query: where is the high court of kerala located

pos: Kerala High Court Kerala High Court The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. It is located in Kochi. Drawing its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the High Court has the power to issue directions, orders and writs including the writs of "habeas corpus", "mandamus", "prohibition", "quo warranto" and "certiorari" for ensuring the enforcement of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed by the Constitution to citizens or for other specified purposes. The High Court is empowered with original, appellate and revisional jurisdiction in civil as well as

pos: Kerala High Court that the judiciary would be based in Kochi, Cochin's capital. Kerala High Court The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. It is located in Kochi. Drawing its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the High Court has the power to issue directions, orders and writs including the writs of "habeas corpus", "mandamus", "prohibition", "quo warranto" and "certiorari" for ensuring the enforcement of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed by the Constitution to citizens or for other specified purposes. The High Court is empowered with

pos: K. T. Sankaran Magistrate Court Pattambi in 1979 and shifted his practice to Kerala High Court in 1982. On 2 February 2005, he was appointed as an additional judge of Kerala High Court and became a permanent judge on 22 November 2006. He retired from service upon attaining superannuation on 25/12/2016. K. T. Sankaran K.T. Sankaran (; born 25 December 1954) was a judge of the Kerala High Court. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Ernakulam, Kochi. He was

pos: Government of Kerala other judges who are appointed by the President of India. At present, the sanctioned Judge strength of the High Court of Kerala is 27 Permanent Judges including the Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and two additional judges. Every judge including the Chief Justice is appointed by the President of India by Warrant under his hand and seal. Every permanent and additional judge will continue in office until the age of 62. The High Court of Kerala is located in Kochi and there are courts in every district centres and some municipal centres. Like in other Indian states, the Executive arm of

pos: Kerala High Court The Kerala High Court Act, 1958 defined the jurisdiction and various functions, and powers of the High Court of Kerala. Initially, many cases from both the Travancore-Cochin High Court and the High Court of Madras were transferred to the High Court of Kerala for adjudication. Justice K. T. Koshi was appointed as the first Chief Justice of High Court of Kerala. The current sitting judges of the court are as follows: The High Court of Kerala building in Kochi had not assigned Number 13 to any of its courtrooms due to triskaidekaphobia. This created a controversy in Kerala as the

pos: P. N. Ravindran P. N. Ravindran P. N. Ravindran (; born 29 May 1956) was a judge of Kerala High Court. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Ernakulam, Kochi. Justice Ravindran retired from service on 28 May 2018. Ravindran graduated in Law from Government Law College, Ernakulam in the year 1979, enrolled in Bar Council of Kerala on 16.12.1979 and started practicing in Kerala High Court. While practicing in various branches of law, served as Additional Central Government Standing

pos: KHCAA Golden Jubilee Chamber Complex add safety to the whole structure. KHCAA Golden Jubilee Chamber Complex KHCAA Golden Jubilee Chamber Complex is a Chambers building of the Kerala High Court Advocates Association in the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. It is located in Kochi on the western (sea) side of the Kerala High Court building. The foundation stone was laid by the Chief Justice of India, K. G. Balakrishnan on 8 November 2008. Pile foundation was commenced on 23 November 2008, and 120 nos. RCC piles were completed in 45 days. On the eastern and western sides of the building, two

pos: KHCAA Golden Jubilee Chamber Complex KHCAA Golden Jubilee Chamber Complex KHCAA Golden Jubilee Chamber Complex is a Chambers building of the Kerala High Court Advocates Association in the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. It is located in Kochi on the western (sea) side of the Kerala High Court building. The foundation stone was laid by the Chief Justice of India, K. G. Balakrishnan on 8 November 2008. Pile foundation was commenced on 23 November 2008, and 120 nos. RCC piles were completed in 45 days. On the eastern and western sides of the building, two fins on each side (with cantilever

pos: B. Kemal Pasha B. Kemal Pasha B. Kemal Pasha ; born 25 May 1956) is a former judge of Kerala High Court. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Ernakulam, Kochi. He was born in Anchal Village, Kollam District, Kerala on 25 May 1956. Completed his primary education from Govt U.P School Vadamon, high schooling from Govt. High School Anchal, graduation from St. John's College Anchal, LL.B from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram and Master of Laws from Mahatma Gandhi University,

pos: P. N. Ravindran Counsel from 18.06.1998 to 21.04.1999, Legal Advisor and Standing Counsel for Guruvayur Devaswom from 201.11.2002 to 25.04.2005. He was appointed as the Additional Judge of Kerala High Court on 12 December 2007 and became elevated as Permanent Judge from 9 December 2009. P. N. Ravindran P. N. Ravindran (; born 29 May 1956) was a judge of Kerala High Court. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Ernakulam, Kochi. Justice Ravindran retired from service on 28 May

pos: A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar is a judge of the Kerala High Court. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Ernakulam, Kochi. Nambiar was born to Justice K. A. Nair, former judge of the Kerala High Court and Chandralekha Nayar. He completed his schooling from Lawrence School, Lovedale, graduated in chemistry from the Sacred Heart College, Thevara and obtained LL.B from Government Law College, Ernakulam with First Rant for which he was awarded the

pos: K. T. Sankaran K. T. Sankaran K.T. Sankaran (; born 25 December 1954) was a judge of the Kerala High Court. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Ernakulam, Kochi. He was born in Thalakkasseri, near Pattambi, Palakkad, Kerala on 25 December 1954. He completed his education from S.B.S Thanneercode, Government High School, Kumaranellur, St. Thomas College, Thrissur and Sree Krishna College, Guruvayoor, Saraswathy Law College, Mercara, Coorg, Karnataka. He enrolled as an Advocate in 1979. He started practice in

pos: Kerala High Court to form the Travancore-Cochin State or Thiru-Kochi on 1 July 1949. Later, the High Court of Travancore-Cochin was established at Ernakulam on 7 July 1949 under the Travancore-Cochin High Court Act (1949). Mr. Puthupally Krishna Pillai was the last Chief Justice of High Court of Travancore-Cochin. On 1 November 1956, the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was passed thereby integrating the State of Travancore-Cochin with Malabar district and Kasaragod to form the present State of Kerala. The High Court of Kerala, as it is today was established on 1 November 1956 as the High Court designated for the State of Kerala.

