Friday, the habeas corpus petition filed by a woman claiming that her lesbian partner’s parents forced her to divorce them was denied by the Kerala High Court. The petition was denied by a division bench composed of Justices PB Suresh Kumar and Shoba Annamma Eapen after the partner stated that Read more
Keywords: Calcutta High Court The Supreme Court has listed a plea challenging the order of the Calcutta High Court regarding the requisition of central forces in all districts for the West Bengal Panchayat Elections. The plea seeks a reconsideration of the High Court’s order and raises concerns about the deployment Read more
[i]At the inauguration of the indian law society cenetennial celebration justice Br Gavai said that law practice is not just a profession and empathy is an important quality which a lawyer should possess. Lawyers play an important role in a society and in nation building and urged lawyers to inculcate Read more
Keywords: MLA, Publishing News, Anticipatory bail. “On Friday, a court in Kerala rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Shajan Scaria, the editor and publisher of the YouTube Channel Marunadan Malayali. He was accused of airing a derogatory news segment against MLA PV Sreenijin [Case: Shajan Scaria v SHO & Anr.].” Read more
The Madras High Court ruling permitting Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, who was detained in a money laundering case, to be transferred to a private hospital for bypass surgery, has been challenged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a Supreme Court of India appeal. Before a bench of Justices Read more
After observing law-and-order issues, the Calcutta high court had ordered the deployment of central paramilitary troops in seven critical districts as well as other regions of the state to hold free and fair panchayat elections. The ban was issued in response to allegations of intermittent violence over nomination filing that Read more
In a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) for sexually assaulting a young girl, a Kerala court sentenced fake antique merchant Monson Mavunkal to life in jail on June 17. The Mavunkal repeatedly raped the little girl, according to Judge K Soman, by taking Read more
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed by the Hindu Sena on Friday calling for a ban on the newly released film ‘Adipurush.’ The writ petition stated that the film should not be exhibited to the public. The Hindu Sena has also urged the court to remove all the scenes Read more
Keywords: – Kerala High Court, Transgender rights, Kerala Administrative Tribunal, Public Service Commission, Interim order. The Kerala High Court has recently confirmed the interim order of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal, which instructed the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) to temporarily accept the job application of a transgender individual who applied Read more
Shajan Scaria, editor and owner of the YouTube channel Marunadan Malayali, had his anticipatory bail motion denied by a Kerala court on Friday because he was accused of airing a derogatory news report about MLA PV Sreenijin [Shajan Skaria v SHO & Anr.]. According to Judge Honey M. Varghese, Scaria Read more
