K Chakra Pani Introduction Rape is an abhorrent offence punishable under the Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC) and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 (BNS). Rape, as defined in both statutes, intends to protect women from such a grave offence which Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Kerala High Court held that when there is a viable alternative remedy to approaching a competent civil court by filing an execution petition, writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution cannot be exercised for the execution Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal A three-year-old girl was named by the Kerala High Court after her estranged parents were unable to agree on a name for her. In an August ruling, Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas stated that the mother’s preferred name, with Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On September 5th, the Kerala High Court held that watching pornography in private without exhibiting it to others is not an offence. Justice PV Kunhikrishnan held that such an act cannot be declared an offence it is the private Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Kerala High Court held that a husband’s girlfriend or a woman involved in a sexual relationship with him outside of marriage, cannot be prosecuted under Section 498A of the IPC, which penalises cruelty on a woman Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On August 8th, the Kerala High Court directed the State government to issue an order to regulate sex-selective surgeries on infants and children within three months. Single-judge Bench of Justice VG Arun remarked that sex-selective surgery shall be permitted Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On Monday, i.e., August 1, 2023, the Kerala High Court’s order to appoint Priya Varghese as an associate professor at Kannur University was challenged by the University Grants Commission (UGC), and the Supreme Court gave notice to hear Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Kerala High Court has awarded more than Rs. 8 lakhs as compensation to a man who, more than ten years ago, was wounded in the leg by a Railway Constable who accidentally discharged his service gun. Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan conveyed Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On July 12th, the Supreme Court gave the verdict that the selection process of the Kerala High Court for recruiting District Judges in 2017 was in violation of the Kerala High Judicial Services Rules of 1961. However, Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On Monday i.e., 10th July 2023, the Kerala High Court severely reprimanded the State police for taking a journalist’s mobile phone without following the due procedure as contemplated in law. According to Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan, if a journalist’s Read more