The order and ruling came on the accused person's plea to quash the FIR and the court proceedings against him in connection with that. The court said pornography was in practice for centuries and the new digital age has made it more accessible, even to children.
The names of Justice Bhuyan, the chief justice of the Telangana High Court, and Justice Bhatti, his counterpart in Kerala, were recommended for elevation to the top court by the Supreme Court Collegium on July 5.
Kerala High Court on waving black flags: The petition, which also sought compensation for those booked for waving black flags at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in protest last year, was rejected by a bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Murali Purushothaman.
While defending its decision to bar students to go out of the hostel after 9.30 pm, Kerala University of Health Sciences pressed some bizarre arguments in its affidavit submitted to the High Court.
PFI ban: The bench of judges also said that the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Sathar "cannot feign ignorance" of their constitutional obligations, especially when they claim to represent members of a pluralistic society.
Kerala: According to the rules under the MTP Act, one of the factors for allowing termination between 20 and 24 weeks gestation is "change of marital status during the ongoing pregnancy (widowhood and divorce)".
The victim in her plea had also alleged that there were several instances where the Special Public Prosecutor in the case was unable to proceed with the trial and that there were repeated and persistent attempts on Dileep's part to influence and intimidate the witnesses.
The Congress and the BJP had staged widespread protests and waved black flags at Vijayan after the revelations by Swapna Suresh, an accused in the gold-smuggling through diplomatic bags case.
Kerala High Court took the right of privacy, dignity and liberty of the children of rape victims and unwed mothers and stated that the right of these children cannot be curtailed by any authority.
While the counsel for Dileep strongly opposed handing over the memory card for scientific examination, the counsels for the other two parties vehemently argued for it and the court agreed for the same this morning.
A Bench of Justices K Vinod Chandran and C Jayachandran suspended the execution of the sentences of Father Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy and granted them bail subject to each of them furnishing a bond of Rs 5 lakh.
A single Bench of Justice K Haripal noted that "no doubt, SDPI and PFI are extremist organisations indulging in serious acts of violence.
It said the cost was being imposed to let people and the society know that frivolous pleas like this which waste judicial time will not be entertained by the court.
Dulquer Salman plays the role of Sukumara Kurup in the movie. An NRI, Kurup had allegedly murdered a film's representative, Chacko, who was waiting for a late-night bus at Karuvatta in Alappuzha district, after giving him a lift in his Ambassador car. Later, the car was doused in petrol and Chacko's body was also burnt.
The RT-PCR test rate in Punjab is Rs 415 while it costs Rs 500 in Maharashtra, Haryana and Uttarakhand, the government said.
The medical board was of the view the continuing with the pregnancy would affect the mental and physical health of the minor rape victims.
It also said that if a body is buried, it will rot and if cremated, it will turn into ash. However, if the organs are donated, it would give life and happiness to many.
Kerala High Court has said that the freedom of a woman to decide whether to continue with pregnancy cannot be taken away.
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday allowed a minor girl to accompany her father to Sabarimala for 'darshan'.
The Left government's May 7 notification appointing the CoI was stayed by Justice P B Suresh Kumar on a plea by the ED, represented by Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, which had contended that the state was "incompetent" to order such an inquiry as the subject matter fell in Central list of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.
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