pos: National University of Advanced Legal Studies the nation on 7 January 2006. Kochi was found to be the ideal location to set up the first national law school in Kerala since it is the seat of the High Court of Kerala and Lakshadweep. Initially the university functioned from Kaloor, Kochi. It now functions from its permanent campus in KINFRA Hi-Tech Park, at Kalamassery. The campus is on of land taken on lease for 90 years from KINFRA and is nearer to Nedumbassery, where the Kochi International Airport is located. The Bar Council of India has recommended 38 subjects (including four training courses) for the five-year LLB

pos: Economy of Kochi university in India exclusively dedicated to studies in fisheries and allied disciplines is also located in the city. There are four special economic zones (SEZs) in the city, Cochin Special Economic Zone, InfoPark and SmartCity in Kakkanad, and Puthuvype in Vypin. Electronic City is a proposed SEZ for electronic hardware manufacturing to be built in Kalamassery by NeST Infratech. Union Government establishments like the Coconut Development Board, the Coir Board and the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) have head offices located in the city. Kochi is the seat of the High Court of Kerala, the highest court of Kerala

pos: Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan Thiruvananthapuram. Later, Radhakrishnan shifted to the High Court of Kerala at Kochi where he practised in civil, constitutional and administrative matters. He was appointed a Permanent Judge of Kerala High Court on 14 October 2004. Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan (; born 29 April 1959, Kollam) is the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh situated at Hyderabad. Radhakrishnan was born to late N. Bhaskaran Nair and late K. Parukutty Amma who were both practising advocates at Kollam. He completed his education from St. Joseph's Convent and Government

pos: A. Muhamed Mustaque A. Muhamed Mustaque A. Muhamed Mustaque (born 1June1967) is a judge of the Kerala High Court. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep and is headquartered at Ernakulam, Kochi. Mustaque was born in Thana, Kannur, Kerala on 1June1967. He graduated in Law from the Vaikunta Baliga College of Law in Udupi, Karnataka and obtained post-graduation in law from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. Thereafter he obtained his next post-graduation in space and telecommunication law from Paris XI University, studied private international law course at The Hague

pos: Cherai Cherai Cherai () is a region in Kochi Taluk, a suburb of the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. It is at a distance of about 25 km from the "High Court Junction", Kochi. Cherai has the longest beach in Kochi - the Cherai beach. The beach is located towards the centre-north of the Vypin island. The "Cherai Beach" is 10 km long. Dolphins are occasionally seen here. Cherai has played an important role in the history of modern Kerala by becoming the birthplace of two prominent political personsages of modern Kerala - Mathai Manjooran and Sahodaran

pos: K. M. Joseph K. M. Joseph Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph (born 17 June 1958) is judge of Supreme Court of India. Earlier he was the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court. Before his appointment as Chief Justice of the High Court of Uttarakhand on 31 July 2014, he had served as a Judge of Kerala High Court for more than 9 years. Joseph was born in Kochi, Kerala, India on 17 June 1958 to Justice K. K. Mathew and Ammini Tharakan. His father K. K. Mathew was a judge of the Supreme Court of India, and chairman of tenth Law Commission. He completed his

pos: Kochi City Police to solve family disputes and provide counselling facilities to needy. The station also handles crimes that involve ladies and juveniles offenders. Currently the station is located at Police Quarters near High Court of Kerala. Kochi City Police maintains a secret police consisting of 29 detective agents and 10 under-cover officers with a Circle officer leading the team. The City Shadows is deployed for monitoring suspects, possible crime scenes, trapping crime offenders and gathering first hand intelligence inputs. This forms an intelligence unit for Kochi City Police force, where information gathered at all corners is collected, analyzed and recorded to regular

pos: Ernakulam Ernakulam Ernakulam () refers to the eastern, mainland portion of the city of Kochi in central Kerala, India and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. The Kerala High Court, the Office of the Corporation of Kochi and the Cochin Stock Exchange are situated here. The Ernakulam Junction is a major railway station of the Indian Railways. Initially, Ernakulam was the headquarters of the Ernakulam District but was later shifted to Kakkanad. Ernakulam was once the capital of the Kingdom of Cochin. It is located north-west of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. The city has served as an incubator for

pos: K. Balakrishnan Nair K.A. Abdul Gafoor and Late K.A. Abraham. Later, practised as junior to late Mr. Justice V. Sivaraman Nair and late Mr. V.M. Nayanar, then Director of Public Prosecutions. In 1988 started independent practice in Civil, Criminal, Labour and Constitutional matters before the High Court of Kerala. Worked as the Standing Counsel for Kerala Agricultural University; Ernakulam and Kollam District Co-operative Banks; Kochi Corporation and Kerala Motor Transport Workers Welfare Fund Board. He was initially appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Kerala on 7 September 2001 and later, on 27 November 2002 as Permanent Judge. He demitted

neg: Kerala High Court bench at Thiruvananthapuram, capital city of kerala. The Union Government and the Supreme Court are favourable in sanctioning more high court benches in country, and had already sanctioned many in other states. However, a new high court bench at Thiruvananthapuram is still pending, due to opposition by some in the high court at Ernakulam. The opposition is based on the rationale that when the United State of Travancore-Cochin (the forerunner to the State of Kerala) was created, it was agreed that the United State's capital would be Travancore's capital Thiruvananthapuram, where the legislature and the executive would be based, but

neg: B. Kemal Pasha of the High Court of Kerala on 28 January 2013 and became a Permanent Judge of the High Court of Kerala from 30-06-2014 and he is one of the Board of Governors of Kerala Judicial Academy. Justice Pasha demitted his office upon attaining age of superannuation on 24 May 2018. B. Kemal Pasha B. Kemal Pasha ; born 25 May 1956) is a former judge of Kerala High Court. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Ernakulam,

neg: V. Balakrishna Eradi was established. In 1961, he was appointed as Senior Government Pleader in theKerala High Court where he conducted several important Government cases. He was also doing private practice during this time. In April 1967, Balakrishna was aapointed Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court and six months later elevated as Permanent Judge. During his tenure at Kerala High Court, he was appointed as Chairman of several committees, including the High Court Committee appointed by the Government of Kerala for suggesting ways and means of raising the standard of legal education in the State. Eradi was appointed as Chief Justice of

