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The Kerala High Court dismissed a wife's appeal against a Family Court divorce decree, holding that a stated willingness to resume cohabitation cannot alone defeat a husband's petition for dissolution under the Special Marriage Act.
The Kerala High Court refused anticipatory bail to six DYFI leaders booked for assaulting police officers and damaging property during a protest march against the Kerala government's liquor policy.
Kerala High Court grants bail to an NDPS accused after finding that informing the co-accused's father — not the applicant's own relative — cannot satisfy Section 48 of the BNSS.
The Kerala High Court upheld a Family Court decision refusing divorce, finding that the husband's allegations of lying, indifference, and a false police complaint did not reach the threshold of cruelty under matrimonial law.
A Kerala High Court Division Bench has directed the Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Committee to overhaul tethering, feeding, bathing, veterinary, and monitoring conditions for captive elephants at Punnathur Kotta.
The Kerala High Court closed a Special Commissioner Report after the Travancore Devaswom Board resolved to centralise all Vazhipadu procurement at Sabarimala, ending an arrangement the bench called a grossly unholy practice.
The Kerala High Court's Division Bench directed the Union of India and the State to file detailed counter affidavits within three weeks covering compensation for deceased victims' families and steps to prevent recurrence.
The Kerala High Court dismissed a PIL challenging the Ministry of Railways' June 2025 circular mandating Aadhaar-based OTP authentication for online Tatkal ticket bookings, while suggesting PAN Card authentication as a viable alternative.
The Kerala High Court held that a wife named as co-owner in a registered sale deed retains equal title unless the husband proves a trust or benami relationship with clear evidence.
Kerala High Court holds that diagnostic choices rest within a doctor's prerogative, not a patient's directions, while dismissing a writ petition seeking court-mandated CT and MRI scans.
Justice A. Badharudeen reverses a Magistrate's acquittal, holding that advancing a second loan to a relative during a subsisting liability is not inherently improbable, and orders fine of Rs. 4,75,000 as compensation.
Justice G. Girish disposed of three writ petitions from hit-and-run victims, directing District Crime Branch probes and calling for a statutory compensation authority on lines of Australian and English models.
Justice Jobin Sebastian directed the investigating officer to refrain from coercive action against Sreelekha R until disposal of her criminal miscellaneous petition in Crime No. 205/2026.
The Kerala High Court ruled that BNSS Section 175(4) procedural protections for public servants do not apply when a woman alleges rape and sexual assault by police officers.
A civil police officer who assaulted a young lawyer at the scene of an incident in 2010 failed to adduce any evidence; the Kerala High Court dismisses his second appeals and awards additional litigation costs.
The Kerala High Court ruled that strict liability under Section 124A of the Railways Act cannot apply where a bonafide passenger of one train is fatally struck by a different train while walking on the track.
Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas held that CBSE valuation failures, not the students' conduct, caused them to miss the KEAM 2026 rank list cutoff, warranting relief under Article 226.
The Kerala High Court invoked Section 528 BNSS inherent powers to quash IPC cheating and criminal breach of trust proceedings after a genuine settlement was confirmed by all sides.
The Kerala High Court dismissed a writ petition seeking to pause the 2018 Government College stabbing death trial, holding the accused had no basis to claim prejudice from the split charge sheet.
The Kerala High Court partly allowed an appeal in a matrimonial dispute, holding that a wife's entitlement to return of gold must rest on proved facts of entrustment, not inference alone.
Justice Gopinath P. held that the District Labour Officer's status quo direction need only be read as part of conciliation proceedings, not a binding mandate, as nearly 800 employees faced retrenchment.
Justice Jobin Sebastian stayed proceedings in a criminal case before the Ernakulam Atrocities and Sexual Violence court after the complainant reported an amicable settlement, directing the Public Prosecutor to verify its genuineness.
Kerala High Court holds that accused released for breach of Article 22(1) or 22(2) cannot be re-arrested without first obtaining bail cancellation or prior Magistrate permission.
Justice C.S. Dias upheld the cash security condition for an uninsured accident vehicle but allowed immovable property worth ₹10 lakh as an alternative, harmonising Rule 391A with Supreme Court precedent.
