Tag: Kerala High Court

No accused yet in Anthoor NRI investor’s suicide case

Source: newindianexpress.com KANNUR/KOCHI: Ten days have passed since NRI businessman Sajan Parayil committed suicide, but the investigation into the case has made little progress with the police not pressing charges against anyone so far though four officials of Anthoor Municipality have been suspended by the state government. Even an anticipatory bail petition filed by suspended

No settlement in rape case against son: Kerala CPI(M) leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan

Source: dnaindia.com The ruling CPI(M)’s state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Monday said nobody attempted to settle the rape allegation levelled against his son Binoy Kodiyeri by a Mumbai-based woman. Balakrishnan, who addressed the media after a meeting of the party’s state committee, said he came to know about the complaint only after a court sent a

Parayil Sajan suicide shocks Kerala High Court

Source: newindianexpress.com KOCHI: The Kerala High Court, which on Friday expressed shock at the suicide of the foreign-returned businessman in Anthoor, observed it was unfortunate to see an investor being pushed to the brink by the insensitive attitude of the regulatory authorities. The court asked for an investigation at the government level into the incident.

Woman cuts hair in tree ache

Source: telegraphindia.com A Kerala woman has chopped off her tresses in symbolic protest against the state electricity board shaving the crowns off several trees in her grove to erect a transmission tower. Former journalist Meena Menon, 48, had fought six years to protect her biodiversity-rich, 2-acre patch of mini-tropical vegetation, Shantivanam (Forest of Peace), from

Kerala High Court dismisses private hospitals’ plea challenging government order to fix higher wages for nurses

Source – newindianexpress.com KOCHI: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by the Kerala Private Hospitals Association (KPHA) challenging the order of single judge declining to stay the government order on the revision of minimum wages of nurses. While declining the plea to stay the notification fixing the minimum

New rules don’t prohibit cattle slaughter, says Kerala high court

Source – indiatimes.com KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Wednesday observed that the Union government’s newly-introduced rules did not prohibit slaughter of cattle or eating beef. The state government, meanwhile, decided to escalate its protest against the notification. A division bench led by Chief Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh made the oral observation while considering a public interest litigation challenging the