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Kerala High Court proceedings were briefly adjourned after a civet cat, known locally as the toddy cat, caused a foul stench inside Chamber 1. The incident mirrors similar disturbances faced by CM Pinarayi Vijayan and LoP V D Satheesan

Kerala High Court introduced India’s first policy on AI use in district judiciary, banning AI tools for decision-making or legal reasoning. The policy emphasizes responsible, assistive use only, prioritizing human oversight, privacy, fairness, and accountability, with penalties for violations

During the July 2 hearing, Justice N. Nagaresh had remarked that the CBFC’s objection to the name “Janaki” was unwarranted.

Police sources also confirmed that Shahir had been granted conditional bail by the Kerala High Court, so his arrest was not recorded.

The CBFC revising committee, according to sources, had verbally directed the makers of JSK to change the name of the titular character, as Janaki is another name of Goddess Sita.

Kerala High Court criticized the Centre for denying loan waivers to Wayanad landslide victims, saying it still has power under Article 73. The court gave three weeks for the Union to clarify its decision, rejecting excuses based on legal amendments

Ruling comes while dismissing a former Kerala State Electricity Board employee's plea to quash the sexual harassment case against him filed by a woman staffer of the same organisation

The special bench of Justices A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and C. S. Sudha, hearing the matters relating to the Justice Hema Committee report, decided to appoint advocate Mitha Sudhindran to assist the court.

The HC directing the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) to take action against those found illegally charging Lord Ayappa devotees visiting Sabarimala temple for the 'pottukuthal' ritual

It will also comprise women judges, the Kerala High Court said in its oral observation, a lawyer associated with the petition said

It is ironic that the Malayalam film industry, known for experimenting with bold themes, should be embroiled in such controversies

Says the natural disaster was just another instance of nature reacting to human "apathy and greed"

Authorities in the state government, after a quick huddle, decided to wait and informed the media that its release of it has been postponed.

On Tuesday, the Director General of Prosecution questioned the petition, but the court after hearing both the sides, directed notices to be sent to both CM Vijayan and Veena and posted the case for July 2.

Court makes these observations while quashing criminal proceedings initiated by a woman against her 61-year-old mother-in-law

The HC further pointed out that "pregnancy outside marriage, in most cases, is injurious, particularly after sexual abuse and is a cause for trauma affecting both physical and mental health of the victim.

She has sought action against them under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994.

The prisoners' right to education is a human right grounded in the right to dignity. A prisoner has as much a right to pursue study as a person free from the confines of jail," said a division bench of the court.

The committees constituted by the court were ordered to immediately remove all illegally installed board and impose a penalty of Rs 5,000 per board, apart from imposing expenses for such removal, prosecution should also be initiated.

The Ernakulam Central police registered the FIR based on a complaint by film director Ubaini Ebrahim after he found that the social media was flooded with negative reviews of his recently released Malayalam film "Rahel Makan Kora"