neg: Kerala High Court building is built on of land and has a built-up area of over nine floors. The building has in it a post office, bank, medical clinic, library, canteens and such other most needed utilities and services. The High Court of Kerala has moved to its new building from the date of its inauguration, from the adjacent Ram Mohan Palace, where it had been functioning. The present State of Kerala is result of integrating the erstwhile princely kingdoms of Travancore and Cochin with Malabar district and Kasaragod. The present judicial system in Kerala has its roots dating back to the days

neg: Karamana Travancore (Thiruvithamkur) during the 1890s was from Karamana. S.S Street (Iratta Theruvu) and a lower primary school also were named after him. Diwan lived in a majestic mansion located in the S.S.Street, well known as "Diwanji Aam" (Minister's Home). His grandchildren, Justice T.S. Krishnamoorthy Iyer and Justice S. Padmanabhan, Judges in Kerala High Court and Madras High Court respectively. Their father, Sankarasubba Iyer was also a Judge of outstanding merit in the Travancore High Court. Their nephew, Jus Sankarasubban was a judge of the Kerala High Court from 1996 to 2006. Dr.Sambasivan, one of the leading Neurosurgeons in India, hails

neg: Cyriac Joseph in advocacy on 12 October 1968 and started practicing in District Court Kottayam and then shifted to Kerala High Court at Ernakulam. He served as Government Pleader in Kerala High Court from 1976 to 1979, as Senior Government Pleader in Kerala High Court from 1979 to 1987, as Additional Advocate General of Kerala State from 6 July 1991 to 5 July 1994. He was appointed as permanent judge of Kerala High Court on 6 July 1994. Thereafter, on 5 August 1994 he has been transferred to Delhi High Court and transferred back to Kerala High Court on 24 September 2001.

neg: Antony Dominic Antony Dominic Justice Antony Dominic (; born 30 May 1956) was the Chief Justice at the High Court of Kerala. The High Court, headquartered at Ernakulam, is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Dominic obtained his degree in law from S.D.M. Law College, Mangalore. He started his practice in Munsiff’s Court and JFCM, Kanjirappally in 1981. Later, Dominic shifted to Kerala High Court at Ernakulam in 1986. He acquired extensive experience in Company, Labour and Constitutional laws. Dominic was appointed as Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court in January

neg: Bishop Hodges Higher Secondary School five separate blocks of buildings for each sections.(Upper Primary, High School,Higher Secondary) The school has a basketball court, volleyball court, cricket ground in its premises. Bishop Hodges Higher Secondary School Bishop Hodges Higher Secondary School', is under C.S.I. Madhya Kerala Diocese in Alleppey District. The school is located at the heart of Mavelikara town (near to Kayamkulam-Thiruvalla highway). The institution is founded in the year 1839 as a high school.The school was upgraded to Higher Secondary in 1998. The school has classes from 5th Standard to 12th standard The school follows Kerala State Syllabus of Education (SCERT) for classes from

neg: Hadiya court case matrimony website were "bogus". The High Court of Kerala then handed over Hadiya's custody to her father, Ashokan, arguing that “As per Indian tradition, the custody of an unmarried daughter is with the parents, until she is properly married.” Shafin Jahan appealed the Kerala High Court order, and moved to the Supreme Court. In November 2017, the Supreme Court of India directed Hadiya to resume her internship, and that she was free to meet whomever she wanted. In March 2018, the Supreme court restored Hadiya's marriage, 10 months after the Kerala High Court annulled it. This case is often reported

neg: Kerala High Court state prides itself on being the most literate in India. A petitioner questioned this in Kerala High Court itself whether it was due to superstitious beliefs, as the room numbering skipped from 12 to 14. After hearing this petition, the High Court not only dismissed it, but imposed a fine of on the petitioner. Later, the Supreme Court of India over-ruled the High Court's decision admonishing the encouragement of superstitions saying that "The High Court is an institution. It should not be allowed to encourage this sort of superstitions" Kerala Legislative Assembly passed resolution for setting up a high court

neg: Pius C. Kuriakose Additional Judge in Kerala High Court on 9 September 2002 and he became designated as the Permanent Judge of Kerala High Court on 8 September 2004. Pius C. Kuriakose Pius C. Kuriakose (; born 12 October 1951) is the Lokayukta of the state of Kerala and was the Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court. He was born in Thripunithura, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India on 2 October 1951. He completed his education from St. Mary's Lower Primary School, Thripunithura, Leo XIII English Medium High School, Alappuzaha, Government Boy's High School, Thripunithura, Maharajas College, Ernakulam and Maharajas Law College, Ernakulam. He enrolled

neg: Mohan Shantanagoudar Kerala High Court on 1 August 2016. He took the oath as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on 22 September 2016. Mohan Shantanagoudar Mohan Mallikarjunagouda Shantanagoudar (born 5 May 1958 in Chikkerur, Haveri District, Karnataka) is an Indian Judge. He was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme court of India on 17 February 2017. He has also served as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court before his elevation to the Supreme Court of India. He initially practiced at the Karnataka High Court as an advocate, later appointed as the Additional Judge in 2003, and elevated

neg: K. G. Balakrishnan the Kerala Bar Council in 1968, beginning practice at the Munsiff's court, Vaikom. He then completed his L.L.M. in 1971. As an advocate he pleaded both criminal and civil cases in the Ernakulam court. He was later appointed as a Munsiff in the Kerala Judicial Services in 1973. He later resigned from the services and resumed practice as an advocate in the Kerala High Court. In 1985, he was appointed as a judge of the Kerala High Court, and was transferred to the Gujarat High Court in 1997. He became the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court in 1998, and

neg: Babu Mathew P. Joseph and Mavelikkara and appointed as the judge of Kerala High Court on 18 January 2012. He is appointed as Member (Judicial) Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, Delhi after retiring from the Kerala High Court. Babu Mathew P. Joseph Babu Mathew P. Joseph (; born 29 July 1954) is a former judge of Kerala High Court. He was born on the Island of Bolghatty, Mulavukad, Ernakulam, Kerala on 29 July 1954. He graduated in Law from Government Law College, Ernakulam and enrolled as an Advocate on 16 December 1979. As a lawyer he was practicing in various branches of law and

neg: V. D. Satheesan from Trivandrum Kerala Law Academy Law College and LL.M from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. He has completed his graduation in Law and he was practicing in Kerala High Court. He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 2001 when he was practicing as an Advocate in Kerala High Court. V. D. Satheesan V.D. Satheesan is a Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Parur constituency, Ernakulam, Kerala, India.Now he is working as the one of the six vice president of KPCC. He was born in varapuzha , Ernakulam District, Kerala, India on 31 May 1964 to K. Dhamodara Menon and

