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Justice Harisankar V. Menon directed Meta Platforms and Google LLC to preserve digital content from specific Facebook pages and a YouTube channel pending an election petition alleging corrupt practices under the Representation of the People Act, 1957.
The Kerala High Court upheld a Special CBI Court's refusal to discharge three accused in a 2013 gold smuggling conspiracy, rejecting the argument that departmental exoneration bars criminal prosecution.
Justice Jobin Sebastian held the Magistrate applied no independent mind to the complaint's cognizable-offence allegations and remitted the matter for fresh, reasoned consideration.
The Kerala High Court upheld a 20-year sentence, holding that kissing a child's penis twice satisfies Section 3(d) of the POCSO Act without requiring oral sex or deeper penetration.
A Kerala High Court Division Bench has settled a decade-long split, holding that customers who visit brothels are criminally liable under Sections 5 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.
The Kerala High Court ruled no provision allows attachment of a judgment debtor's wife's independent property, while directing the executing court to scrutinise a potentially fraudulent gift under Section 53 of the Transfer of Property Act.
Kerala High Court holds that paternal relationship alone cannot satisfy Section 75's requirement of actual charge or control over a child; quashes criminal proceedings against NRI father.
The Kerala High Court held that grounds of arrest must be communicated to relatives before production even before a non-jurisdictional Magistrate, vitiated three NCB arrests under Article 22(1).
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court suspended the life sentence of a Malayalam teacher convicted of aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a 10-year-old student, finding arguable grounds on medical evidence and inconsistencies in the victim's testimony.
The High Court of Kerala quashed a criminal defamation complaint against the Chief Editor, Editor, and Reporter of Malayala Manorama who published a news item about an excise arrest, holding that reporting an official act without culpable intent cannot ground criminal defamation.
The Kerala High Court dismissed a father's second bail application under POCSO, holding that a mother's affidavit of settlement cannot override the State's duty to prosecute incestuous sexual assault of a minor.
Justice Easwaran S. of the Kerala High Court overruled a registry objection and directed the numbering of an election petition filed by Advocate Mathew Kunnappally against five respondents from Kannur.
The Kerala High Court took stock of Kochi's flood preparedness on 6 August 2026, paid tribute to R.Rajesh who drowned saving another, and directed the District Collector's Committee to file a status report by 13 August.
Justice Jobin Sebastian held that Section 357A imposes a duty on criminal courts to recommend victim compensation, and exercised Section 482 powers to remedy the trial court's omission in a 2014 acid attack case.
The Kerala High Court restored a money recovery suit dismissed for want of summons steps, censuring the trial court's remarks on the drafting counsel's legal acumen as wholly unwarranted.
The High Court of Kerala refused pre-arrest bail to a man accused of posting death threats and sexually explicit messages targeting a police officer and his family on social media.
The Kerala High Court dismissed accused No. 2's plea to suspend his 20-year sentence, finding prima facie evidence of conspiracy and noting he allegedly made defamatory videos against the victim while on bail.
The Kerala High Court dismissed the State's challenge to a KAT order that entitled Taekwondo Poomsae bronze medallist Ranjith K to consideration in the sports quota select list.
A Division Bench at Ernakulam refused to prohibit the decades-old court-linked lamp festival at Guruvayur temple but asked the Devaswom to weigh a name change within three months.
Justice Jobin Sebastian extended an interim stay on committal proceedings against Chidambaram S. Poduval, pending in an Ernakulam magistrate court, until 11 September 2026 while awaiting notice return from the third respondent.
The Kerala High Court dismissed an appeal against conviction under the POCSO Act, holding that placing a vibrating object on the labia majora satisfies the statutory threshold of insertion "to any extent."
The Kerala High Court held that a MEDISEP claim cannot be rejected solely because treatment was taken at a non-empanelled hospital, directing reconsideration within one month.
The Kerala High Court found prima facie material under Section 212 IPC against a priest accused of sheltering a woman who forged enrolment certificates and fraudulently practised as an advocate in Alappuzha.
Justice Ziyad Rahman found that blocking an entire Facebook account over select objectionable posts prima facie exceeded statutory powers, and ordered interim restoration with targeted content removal.
