Law students in the last two years of their course alone can now intern at the Kerala High Court, though individual Judges remain free to take interns at their discretion, under an amended internship policy notified by the Court. Kochi: Under an amended Internship Policy effective from October 17, 2026, the High Court of Kerala […]
The Kerala High Court asks why key person not questioned in the Crime Branch probe into a PSC exam, where the Commission speaks of a clerical slip and the State of an innovative fraud. The allegations are untested, and the matter returns on October 27. Kochi: On the Kerala Public Service Commission’s plea to quash […]
Can a former DGP whose sentence is suspended travel to the UAE for work? Ex-DGP Tomin Thachankary says so, citing 66 trial sittings attended and 75 per cent of the fine deposited, and the Kerala High Court seeks State’s response before deciding. These are the appellant’s contentions and have not been tested. Kochi: Asked to […]
The Kerala High Court has declined interim relief against the State’s Waqf Board reconstitution while hearing appeals against a Single Judge’s order, and has directed notice to the newly appointed members. Kochi: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday declined to grant interim relief in appeals challenging a Single Judge’s refusal to […]
Police cannot compel adult woman to return home, and neither can her parents: that is the Kerala High Court’s holding, which still lets the police record her presence in a missing person case. Ernakulam: A missing person complaint filed by a mother had led to a registered crime, and the Kerala High Court has ruled […]
The statute says “use”, not “possess”: Fake ISI Mark Possession Not An Offence Without Proof Of Use, the Kerala High Court has held, since Sections 11 and 12 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 punish the use of a mark and not its mere possession. Ernakulam: An appeal by the Bureau of Indian […]
Owning an animal and answering for the harm it causes are different questions, the Kerala High Court has said, holding that the State cannot avoid liability for wild animal attacks on the ground that it neither owns nor controls the animals. The Court dismissed the State’s second appeal against damages awarded to a Wayanad farmer […]
A corrected date, a 19-day delay and no external injury did not undo the case: the Kerala High Court upholds 10-year term for rape of an elderly woman whom the convict had told he would rid of evil spirits, finding her testimony reliable. Kochi: Confirming the verdict of a Fast Track Special Court, the Kerala […]