neg: K. Sukumaran (judge) K. Sukumaran (judge) K. Sukumaran is lawyer who served as a Judge in the high courts of Kerala and Mumbai in India. He has led several inquiries into human rights abuses. He is the author of several books on legal topics. K. Sukumaran had his High School education from St. Albert's High School, Ernakulam and was a graduate of Maharaja's College in Kerala. He began practice in 1955 as a lawyer at the high court of Kerala. From 1969 to 1976 he was government pleader at the high court. He was the legal counsel for Kerala Agricultural University. In 1981

neg: Antony Dominic 2007 and promoted to be a Permanent Judge in December 2008. He was elevated to the post of Chief Justice, High Court of Kerala from 6 February 2018 and his tenure ends on 29 May 2018. Antony Dominic Justice Antony Dominic (; born 30 May 1956) was the Chief Justice at the High Court of Kerala. The High Court, headquartered at Ernakulam, is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Dominic obtained his degree in law from S.D.M. Law College, Mangalore. He started his practice in Munsiff’s Court and JFCM, Kanjirappally

neg: V. P. Seemandini of High Court of Kerala in 2006 . Seemandini is the secretary of Sree Narayana Sevika Samajam, a nursing home for the elderly and an orphanage and President of Sree Dharma Paripalana Yogam, Pachalam branch. V. P. Seemandini V.P. Seemandini () is a designated Senior Advocate mainly practicing in Constitutional matters from 1976 in High Court of Kerala and Supreme Court of India. Seemandini is currently serving as the President of "Kerala Federation of Women Lawyers" and was the President of All India Federation of Women Lawyers and founder member of the federation. Seemandini was born in Thrissur district, Kerala,

neg: Fair dealing purpose of criticism". Thus, he was not provided any protection under section 52 of the Copyright Act. An appeal was filed against this judgement in the Kerala High Court, where the Court looked at the case while referring to sections 14,51 and 52 of Copyright Act. Herein, the defendant claimed that since there was high probability of the defence of fair dealing being applicable in the case, irreparable injury that could have been caused, especially, looking at the current political scenario in Kerala, which would also show a lack of balance of convenience. If the counter-drama is not staged, there

neg: Dharmashala, Kannur Sangh (RSS) have been fighting in this area for supremacy for the last 50 years. Clashes in 2008 left seven people killed and many have been injured. The High Court of Kerala called this manslaughter a “compelling sport” and suggested permanent deployment of Central forces in the affected areas. Dharmashala, Kannur Dharmashala is a small town and headquarters of the Anthoor Municipality in Kannur district of the North Malabar region in the Indian state of Kerala. It is located near National Highway 66 between Kannur and Taliparamba. It is located about north of Kannur. Dharmashala is an important educational and

neg: K. P. Dandapani standing counsel of many companies and establishments, including the PowerGrid Corporation of India, Leela Group of Companies, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Greater Cochin Development Authority, Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering, Kollam, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, and KITEX Group of Companies. He was the president of Kerala High Court Advocate's Association. He is one of the committee member of Kerala High Court Legal Service Authority. He is married to Sumathi and has two children. Daughter Mittu is a practicing lawyer in Australia and son Millu is a practicing lawyer of Kerala High Court. His wife Sumathi Dandapani is also

neg: Rajiv Gupta (judge) Rajiv Gupta (judge) Rajiv Gupta is the Chairman of the Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commissiona and was the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Uttarakhand High Court and Kerala High Court. Rajiv Gupta was born at Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh on 10 October 1950. He completed his LL.B. from Jiwaji University, Gwalior. Rajiv Gupta started practice in Madhya Pradesh High Court in November 1973 and continued to practise there till 1994. He was appointed as Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in September 1994. He assumed charge as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court on 27 April 2005. He

neg: V. R. Krishna Iyer between the newly formed neighbouring states, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. When this government was dismissed by the central government, he resumed legal practice in August 1959. He lost the 1965 assembly election, which he again contested as an independent candidate. He was appointed a judge of the Kerala High Court in 1968. He was a member of the Law Commission from 1971 to 1973 where he drafted a comprehensive report, which would lead to the legal-aid movement in the country. He was elevated as judge of the Supreme Court of India in 1973. In June 1975, the Allahabad High Court

neg: Kerala State Human Rights Commission Kerala State Human Rights Commission The Kerala State Human Rights Commission was constituted on 11 December 1998 with the appointment of the first Chairperson Justice M.M. Pareed Pillay, a former Chief Justice Kerala High Court along with Dr. S. Balaraman and Shri. T.K. Wilson as supporting members by notification S.R.O No. 1066/1998 Dt: 11-12-98. Justice Antony Dominic former Chief Justice,High Court of Kerala, is the present Chairman. According to TPHRA, 1993 (with amendment act 2006), the commission is entitled to perform any of the following functions: It is clarified that though the Commission has the power to inquire in violation

neg: Kerala House by the Law Officer and assisted by an Assistant is functioning in Kerala House to effectively take up legal matters of Govt.of Kerala with the High Court, Supreme Court and other courts in Delhi. PWD Wing PWD Wing; headed by Assistant Executive Engineer and assisted by Assistant Engineer and Overseers is functioning in Kerala House for maintenance and repair works of Kerala House. Kerala Information Office, Kerala House , New Delhi is headed by Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations Department and is functioning in Kerala House for co-ordination works with Media and to look after the PR requirements

neg: V. K. Bali the branches of law. During his tenure as Chief Justice, 120 Full Bench cases pending in Kerala High Court were disposed of. For the first time in the history of Kerala High Court, arrears of the cases were reduced by 15000 in one year. Retired on 24 January 2007 on attaining the age of superannuation. Appointed as Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal and assumed the office on 8 March 2007. V. K. Bali Vinod Kumar Bali is the Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi and was the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court. After completing his graduation in

neg: K. K. Usha K. K. Usha K. K. Usha (born 3 July 1939) is a former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, India. K. K. Usha enrolled as an advocate in 1961. She was appointed Government pleader in the Kerala High Court in 1979. She was a judge and then Chief Justice in the high court from 25 February 1991 to 3 July 2001. She was the Chief Justice from 2000 to 2001. She was the first woman to join the high court from the bar and to become a Chief Justice. After retiring from the high court, from 2001 to 2004

