After a 'MeToo' movement surfaced recently, Malayalam actor Siddique resigned from his position as general secretary of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA), along with the entire 17-member executive committee.
In a significant move, the Kerala High Court today upheld the death sentence awarded by the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court to Ameerul Islam, a migrant labourer who was convicted in a 2016 case of rape and murder of a Dalit LLB student from Perumbavoor in Ernakulam.
The woman in this case claimed that 89 sovereigns of gold were gifted to her by her family at the time of marriage. Additionally, after the wedding, her father gave a cheque for ₹ 2 lakh to her husband.
The victim has requested to order a fresh investigation. Along with this, she has urged that under the supervision of the High Court, it should be investigated by the SIT.
Amicus curiae Shyam Padman stated that negative reviews are put up against films for which their makers don't agree to pay. Hence, he suggested that a dedicated portal on cyber cells should be constituted to receive complaints against review bombings.
Kerala HC issued the order on a petition filed by residents of Muzhathadam in Kannur seeking action against Rajeev Krishnan, a resident, who had been keeping stray dogs on his property.
The government does not interfere either in commercial aspects of airline nor fixing of airfare by them.
This is happening for the second time that NCP leader Mohd Faizal has been disqualified as a member of the Lok Sabha.
The Kerala High Court named a child after the parents, whose relations turned sour, failed to reach a consensus regarding the name of their daughter.
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.
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