[ad_1] Four years after decriminalising consensual private sexual relationship between adults of LGBTQ+ communities, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine legalising same-sex marriages in India as it sought the Union government's response to the pleas of two gay couples for making Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954, gender-neutral.A bench...
SC directs payment of Rs 5 lakh each to 9 fishermen, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Friday directed that a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each be paid to seven fishermen and the legal heirs of two others, who were affected in an incident of firing by two Italian marines on a boat off the Kerala coast in February 2012.A bench...
Hc, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] A man, who had sex with a married woman, cannot be prosecuted on a complaint alleging that he had sex by promising to marry her, as the woman is already married, reiterated the high court.Justice Kauser Edappagath was considering a petition filed by a 25-year-old man from Kollam challenging...
Kerala high court, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Some cases are pending before the high court for about 20 years and such old pending cases should be brought to the notice of the judges by the registry of the court, the Kerala high court observed in a judgment.The issue of pendency of cases was highlighted by justice...
Won’t block heavy vehicles, protesters tell Kerala HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The protesters against Vizhinjam International Seaport have assured the high court that heavy vehicles to the project site will not be blocked.In a hearing conducted on Tuesday, Justice Anu Sivaraman recorded the submission made by the counsel representing the protesters. The court is considering a petition by Adani Vizhinjam...
ED files chargesheet against BRD Group, its chairman and 5 others, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has filed a Prosecution Complaint (chargesheet) before a special PMLA court in Ernakulam against William Verghese, Chairman of BRD Group of Companies and five others.The ED initiated a money laundering investigation on the basis of the FIRs registered by the Kerala...
NHRC seeks report from Kerala govt after girls went missing from Kottayam shelter home, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Kerala government and sought a report over the incident in which nine girls allegedly went missing from a shelter home at Manganam in Kottayam in Kerala.The Commission took suo motu...
Kerala HC postpones hearing, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Wednesday postponed for one week the hearing on Adani group’s contempt of court plea alleging that the state government authorities are not implementing the court’s orders for providing police protection and for ensuring ingress and egress to the construction site of Vizhinjam International...
Teaching experience should be real, not a myth, says Kerala HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] KOCHI: Giving directions for digging holes as National Service Scheme (NSS) coordinator cannot be considered as teaching experience, the high court said on Wednesday.Teaching experience should be real and not a myth, Justice Devan Ramachandran said while considering a petition challenging the appointment of Priya Varghese, wife of CM's...
Kerala govt to challenge inviolability of UGC norms in Supreme Court, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Close on the heels of former KTU VC MS Rajasree filing a review petition against the Supreme Court order that declared her selection to the post void ab initio, the government is also preparing to file a review petition this week itself.Rajasree, who filed a review petition in...