neg: J. B. Koshy J. B. Koshy Justice Jacob Benjamin Koshy was born on 13-5-1947 to Mr. Koshy who was then Principal of the Brickfield Higher Secondary School in Malaysia. Justice Jacob Benjamin Koshy is the chairman of Kerala Human Rights Commission. He was Chief Justice of Patna High Court. Justice Koshy was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court following the elevation of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu as Supreme Court Judge. Appointed as Permanent Judge in 1996, Mr. Koshy was the Executive Chairman of the Kerala State Legal Services Authority. Justice JB Koshy, completed his early education at the Metropolitan High

neg: A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar N. Govinda Menon Memorial Gold Medal. Nambiar has completed Masters of Arts in law from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Nambiar enrolled as an advocate in 1990 and started practising in Ernakulam district with M/s. Menon & Pai Advocates. He specialised in constitutional law and taxationboth direct and indirect. In July2011, he was designated a senior advocate in the Kerala High Court and on 23January2014 he was elevated as an additional judge of High Court of Kerala and became permanent judge of High Court of Kerala on 10March2016. A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar is

neg: Dileep couple have a daughter, born on 19 October 2018. On 28 June 2017, Dileep was interrogated by the Kerala Police in connection with the abduction and sexual assault of a popular young actress, who was allegedly kidnapped and molested by a gang while traveling from work on 17 February 2017. On 10 July 2017, Dileep was arrested by Kerala Police for alleged conspiracy, and was remanded by the court. On 3 October 2017, he was released on conditional bail by the Kerala High Court. In June 2018, he filed a petition in the Kerala High Court stating the Kerala Police

neg: Kerala State Human Rights Commission of human rights (or instigation thereof) by a public servant; Instances where the human rights are violated by any individual citizen then the Commission can intervene, if there is failure or negligence on the part of a public and servant to prevent any such violation. Kerala State Human Rights Commission The Kerala State Human Rights Commission was constituted on 11 December 1998 with the appointment of the first Chairperson Justice M.M. Pareed Pillay, a former Chief Justice Kerala High Court along with Dr. S. Balaraman and Shri. T.K. Wilson as supporting members by notification S.R.O No. 1066/1998 Dt: 11-12-98. Justice

neg: SNC-Lavalin Kerala hydroelectric scandal prosecution of a Politburo member by the Communist Party of India (Marxist). However, on 5 November 2013, Pinarayi Vijayan and 6 other accused were cleared of charges by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Court because "the CBI could not prove any of its charges." The CBI then went on with an appeal in Kerala High Court. On 23 August 2017, The Kerala High Court ruled on the case, and Pinarayi Vijayan was acquitted again. The court ruled that the allegations against him were not based on facts. The High Court observed that though other electricity ministers were also

neg: Devan Ramachandran guidelines rather than condemning it into confines of the no access" Devan Ramachandran Justice Devan Ramachandran (born 19 March 1968) is a Judge of the High Court of Kerala. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court of Judicature for the State of Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Devan Ramachandran did his schooling from Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara, Ernakulam, and, thereafter, took his law degree from Government Law College, Ernakulam. He started practice as an advocate in 1991, under the guidance of his father Senior Advocate Mr. M.P.R Nair, Barrister-in-Law (Middle Temple- London). He practiced in various modern

neg: Devan Ramachandran Devan Ramachandran Justice Devan Ramachandran (born 19 March 1968) is a Judge of the High Court of Kerala. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court of Judicature for the State of Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Devan Ramachandran did his schooling from Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara, Ernakulam, and, thereafter, took his law degree from Government Law College, Ernakulam. He started practice as an advocate in 1991, under the guidance of his father Senior Advocate Mr. M.P.R Nair, Barrister-in-Law (Middle Temple- London). He practiced in various modern branches of law including corporate, company and constitutional matters. In recognition

neg: Government of Kerala appointed for its first meeting. But while a proclamation of state of emergency is in operation, the said period will be extended by Parliament by Laws for a period not exceeding one year at a time. The High Court of Kerala is the apex court for the state; it also hears cases from the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. It is a court of record and has all the powers of such a court including the authority to punish an individual for contempt of court. Like all other High Courts of India, this court also consists of a Chief Justice and

neg: Kerala High Court housing the High Court of Kerala was laid on 14 March 1994 by the then Chief Justice of India, Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah. The estimated cost of construction was 10 crore Indian rupees. The construction was completed in 2005 at a cost of 85 crore Indian rupees. The completed High Court building was inaugurated by the Chief Justice of India, Justice Y. K. Sabharwal on 11 February 2006. The new High Court building is equipped with modern amenities like videoconferencing, air conditioned courtrooms, internet, facilities for retrieval of order copies and publishing of the case status via the internet. The

neg: Hrishikesh Roy 15 July 2008. In his career he was the Executive Head of the Assam State Legal Services Authority and nominated as a member of the National Judicial Academic Council presided by the Chief Justice of India. On 29 May 2018 Justice Roy was transferred from the Gauhati High Court to Kerala High Court as the Acting Chief Justice. He became the permanent Chief Justice of the High Court on 8 August 2018 after the retirement of Justice Antony Dominic. Hrishikesh Roy Hrishikesh Roy (born: 1 February 1960) is an Indian judge and present Chief Justice of Kerala High Court. In

neg: Navniti Prasad Singh as an additional Judge of Patna High Court. Jusice Singh was elevated in the post of the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on 20 March 2017. He was retired on 6 November 2017. Navniti Prasad Singh Navniti Prasad Singh (born: 6 November 1955) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court Singh completed his schooling from Scindia School of Gwalior, graduated and passed Law from Delhi University. He was enrolled as Advocate on 2 July 1980 and started practice in Patna and Jharkhand High Court on Commercial, Taxation and Constitutional matter. In his

neg: Entry of women to Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple 2018, temple authorities made it mandatory for female devotees to furnish proof of their age when visiting Sabarimala. In 1990, S Mahendran started a petition, alleging that young women were visiting Sabarimala. The verdict on the petition came in 1991 where Justices K. Paripoornan and K. Balanarayana Marar of the Kerala High Court banned entry of women between ages 10 and 50 from offering worship at Sabarimala, stating that such restriction was in accordance with the usage prevalent from time immemorial. In addition, the High court directed the Government of Kerala to use the police force to enforce the order

