Kerala High Court Admits Plea Seeking SOP For Making Appam And Aravana Prasadam In Sabarimala Temple

The Kerala High Court has admitted a plea moved by a devotee of Lord Ayyappa of Sabarimala Temple seeking a direction to the Travancore Devaswom Board to prepare a Standard Operating Procedure developed by an expert body for procurement, quality checking and analysis of the standards set by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for preparing Appam and Aravana prasadam at the Temple.The devotee also seeks a declaration that it is essential to set up a state of the art...

Kerala High Court Monthly Digest- October 2024 [Citations: 608-686]

Nominal Index: [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 608-686]XXX v State of Kerala & Connected Matter, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 608N. Bhasurangan v The Assistant Director & Akhiljith J. B. v The Assistant Director, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 609E. Sreedharan v State of Kerala and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 610Naveed Raza v State of Kerala and Another, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 611Vineesh v Raji Radhakrishnan,...

Woman's Partner, His Relatives Can't Be Prosecuted For Cruelty In Absence Of Legal Marriage: Kerala High Court

While quashing a criminal case registered against a man under Section 498A IPC by the complainant wife, the Kerala High Court reiterated that in the absence of records proving legal marriage between the parties, there can be no prosecution for cruelty against the partner of the woman, or his relatives. In the facts of the case, the marriage between the petitioner husband and the de...

Bar On Credit Society Members Contesting Beyond 3 Terms Illegal: Kerala HC Strikes Down S.28 (2A) Of Co-operative Society Amendment Act 2023

The Kerala High Court has declared Section 28 (2A) of the Kerala Co-operative Society Amendment Act, 2023 as illegal, unconstitutional and against the principles of co-operative member control.Section 28 deals with the constitution of the Committee for the management of the affairs of the Society. Section 28 (2A) states that no member of a credit society shall be eligible for election to...

Kerala High Court Issues Notice To Union Minister Suresh Gopi On Plea Challenging Lok Sabha Election Results Over Alleged Corrupt Practises

The Kerala High Court issued notice to Union Minister and actor Suresh Gopi in a petition filed by AIYF Thrissur District President, Binoy A. S. challenging the election of the MP from Thrissur constituency. The petitioner alleged that the actor had indulged in many contempt practices as mentioned under Section 123 of Representation of People Act and therefore the election of the actor is to...

No Plausible Explanation For Inordinate Delay To Lodge FIR: Kerala HC Grants Interim Bail To Actor Balachandra Menon In Sexual Assault Case

The Kerala High Court has granted interim bail till November 21, 2024, to Malayalam actor Balachandra Menon in a sexual assault case filed against him after the publication of the Justice Hema Committee Report.Justice C S Dias observed that the de facto complainant has not given a plausible explanation for the inordinate delay in lodging the FIR in 2024, when the alleged crime took place...

Decision On Categorisation Of Wayanad Landslide Disaster Will Be Done In Two Weeks: Centre To Kerala High Court

The Additional Solicitor General Adv. A. R. L. Sundaresan informed the Kerala High Court that the High-Level Committee will take a decision on the categorization of the Wayanad landslide.The Amicus curiae Adv. Ranjith Thampan submitted before the Court that if the disaster is categorized as a Level 3 Disaster, various avenues of relief and rehabilitation will be open to the State. He urged...

Public Prosecutor Cannot Just Act As Per Instructions Of Govt, Must Apply Mind Before Withdrawing Case: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court held that the Public Prosecutor has to apply his mind independently on the material before him and decide whether to withdraw a case even if the Government has ordered for withdrawal. The Single Bench of Justice K. Babu observed that the Public Prosecutor should independently decide that such a case is fit for withdrawal even if there is a direction from the...

Plea In Kerala High Court Seeks Restrictions On Entry Of Non-Hindus To Temples Under Cochin Devaswom Board

A plea has been moved before the Kerala High Court seeking the Court to declare that persons belonging to other religious faiths are not allowed to enter the Temples or Temple compounds under the Cochin Devaswom Board.The Division Bench of Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice P G Ajithkumar has given time to the Cochin Devaswom Board to file their counter affidavit. The petition has been...

Tax Planning Is Permissible But Evasion Is Impermissible: Kerala HC On Husband Transferring Portion Of Residential Building To Wife To Evade Luxury Tax

The Kerala High Court has dismissed the petition moved by a husband who transferred a portion of his residential building to his wife's name to secure an exemption from payment of luxury tax under Section 5A of the Kerala Building Tax Act, 1975It is to be noted that as per Section 5A of the Kerala Building Tax Act, 1975, a luxury tax is charged on a residential building if its plinth...

Five New Additional Judges Sworn In, Kerala High Court To Function With 45 Judges For The First Time

Five new additional judges were sworn in at the Kerala High Court today.1. Shri Paramesara Panicker Krishna Kumar2. Shri Kodassery Veliyath Madom Jayakumar3. Shri Muralee Krishna Shankaramoole4. Shri Jobin Sebastian5. Shri Pandikkaran Varadaraja Iyer BalakrishnanYesterday, the notification was issued by the Central Government appointing them as Additional Judges. The oath was administered by...

Kerala High Court Strikes Down Rule 96(10) of CGST Rules Retrospectively, Finds Them Ultra Vires To CGST Act

The Kerala High Court struck down Rule 96(10) of the Central Goods and Service Tax Rules holding that it was ultra vires to the Section 16 of the Integrated Goods and Service Tax Act and was manifestly arbitrary.Justice P. Gopinath noted that Section 16 has not imposed any restriction in availing refund of taxes paid on input goods and input services or claiming refund of IGST after payment...