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
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Kerala High Court is introducing a system of machine/automated scrutiny for bail applications before they are listed for hearing, for the first time in India. The automated scrutiny would check for errors before the application is Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Kerala High Court has directed the State Government to seriously consider promoting safe sex education in school and college curricula. The Court gave the directions while hearing a petition from a parent seeking to medically terminate the pregnancy Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Kerala High Court ruled that an illness is not a valid reason for requesting an exemption from wearing helmets when riding two-wheelers. Petitioners claimed that because they were having medical treatment, they couldn’t wear heavy equipment, Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V A woman approached the Kerala High Court to remove her name, images, and other personal details from online platforms as they portrayed her as a person leading an immoral life. She was the victim of a case Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT) ordered the Kerela Public Service Commission (PSC) to provisionally allow the job application of a transwoman to the post of a female Housekeeper. The said direction was upheld by the Kerala High Court Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Kerela High Court ruled that live-in relationships are not recognized by the law as marriage. It is a simple agreement where two people choose to live together and is outside the ambit of any personal law Read more