neg: Manjula Chellur February 2000 she was named judge of Karnataka High Court. Chellur served as the President of the Karnataka Judicial Academy from 21 June 2008 to 25 March 2010. She was also the executive chairperson of Karnataka State Legal Service Authority. On 9 November 2011 she was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and since 26 September 2012 she has been the Chief Justice of Kerala. In 2013 the Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, consisting of Chief Justice Chellur and Justice Vinod Chandran, ordered the state government to submit a statement regarding the high-profile rape case

neg: Jasti Chelameswar system of appointing judges, which he said has become “a euphemism for nepotism” where “mediocrity or even less” is promoted and a “constitutional disorder” does not look distant. Jasti Chelameswar Jasti Chelameswar (born 23 June 1953) was a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He retired on 22 June 2018 as the second most senior Supreme court judge. Earlier, he was the Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala and Gauhati High Court. He was also one of the 4 judges who held a controversial press conference against the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra. Chelameswar was born

neg: Kalariyullathil the late Kadathanad after whom vatakara was earlier called] and Kunjali Marakkar. They were the patrons of freedom struggle of Malabar Kerala from Vatakara. The Kalariyullathil neighbourhood is also known for housing the late Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala, Justice V. P. Gopalan Nambiyar. Also located just 500 metres away is the famous Vidyaprakash Public School. Students come here from various parts of India like Bihar, UP etc. for their schooling. Kalariyullathil village connects to other parts of India through Vatakara city on the west and Kuttiady town on the east. National highway No.66 passes through Vatakara

neg: Marad Beach and People's Democratic Party and National Development Front. Kerala BJP president V Muraleedharan wanted initiation of a case against senior Muslim League leader MC Mayin Haji who had prior knowledge of massacre plan, according to the Judicial Commission. In 2012, Kerala High Court observed that there was a deep conspiracy behind the incident. Marad Beach Marad Beach is a slum area of Kozhikode city in India. The beach is located behind Kallayi railway station. The Marad Road starts from Kallayi town and passes through Chakkum Kadavu village and Payyanakkal village. Marad and Kayyadithode villages are adjacent to each other. Gotheeshwaram

neg: Suryanelli rape case the 2012 Delhi rape case, a women's rights group, Janadhipatya Mahila Association, petitioned the Supreme Court of India pointing out that the appeal against the Kerala High Court's acquittal had been pending for 8 years. Justice Altamas Kabir took cognizance of the case. On the first day, 31 January 2013, a bench of Justice A. K. Patnaik and Gyan Sudha Misra set aside the Kerala High Court's order. A fresh hearing, by the Kerala High Court, and sentencing within six months was ordered. After the Supreme Court order, a new warrant was issued for Dharmarajan. On 15 February 2013, the

neg: Govt. High School, Bangra Manjeshwar Govt. High School, Bangra Manjeshwar Govt. High School ("GHS") is a public school, located in Bangra Manjeshwar, Kasaragod District, Kerala State of India. This high school is affiliated to the Kerala State Education Board. This High School is listed as one of the SSLC examination centres by the Kerala Education Board. This school is one of the very few schools in Kerala that teaches in Kannada Language (the language spoken predominantly in the neighbour state Karnataka) instead of Malayalam Language (the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala). One of the oldest high school in Manjeshwaram providing free education

neg: Anoop Jacob the Kerala High Court. Prior to that he completed his Bachelors in English Literature from Mar Ivanios College (University of Kerala), Thiruvananthapuram. His first foray into politics was as a student at the Mar Ivanios College where he founded a unit of Kerala Students Congress (Jacob) in 1994. In 1997 he was elected as editor of the college union magazine, "Prathibha", which won the Malayala Manorama award for the state's best college magazine under his aegis. In 1998, he unsuccessfully contested for the post of chairman of the Mar Ivanios college union Anoop became state president of the Kerala Students

neg: J. B. Koshy High Court with effect from 17-01-1996. He was Executive Chairman of Kerala State Legal Service Authority (KELSA) from 2006 to 2009. Served as Chairman of the Indian Law Institute, Kerala from 2007 to 2009 and Chairman of the Advisory Boards constituted under the COFEPOSA Act and National Security Act from 2005 to 2009. He was Chancellor of the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Cochin as Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and Chancellor of Chanakya National Law University, Patna till retirement as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court. On April 2010, appointed as Chairman of the

neg: Kerala High Court Court, which functioned as the final appellate Court was later replaced by Sadar Court in 1861. Sadar Court, which possessed almost all the powers of the present High Court of Kerala, continued functioning until 1881. Later in 1887, the High Court of Travancore was established with bench strength of five judges. One among the five judges was appointed as the Chief Justice. The judges had the assistance of a Pundit, who acted as an amicus curiae to advise them on the various points of Hindu law. Ramachandra Iyer was appointed as the first Chief Justice. In the Kingdom of Cochin,

neg: Varkala a maximum of and in the winters. Record high temperature in neighbouring Thiruvananthapuram is . Annual average rainfall is . Varkala Varkala formerly known as Udaya Marthandapuram is a municipality and headquarters of Varkala Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district situated in the Indian state of Kerala. It is located 40 kilometres north-west of Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) which is the capital and largest metropolitan city of Kerala and 15 km north - west of Attingal municipality. Varkala is the only place in southern Kerala where cliffs are found adjacent to the Arabian Sea. These Cenozoic sedimentary formation cliffs are a unique geological feature

neg: V. P. Seemandini V. P. Seemandini V.P. Seemandini () is a designated Senior Advocate mainly practicing in Constitutional matters from 1976 in High Court of Kerala and Supreme Court of India. Seemandini is currently serving as the President of "Kerala Federation of Women Lawyers" and was the President of All India Federation of Women Lawyers and founder member of the federation. Seemandini was born in Thrissur district, Kerala, India. She enrolled as an advocate in 1976.She is mainly practicing in Constitutional matters. She is legal adviser to many of the educational institutions in Kerala and Bangalore. She was designated as the Senior Advocate

neg: K. S. Paripoornan High Court later that year, and Paripoornan practiced there specialising in civil, taxation and general matters. From 1966 to 1980, he worked as a government counsel at the Kerala High Court. On 1 January 1994, Paripoornan was announced as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, and commenced the role on 24 January. Just under five months later on 11 June 1994, he was elevated to a Justice of the Supreme Court of India where he remained until his retirement three years later in June 1997. In 2007, Justice Paripoornan was appointed as head of a special commission looking into

