New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Union Minister and BJP MP Suresh Gopi has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Kerala High Court’s refusal to dismiss, at the threshold, an election petition questioning his victory from the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency in the 2024 general elections. A Bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe on Monday adjourned the matter to August 31 after taking up Gopi’s special leave petition (SLP) challenging the April 1 judgment of the Kerala High Court. Gopi has chal…
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Kochi, July 24 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Friday came down heavily on the police over lapses in the arrest of the prime accused in the Nithin Raj suicide case, questioning the supervising officer on how such procedural failures were allowed in a sensitive investigation.Justice A. Badharudeen questioned Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Sudheer Kallan over the shortcomings in the arrest of Dr M. Kodanda Ram, a professor at Kannur Dental College and the prime accused in the case.The cour…
Kochi, July 23 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday quashed the criminal proceedings against businessman Boby Chemmanur in the sexual harassment case filed by a Malayalam actress, bringing an end to a high profile case that had drawn widespread attention since his arrest in January 2025. Justice Jobin Sebastian allowed Chemmanur’s petition seeking to quash the proceedings pending before the Additional District and Sessions Court at Ernakulam, after recording that the dispute between the part…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 23 (IANS) With the Kerala High Court directing the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to expedite the Sabarimala gold misappropriation probe, former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president P.S. Prasanth was taken into custody from his residence in the state capital on Thursday.Two former TDB presidents, both CPI(M) leaders, after being arrested and in jail, are now out on bail.Prasanth’s arrest comes barely days after the SIT informed the High Court that it would file th…
Kochi, July 22 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the police and the state government over the handling of the investigation into the death of Anjarakandy Dental College student R.L. Nithin Raj, observing that serious procedural lapses in the arrest of prime accused Dr M.K. Ram had enabled him to secure bail and raised suspicions of collusion.Hearing a petition filed by Nithin Raj’s family, Justice A. Badharudeen said there appeared to be a prima facie conspiracy on t…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s refusal to stay the restrictions imposed by the Kerala High Court on the functioning of the Kerala State Waqf Board has prompted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to claim that its legal challenge against the Board has been substantially upheld. BJP State Vice-President Shaun George, who had challenged the constitution of the Board before the Kerala High Court, said on Tuesday that the apex court had granted only limited relief to the Waqf …
Kochi, July 20 (IANS) The long-running probe into the alleged Sabarimala gold misappropriation case has entered its final phase, with the Kerala High Court directing the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to complete the investigation without further delay. The SIT informed the court on Monday that it would file the final report in one of the two cases it is investigating within 30 days.All the accused in the case were granted statutory bail after the prescribed period, with the SIT failing to fil…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 17 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday accused the Congress-led UDF government of striking a political deal with the BJP by deciding to implement the Centre’s new Waqf guidelines, including the induction of non-Muslims into the Kerala Waqf Board.Addressing the media here, Vijayan said Kerala’s stand marked a complete departure from the position taken by the previous Left government, which had strongly opposed the Centre’s am…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 15 (IANS) The Kerala High Court, in an interim order on Wednesday, restrained the state Waqf Board from taking any major decisions after finding that its present constitution appears to be contrary to the provisions of the Waqf Act.A division bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice V.M.Syam Kumar observed that the Board was prima facie not constituted in accordance with Section 14 of the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development (UMEED) Act,…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 15 (IANS) Former Oommen Chandy aide Tenny Joppen on Wednesday said he had been made a scapegoat in the politically-sensitive solar scam to target the late Chief Minister, hours after the Kerala High Court permitted his removal from the list of accused in one of the cases linked to the controversy.The High Court allowed Joppen to be deleted from the array of accused in the case filed by businessman Mallely Sreedharan Nair, after the complainant informed the court that he …