10 pm

Olive Ridleys Turtle Conservation: A legal battle has emerged over state orders to clear the Thottappally Spillway of sand in Alappuzha district for flood mitigation with environmentalists challenging the move to protect a recognised turtle nesting grounds.

Kerala High Court was hearing the plea against the trial court order.

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.

Setting aside the earlier single-judge order, the Kerala High Court declared that service tax on access to amusement facilities is unconstitutional.

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.

The Kerala High Court was hearing the three pleas filed by private landowners challenging the constitutionality of the Kerala Minerals (Vesting of Rights) Act, 2021.

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.

The Kerala High Court was hearing the plea of a nephew of one of the convicts to grant emergency leave to his uncle to attend his wedding.

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.

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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.

The Kerala High Court denies bail to accused in Sabarimala gold theft case.

‘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.

The Kerala High Court has granted bail to a orphanage trust founder accused of cheating in around 500 cases across the state.

'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.

The Kerala High Court has offered another opportunity to joint application of donor-recipient, who were unrelated to each other and belonged to two different faiths.

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.

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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.