neg: Popular Front of India songs. The parade was followed by public meeting with participation from the public. In 2010, the parade was conducted in Udupi and Mettuppalayam. In the previous year it was conducted in Mangalore and Madurai. The Kerala state government banned the Freedom Parade stating it would jeopardise communal harmony. The ban was challenged in the Kerala High Court which upheld the ban. The Intelligence wing of Kerala Police had informed the High Court that PFI is the new face of banned Islamist group Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and is engaged in fundamentalist and anti-national activities. This stand of the

neg: Fair dealing (2009) and the decision of the High Court of Kerala in "Civic Chandran v. Ammini Amma". "Civic Chandran and Ors. v. C.Ammini Amma and Ors." is a 1996 Kerala High Court judgement that deals with the concept of fair dealing in India. In the case, a drama called "Ningal Enne Communistakki" was written by Thoppil Bhasi in Malayalam. It dealt with some of the burning social and political problems of those days, especially espoused by the then Communist Party of India to come to Power in Kerala during the assembly elections in 1957. The plaintiff brought a claim in this

neg: Ashok Bhushan the High Court of Kerala on 10 July 2014, has taken charge as Acting Chief Justice on 1 August 2014 and as Chief Justice on 26 March 2015. He was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 13 May 2016. Ashok Bhushan Ashok Bhushan (born 5 July 1956 in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh) is currently a judge at the Supreme Court of India. He was the 31st Chief Justice of Kerala High Court. He was born in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh on 5 July 1956 to late Shri Chandrama Prasad Srivastava and his wife Smt. Kalavathi Srivasthava. After completion

neg: Architecture of Kerala and the Ghats formed impenetrable barriers helping the evolution of an isolated culture of Proto-Dravidians, contemporary to the Harappan civilisation. The earliest vestiges of constructions in Kerala belong to this period dated between 3000 B.C. to 300 B.C. They can be grouped into two types – tomb cells and megaliths. The rock cut tomb cells are generally located in the laterite zones of central Kerala, for example at Porkalam, Thrissur district. The tombs are roughly oblong in plan with single or multiple bed chambers with a rectangular court in the east from where steps rise to the ground level. Another

neg: P. B. Sahasranaman P. B. Sahasranaman Pallavoor Bharatharaj Sahasranaman, also referred to as P.B.Sahasranaman, is an Indian lawyer, who specializes in environmental laws. He primarily practices at the Kerala High Court, but also appears in Supreme Court of India and the National Green Tribunal. He is also a popular author in Environment Law. He began his career in 1984 soon after graduating from Govt Law College, Ernakulam. He is also a Notary Public of the Cochin Corporation. Sahasranaman was appointed as Amicus Curiae by the Kerala High Court in cases mostly relating to the preservation of the environment. He was the convenor of

neg: Govt. High School, Bangra Manjeshwar from 5th to 10th Grade. This school was formerly known as "Military High School" of Manjeshwaram. Govt. High School, Bangra Manjeshwar Govt. High School ("GHS") is a public school, located in Bangra Manjeshwar, Kasaragod District, Kerala State of India. This high school is affiliated to the Kerala State Education Board. This High School is listed as one of the SSLC examination centres by the Kerala Education Board. This school is one of the very few schools in Kerala that teaches in Kannada Language (the language spoken predominantly in the neighbour state Karnataka) instead of Malayalam Language (the language spoken predominantly

neg: National University of Advanced Legal Studies justice in India. The Chief Justice of India is the Visitor, the Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala is the Chancellor, and the Minister for Education, Kerala state is the Pro-Chancellor of the University. History The National University of Advanced Legal Studies was established by the National University of Advanced Legal Studies Act, 2005 which merged the erstwhile National Institute for Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), earlier established and managed by the Bar Council of Kerala and Bar Council of Kerala Trust. Dr. K. G. Balakrishnan, then Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India and Visitor, NUALS, dedicated it to

neg: Devan Ramachandran by the High Court of Kerala. The High Court of Kerala had also appointed Devan to assist as an "Amicus Curiae (friend of court)" in a suo motu Public Interest Litigation pertaining to the illegal trafficking of children from North India to Kerala. In a recent judgment along with Justice P.N.Ravindran,Justice Devan evolving a new principle termed'lost life' ordered for special compensation to be paid to the mother of a minor victim in a motor accident case.The victim had been reduced to a permanent vegetative state pursuant to the accident and has remained as such for the past 11 years.Seeing

neg: D. Sreedevi judiciary in Kerala. In 1971 she was appointed as the Munsiff at Kottarakkara in the Kerala Sub-ordinate Judicial Services. She promoted as District & Sessions Judge in 1984. She was then elevated to the High Court of Kerala as a Judge on 14 January 1997. She retired as the Judge of the High Court on 28 April 2001. She later went on to become the Chairperson of Kerala Women's Commission on 21 March 2001 and continued till 12 May 2002 with T. Devi, Adv. Nafeesath Beevi, Adv. K. Santhakumari, Smt. P. K. Sainaba, Prof. P. Gowri and Prof. Monamma Kokkad

neg: Kerala High Court criminal matters, and the power to answer references to it under some statutes. The High Court has the superintendence and visitorial jurisdiction over all courts and tribunals of inferior jurisdiction covered under its territorial jurisdiction. At present, the sanctioned Judge strength of the High Court of Kerala is 27 Permanent Judges including the Chief Justice and 20 Additional Judges. Depending on the importance and nature of the question to be adjudicated, the judges sit as Single (one judge), Division (two judges), Full (three judges) or such other benches of larger strengths. The foundation stone for the new multi-storied building now

neg: K. P. Dandapani started his legal practice under late S.Easwara Iyer, Senior Advocate. He started independent practice in the year 1972 with his wife Sumathi Dandapani. He was practicing in field of Civil, Company, Constitution and Criminal laws. In the year 1996, he was appointed as the Judge of Kerala High Court. However, five months after the appointment when he was transferred to Gujarat High Court.[He was terminated by President of India] In the year 2006 for non compliance of order., he became designated as the Senior Advocate by the Kerala High Court along with his wife. He is the legal adviser and

neg: Suryanelli rape case Supreme Court also confirmed it. It has been refuted in Indian Parliament too. Soon after, Dharmarajan was arrested. In May, he retracted his previous statements., Kurien was acquitted by the Kerala High Court. On 4 April 2014, the Kerala High Court upheld Dharmarajan's life sentence and acquitted 7 of the 35 surviving accused. , the case is in appeal at the Supreme Court. On 16 January 1996, a 16-year-old girl (initially reported as 15), from Suryanelli village in Idukki district, disappeared from her hostel. The family had come to Suryanelli because the father, employee of the Department of Telecommunications, had

