Accused’s Right To Access Digital Evidence: The Kerala High Court Upholds The Principles Of Fair Trial
Kerala High Court granted the revision petition, set aside the order of the special court and granted conditional access to the CCTV footage to the accused.
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Plea in Kerala HC against making the parents/owners liable for the offense of the minor in the MV Act
It is an arbitrary presumption that the minor has received the guardian or the owner's implicit consent,
Kerala High Court: The Accused’s Failure To Leave The Crime Site Is Insufficient Evidence Of Insanity
When the Court upheld a man's conviction and life sentence for the murder of his three-year-old son, it made this observation.
“Protect Elephants or Lose Them Forever, Kerala HC Warns in Landmark Ruling”
Kerala High Court warned that the captive elephants would disappear without urgent protection and future generations would see them only in museums, like extinct dinosaurs.
Kerala High Court Orders Production of Case Diary in Minister Saji Cherian’s Insult Case
The Kerala High Court directed the production of the case diary in Minister Saji Cherian’s case. A lawyer seeks a CBI re-investigation, alleging police failed to conduct a proper probe into his remarks against the Constitution.
Kerala High Court: Terms ‘Deaf and Dumb’ and ‘Hearing Impaired’ are Offensive, Prefers ‘Deaf’ and ‘Hard-of-Hearing’
The Kerala High Court ruled that terms like "deaf and dumb" and "hearing impaired" are outdated and offensive. The Court emphasized the importance of using 'deaf' or 'hard-of-hearing' in legal contexts.
Kerala HC Decriminalise: The Attempt Of Suicide Is No Longer An Offence Due To Enactment Of Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
The court noted that under the Mental Healthcare Act (MH Act) of 2017, attempting suicide is largely not an offense, presuming severe stress unless proven otherwise.
Messages without sexual intent sent to minor: No offense is made u/s 11 of POCSO
there was no evidence against the petitioner that would be sufficient to prove that he had been sending messages constantly to the minor with a ‘sexual intent’