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Kerala HC Directs Kochi Corporation to Clear Waste Along Kochi-Panavel Highway After Earlier Order Flouted
The Kerala High Court found that waste cleared pursuant to its November 2025 direction had re-accumulated along the Kochi-Panavel Highway and near a railway overbridge, prompting fresh mandatory directions to the Kochi Municipal Corporation.
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Kerala HC Flags 17-Year Audit Delay, Summons Devaswom Audit Director to Explain Pending Objections from 2008-09
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has directed the Director of Devaswom Audit to personally appear and account for audit objections from 2008-09 that remain unresolved in 2026.
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Kerala HC Rejects Vigilance Closure Bid in Sabarimala Ghee Misappropriation Case, Orders Senior Officer Re-Evaluation
The Kerala High Court found the Vigilance Bureau's recommendation to drop charges against 41 of 43 accused incongruous with its own findings of entrustment and loss.
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Kerala HC Limits Dependency Award to One Sibling, Cuts Compensation to ₹5.08 Lakh in Road Accident Claim
Only the sibling who proved she lived with and relied on the deceased pensioner qualifies for loss of dependency; the other four adult siblings living separately do not.
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Kerala HC Quashes Thirteen-Year Executive Officer Appointment at Thirumandhamkunnu Temple, Orders New Scheme
A Kerala High Court Division Bench held that the Malabar Devaswom Board's indefinite appointment of an Executive Officer displaced the hereditary trustee's rights and violated the temple's 1966 scheme.
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Kerala HC Seeks JFCM Report on Delay in MSC Elsa 3 Sinking Inquiry Before Ruling on Crew's Passport Release
Seven foreign crew members of the sunken vessel MSC Elsa 3, stranded in Kochi, asked the Kerala High Court to release their passports and let them leave India.
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Kerala HC Stays FIR Registered Under Repealed Aircraft Act, 1934 Against Two US Nationals
Justice C.S. Dias stayed proceedings in a Fort Kochi crime after finding that the Aircraft Act, 1934 was repealed from 1 January 2025 and the accused were charged under a law no longer in force.
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Kerala HC Upholds Ex Parte Divorce Decree After Postman's Evidence Disproves Wife's Forgery Claim
The Kerala High Court dismissed a wife's appeal against an ex parte divorce decree, finding postal and oral evidence conclusively proved she had received court notices despite her forgery allegation.
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Kerala HC Grants Interim Custody to Mother After Unidentified Lawyer Approaches Child in Court Hall, Disturbing Six-Year-Old During Proceedings
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court granted interim custody to a mother after an unidentified lawyer entered the court hall and told her six-year-old son that his father was waiting, visibly traumatising the child.
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Kerala HC Upholds POCSO Conviction Despite Victim Turning Hostile on Intercourse Allegation
The High Court of Kerala confirmed a three-year sentence under Section 7 read with Section 8 of the POCSO Act, rejecting eight grounds of appeal including a constitutional challenge to the Act's age threshold.
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Kerala HC: Consumer Forums Can Hear Fixed Deposit Disputes Against Co-operative Banks Despite Section 69 of Kerala Co-operative Societies Act
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court dismissed a writ appeal by Puthur Service Co-operative Bank, holding that Consumer Protection Act forums retain jurisdiction over deposit disputes even where the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act provides its own remedy.
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Kerala HC Orders Father's Name Added to IVF Child's Birth Certificate, Invokes Article 21 Right to Identity
The Kerala High Court directed a Panchayat to correct a birth certificate left blank at birth, holding that procedural gaps in the Registration of Births and Deaths Act cannot override a child's constitutional right to identity.
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Down Syndrome Qualifies as Mental Retardation Under National Trust Act, Rules Kerala High Court
Kerala High Court quashes rejection of a father's guardianship application for his daughter with Down Syndrome, holding the condition falls within the National Trust Act's definition of mental retardation.
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Children Cannot Override Mother's Written Consent to Donate Body, Kerala High Court Holds
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court dismissed a writ appeal by three children seeking burial of their deceased mother, upholding her written consent under Section 4A of the Kerala Anatomy Act, 1957.
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Kerala HC Grants Transit Anticipatory Bail to Inter-Faith Couple Facing Madhya Pradesh Kidnapping FIR
The Kerala High Court granted transit anticipatory bail to a Muslim man and his Hindu wife, shielding them from arrest under a Madhya Pradesh FIR alleging kidnapping, pending their approach to the jurisdictional court.
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E-Filing After 5 PM Counts as Next Day: Kerala HC Grants Default Bail in NDPS Case
Kerala High Court holds that a charge-sheet e-filed at 6:02 PM on the sixtieth day falls outside the statutory period, entitling accused to default bail under Section 187 BNSS.
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Kerala HC Directs Public Prosecutor to Verify Compliance in Contempt Case Against IG Ernakulam Range
Justice Jobin Sebastian posted the civil contempt case to 30 June 2026 after the Public Prosecutor sought time to verify whether the court's earlier order had been obeyed.
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Kerala HC Returns Child to Mother, Directs Family Courts to Follow Calcutta HC Child Custody Guidelines
A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Soumen Sen ordered a child's immediate return to his mother after the father removed him from school in breach of a Family Court custody decree.
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Kerala HC: Panchayat Must Clear Snake-Breeding Vegetation Even When Plot Owner Is Unknown
Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan held that a Grama Panchayat cannot await owner identification before removing wild vegetation that creates a snakebite hazard for neighbouring residents.
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Kerala HC Sets Aside AFT Order, Directs Disability Pension for Ex-Soldier Whose Hypertension Was Dismissed as Lifestyle Disorder
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court held that where a disability pension claim is raised within 15 years of discharge, the onus of proof lies primarily on the Department, not the claimant.
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Kerala HC: Sub Court Chavakkad Had Jurisdiction to Partition Mumbai Flat Along With Kerala Properties
The Kerala High Court dismissed a challenge to a partition decree over a Mumbai residential flat, holding that the Sub Court, Chavakkad had territorial jurisdiction because most other properties in the suit lay within its limits.
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Kerala HC Division Bench: Defendant's Property Need Not Be Scheduled in a Boundary Fixation Suit
Resolving a conflict between two single-judge rulings, a Kerala High Court Division Bench holds that describing the common boundary in the plaint satisfies Order VII Rule 3 CPC.