Kochi, June 11 (IANS) The functioning of the Kerala State Waqf Board has come under judicial scrutiny after BJP state vice-president Shone George approached the Kerala High Court, alleging that the Board is operating in violation of the amended Waqf law and that all decisions taken by it could be legally questioned.The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by George contends that the state government has failed to appoint the mandatory non-Muslim members to the Board as required under the 2025 …
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Kochi, March 31 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the 2024 amendments to the Kerala Lokayukta Act, delivering a significant relief to the state government while also introducing a key safeguard on decision-making timelines.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice V.M. Syam Kumar dismissed petitions led by senior Congress MLA Ramesh Chennithala, who had challenged the amendments as unconstitutional and violative of the principle …
Kochi, March 5 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday strongly objected to remarks made by petitioners against a Division Bench that had earlier lifted the stay on the release of the film ‘Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond’.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar VM took serious exception to certain averments made in a fresh Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the movie’s release.During the hearing, the Bench noted that the petition contained submissions questioni…
Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 12 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted the state government a final two weeks to file its counter affidavit in a public interest litigation challenging the 1977 allotment of Kerala University land for the construction of the AKG Centre for Research and Studies in the state capital.The building, until last year, housed the CPI-M’s state headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. was…