Palakkad (Kerala), Feb 17 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan on Tuesday asserted that the Kerala High Court’s intervention against the Pinarayi Vijayan government’s Nava Kerala Survey had validated the charges consistently raised by the Opposition, alleging large-scale misuse of public funds for electioneering.Satheesan said the survey was conceived as a political exercise to project the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist’s (CPI-M) achievements ahead of elections.He alleged t…
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Kochi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Kerala High Court, in its order on Tuesday staying the Nava Kerala Survey, made serious observations against the CPI(M) headed by State Secretary M.V. Govindan. It also came down heavily on the Kerala government.The Division Bench pointed out that the party appeared to have had prior knowledge of the survey.The court questioned how the party came to know about a government decision in advance and noted that no credible explanation was offered in this regard.Before the go…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 17 (IANS) The controversy surrounding the Global Ayyappa Meet in Kerala deepened on Tuesday after the audit report flagged serious financial irregularities, prompting the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) to initiate urgent corrective measures.With allegations of extravagance and possible corruption involving crores of rupees surfacing through the audit findings, TDB President K. Jayakumar stepped forward to defend the institution, terming the adverse observations as stemmi…
Kochi, Feb 17 (IANS) In a significant setback for the Pinarayi Vijayan government, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday struck down the controversial ‘Nava Kerala Survey’, calling it unlawful and questioning how it was funded and executed.The ruling comes amid mounting opposition allegations that the exercise was politically motivated and aimed at gathering inputs for the LDF’s election manifesto.The Court made it clear that there was neither a proper budget allocation nor a financial sanction…
Kochi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday modified its earlier interim order in the Suraj Lama case, directing that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the matter be headed by a Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) instead of a Commissioner of Police.In its interim order dated February 11, a division bench had directed that the SIT be led by the Commissioner of Police or an officer of equivalent rank.However, on a request made by the government pleader, the bench of Justi…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 14 (IANS) The Travancore Devaswom Board on Saturday rejected allegations of financial irregularities in the conduct of the Global Ayyappa Meet held at Pamba in September last year, even as the Kerala High Court earlier this week came down heavily on lapses in financial accountability linked to the event. In a detailed statement, the Board termed recent media reports “baseless and misleading”, particularly claims that public funds were used to purchase a bed for Chief Mini…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 13 (IANS) Congress’ Kerala unit President Sunny Joseph on Friday demanded a High Court-monitored investigation into the alleged large-scale corruption behind the Global Ayyappa Meet, accusing the CPI-M-led establishment of misusing the Sabarimala administrative machinery for “loot and exploitation”.Joseph said serious irregularities in the conduct of the Ayyappa Meet had come to light based on the Special Commissioner’s report.He alleged that funds of the Devaswom Board…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, on Thursday recommended the appointment of seven Additional Judges as Permanent Judges in the Kerala High Court. “The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 12th February, 2026 has approved the proposal for appointment of the following Additional Judges as Permanent Judges in the High Court of Kerala: (i) Shri Justice Abdul Hakhim Mullappally Abdul Aziz, (ii) Shri Justice Syam Kumar V…
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…
Kochi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Kerala High Court has been intimated of two sets of serious allegations relating to financial irregularities at Sabarimala, the first concerning the conduct of the Global Ayyappa Meet and the other involving suspicious money transfers by temporary staff during the just-ended Mandala-Makaravilakku season.In a report submitted to the High Court, the Special Commissioner of the Travancore Devasom Board has pointed to grave lapses in the organisation of the Global Ayyappa Me…