Kerala High Court Extends Validity Of All Interim Orders Till March 25

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday extended the validity of all interim orders passed by the High Court and all courts and tribunals falling under the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court till March 25 considering the difficulties lawyers may have to face if the stay on orders is vacated immediately.

As such, a full bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar, Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Shaji P Chaly disposed of the suo motu petition.

Advocate General Gopalakrishna Kurup initially submitted that earlier, when normalcy was restored and courts started functioning, this court by order dated August 6, 2021, disposed of the suo motu writ petition.

However, it was submitted that though the interim order granted on January 18, 2022 has been periodically extended till now, sufficient time may be given to the counsel and the litigants to approach the courts/tribunals for suitable interim orders. As such, it was prayed that the interim order be extended up to March 25, 2022.

Advocate Rajesh Vijayan, President of the Kerala High Court Advocate Association agreed to this suggestion. 

Recording this submission, the Court deemed it appropriate to extend the validity of its previous interim order in the case till March 25. 

The Court had earlier extended the life of these interim orders till February 21 on an earlier occasion. Before this, they were extended till March 16 by the Court. 

Since there was no necessity to retain the interlocutory application or the writ petition, both were closed accordingly.

Case Title: Suo Motu v. State of Kerala

Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 131

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