Source – newindianexpress.com KOCHI: Coming down heavily on police officers and motor vehicle inspectors chasing two-wheeler riders in the name of vehicle check and for not wearing helmets, the Kerala High Court has observed that the police officers are not expected to physically stop vehicles by jumping into the middle of the road. The court
Source – newindianexpress.com KOCHI: The very sight of the imposing Mullaperiyar Dam could send shivers down the spine of an onlooker, but natives of Mlamala, Idukki, have learnt to ignore it. For them, seeing off each day and night is more worrying, especially the ones that follow heavy rain. And when the High Court received
Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan came under fire at the two-day politburo meeting that ended in Delhi on Sunday. According to sources, Vijayan was at the receiving end after three politburo members came down heavily on him in the manner in which the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) was invoked
Source – hindustantimes.com Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Wednesday that his government would implement the Supreme Court order on Thursday on a bunch of review petitions questioning its September 2018 order which allowed women of all ages to worship at the Sabarimala Temple even as the administration made elaborate security arrangement for the pilgrimage season at
Source – newindianexpress.com KOCHI: Refuting allegations that the Maoists, who were hiding in Manjikandi forest area in Attappadi, were killed in police custody, the state government on Friday informed the Kerala High Court that the Maoists opened fire first, which led to an encounter. The injuries mentioned in the postmortem report and the statement of
Source – livemint.com High courts of Patna, Delhi and Kerala rank the highest on their compliance of the Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005 according to a recent study by think tank Vidhi Centre for Legal policy. The think tank developed a ‘Convenience Index’ which evaluates the extent to which the RTI Rules framed by
Source – news18.com Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to preserve until further orders the bodies of two Maoists who were killed in an encounter in the Agali forests last week, after their relatives filed a plea against a court order permitting their cremation. It also directed the government to keep
Source – deccanchronicle.com The prosecution sought two days to submit arguments when the bail pleas of two students held for alleged Maoist links came up in the court on Monday amidst reports of the police having second thoughts on the applicability of UAPA. Granting the time, the District Sessions Court postponed the hearing to Thursday
Source – thenewsminute.com The state government’s draft bill to legalise student unions in higher educational institutions in Kerala has been met with criticism. The LDF government in Kerala during a cabinet meeting gave a go ahead for a new legislation and a draft bill has also been approved. ‘Metroman’ E Sreedharan and the Kerala Catholic
Source – news18.com Kochi: The authorities on Monday failed to implement a court order directing to facilitate entry of Orthodox faction priests and followers into a church in Kothamangalam to offer prayers following strong resistance from Jacobite faction priests and faithful. The Orthodox faction priests and followers withdrew from the scene after their hours-long stand-off with
