Tag: Kerala High Court
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After SC verdict, Hadiya says ‘all this happened as I embraced Islam’
After her marriage with Shafin Jahan was upheld by Supreme Court, Hadiya on Saturday said “all this happened as I embraced Islam”. Hadiya and her husband arrived in Kerela on Saturday from Salem and drove to the office of the Popular Front of India (PFI) where she briefly interacted with the media. “The Constitution gives …
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March 10, 2018 -
Youth lynching: Kerala HC takes suomotu cognisance based on judge’s letter
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday took suomotu cognisance on tribal youth Madhu’s murder in Attappady, Palakkad, based on a letter written by the state legal services authority chairman Justice Surendra Mohan to Chief Justice Antony Dominic. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Antony Dominic and Justice Dama Sheshadri Naidu on Wednesday issued notice to …
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March 1, 2018 -
Good query
Technical reasons may have come in the way of the Supreme Court not offering a definitive answer, but a Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India sent out a forceful message to the nation last Thursday when it virtually rejected any challenge to a marriage between two consenting adults. It may have been in …
February 26, 2018 -
High Court cancels Kerala university VC’s appointment
Four years after Dr Babu Sebastian was appointed Mahatma Gandhi University’s Vice-Chancellor, the Kerala High Court on Monday cancelled the appointment on grounds of inadequate qualifications, and formation of a search committee against rules to find a suitable candidate for the post. The High Court order came on a plea of T.R. Premkumar, who pointed …
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February 19, 2018 -
HC quashes ‘land scam’ FIR against Chandy
In a setback to the LDF government in Kerala, the Kerala High Court on Friday quashed the FIR filed by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) against former chief minister Oommen Chandy, former chief secretary EK Bharath Bhushan and others in the Pattoor land deal case, noting it was based on “assumed facts and false …
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February 10, 2018 -
Petition against Saseendran ahead of swearing-in event
Hours before his re-induction into the Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry in Kerala, a petition has been filed against former minister A K Saseendran challenging his acquittal by the Thiruvananthapuram Judicial First Class Magistrate court on Saturday in the sensational honey trap case. The petition has been filed in Kerala High Court by Thycaud native Mahalakshmi. Saseendran’s …
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February 1, 2018 -
Opposition attacks Kerala CM over suicides of pensioners
The opposition in the Kerala Assembly on Tuesday attacked the Pinarayi Vijayan government over the delay in pension to former employees of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), which has seen 10 suicides in the past 20 months. The Congress-led opposition pointed out that the beleaguered pensioners of the state-owned corporation numbering 39,045 have not been …
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January 30, 2018 -
Corrective snub
It was nothing short of a reprimand the Supreme Court administered to “big government” in general, and the National Investigation Agency in particular when directing that body to discontinue its probe into the marriage aspect of the “Hadiya case”. Other angles of the alleged “love jihad” could certainly be investigated ruled a Bench headed by …
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January 26, 2018 -
Kerala HC allows video conference facility to get marriage registered
The Kerala High Court has permitted an Indian couple living in the US to appear before the registrar at Kollam through video conferencing to get their marriage registered to seek permanent American resident status. The court gave the direction while considering a plea filed by Pradeep K Cletus and Beryl Pradeep, who cited certain difficulties …
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January 23, 2018 -
Kerala HC stops media trial in Bar Scam case
Two days after the Vigilance Department submitted a report in the 2014 Bar Scam case to the Kerala High Court, the court on Friday ordered that there will be no further media trials in the case. The Vigilance has started a probe into a leak involving its report exonerating former Kerala Finance Minister K.M.Mani, that was submitted …
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January 19, 2018 -
Kerala HC orders land survey in ex-Minister’s case
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered a detailed land survey in a case involving former Transport Minister Thomas Chandy who had been accused of usurping land. The court made it clear that there was no need to register an FIR but asked authorities to hold the survey and submit a report in three months. Chandy quit in …
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January 17, 2018 -
Solar scam case: former Kerala CM Chandy gets interim relief
Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday got interim relief from the Kerala High Court in the solar scam case as the court said the ‘sleaze’ letter should not be discussed for two months. Chandy on Monday approached the Kerala High Court with a plea to quash the Justice G Sivarajan (retired) judicial probe …
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December 19, 2017 -
Hadiya case: CPI(M)’s Brinda Karat attacks NIA
The Communist Party of India — CPI(M)– leader Brinda Karat has accused the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of being out on a “fishing expedition” in Kerala and interrogating couples in inter-caste or inter-community marriages. “The NIA is on a fishing expedition having already interrogated 89 such couples in Kerala,” Karat said in the latest issue …
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December 3, 2017 -
‘Conversion case’: After long wait, Hadiya speaks to her husband
Hadiya Shafin, a Kerala woman whose marriage and subsequent conversion to Islam has been a controversial subject, spoke to her husband Shafin Jahan after several months on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Hadiya, who was ordered by the Supreme Court to resume her studies and return to her Salem-based homeopathic college in Tamil Nadu, was offered a …
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November 30, 2017 -
Hadiya to resume her college, SC appoints dean as her guardian
In the alleged forced conversion case, the Supreme Court (SC)bench-led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra directed that Hadiya should be taken to her college in Tamil Nadu for resumption of her studies and should be provided a hostel facility. The SC bench also appointed dean of Salem-based homoeopathic college as Hadiya’s guardian. Next …
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November 27, 2017 -
Jury yet to hear from IFFI over ‘S Durga’ screening
Indian Panorama jury members on Sunday said they are yet to hear from IFFI officials on the screening of Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s film “S Durga”, a day after he submitted its copies to festival Director Sunit Tandon as directed by the Kerala High Court. Ruchi Narain, one of the jury members for the Indian Panorama section of …
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November 26, 2017 -
Actress ‘abduction case’: Chargesheet filed, actor Dileep among accused
The Kerala Police team, probing the actress abduction case, on Wednesday submitted the chargesheet which has named Malayalam superstar Dileep as eighth among the 12 accused and his former wife, actress Manju Warrier, as a key witness. Pulsar Suni, who master-minded the kidnap in February this year, is the first accused and the charges slapped …
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November 22, 2017