neg: K. G. Balakrishnan Rani. He has 5 brothers and 2 sisters. His younger brother K. G. Bhaskaran was government pleader in Kerala High Court and another brother K. G. Raju was conferred IAS by Kerala Government and served as District Collector for Wayanad, Kerala. K. G. Balakrishnan Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan (K. G. Balakrishnan) (b. 12 May 1945) was the former Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He is a former Chief Justice of India. He was the first judge from the state of Kerala to become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. His tenure lasting more than three years

neg: Dileep was later denied bail by a magistrate court and the Kerala High Court. On 4 October 2017, Dileep was released on bail by the High Court with conditions. Dileep was born in Edavanakad, Ernakulam district, to Padmanabha Pillai and his wife Sarojam. He was the eldest among the couple's three children. He has a brother, Anoop, and a sister, Sabitha. He studied in VVBHS high school, where he passed the 10th Standard in 1985, and joined Union Christian College, Aluva (pre-degree, 3rd group, 1985–1987) and pursued a degree in history from Ernakulam Maharaja's College. Dileep started to take mimicry seriously

neg: Periyar (river) claimed to be located in Kerala and in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. The state of Kerala has asserted during the hearings on the Mullaperiyar issue in the Supreme Court of India that the Periyar originates in Kerala, flows entirely through Kerala and joins the sea in the Kerala. This has also been admitted by the state of Tamil Nadu in the court. The source of the river lies in the remote forests of the Periyar Tiger Reserve. Various sources indicate the origin of the river to be Chokkampatti Mala, a peak on the southern boundary of the Periyar

neg: V. S. Achuthanandan involvement in social, political issues and continues fight against corruption and sex, land, lottery mafias, he made lot of enemies from politics, religion, caste etc. and his political enemies reacted against him. A Kerala high court verdict undermined this - "Kerala High Court quashed the FIR against him in a land allotment issue, holding that framing a case against him on 'false and frivolous' charges was unworthy of any merit." The court said some features presented in the case were 'too disturbing', that in fact 'gives enough room to generate suspicion that the machinery of vigilance is misused and abused

neg: Padmanabhan Subramanian Poti Padmanabhan Subramanian Poti Padmanabhan Subramonian Poti (2 February 1923 – February 1998) was a former Chief Justice of the Kerala and Gujarat High Courts in India. After retiring he assisted the Indian People's Tribunal on Environment and Human Rights (IPT). Poti was born on 2 February 1923 at Trivandrum in Kerala. He studied at the University College Trivandrum, graduating with a degree in Science. He then attended the Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram where he earned a B.L. degree. In September 1945 he became an Advocate in what was then the High Court of Travancore. Poti started his career as a

neg: SNC-Lavalin Kerala hydroelectric scandal the award of the supply contract to SNC-Lavalin. An Appeal Petition has been filed by journalist T.P. Nandakumar in Kerala High Court against the exoneration of Vijayan by the CBI court. SNC-Lavalin Kerala hydroelectric scandal The SNC-Lavalin Kerala hydroelectric scandal is financial scandal related to a hydroelectric infrastructure contract between the Indian government and Canadian company SNC-Lavalin in 1995 which resulted in an alleged net loss to the Indian exchequer of 374,50,00,000rupees . The contract outlined the renovation and modernization of the hydroelectric power stations at Pallivasal, Sengulam, and Panniar that were originally installed between 1940 and 1964 in the

neg: A. R. Lakshmanan in the Mullai Periyar Panel appointed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. The panel is headed by Justice A.S.Anand. A. R. Lakshmanan Arunachalam Chettiar Lakshmanan, B.A., B.L., is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He studied in Chennai (Madras). Before his elevation to the Supreme Court in 2002, he served as a judge on the Madras High Court and Kerala High Court. He was also appointed as Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court in 2000 and Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2001. He retired in 2007. He hails from the Nagarathar community and his native is

neg: Maramadi Maramadi Maramadi is a type of cattle race conducted in Indian state Kerala. It also known as Kalappoottu, or pothottam. The race is a traditional event, usually with bullocks, held after the monsoon but before the cattle are needed for planting. In 2011 the Central Government banned the exhibition and training of bulls, and five other animals, as performing animals under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. In 2014 a court ruling held that this ban applied to the Kerala cattle race. In 2015 the ruling was upheld on appeal to the Kerala High Court by the Cattle

neg: Makara Jyothi the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) - which runs the temple in the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) - submitted to the Kerala High Court on Monday. The board told the court that since it is a traditional ritual, it could not be done away with. A bench comprising justices Thottathil Radhakrishnan and Shekhar allowed the board's plea to conduct deeparadhana (evening pooja) instead of Makaravilakku at Ponnambalamedu, where the light appears. The court held that in view of the board's admission about the Makaravilakku, there is no need for further investigations into the matter. Lord Sri Rama and his brother Lakshmana

neg: K. M. Shaji K. M. Shaji K. M. Shaji (born 22 December 1971) is an Indian politician who is a member of the Kerala Legislature for the Azhikode constituency, Kannur. He represents the Indian Union Muslim League in Kerala and is the president of Muslim Youth League in Kerala. He is on the secretariat of the Muslim League Kerala. He is also treasurer of the Muslim League parliamentary party. He was disqualified as an MLA by the High Court Kerala on 9th November 2018 for communalising the 2016 assembly election held in the Azhikode assembly constituency. KM Shaji was born in Kniyambatta, Wayanad

neg: Jawahar Lal Gupta judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. In November 2002 he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and retired on 22 January 2004. During his tenure Justice Gupta delivered some landmark judgments. He was an eminent blogger and known as Bold Judge as a man without fear or favour. Justice Gupta was died on 3 January 2016 at the age of 74 in Delhi due to cancer. Jawahar Lal Gupta Jawahar Lal Gupta (? — 3 January 2016) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court Gupta was enrolled as

neg: Sukhdev Singh Kang Sukhdev Singh Kang Sukhdev Singh Kang ( 15 May 1931 – 12 October 2012) was the fourteenth Governor of Kerala from 25 January 1997 to 18 April 2002. He served as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court from February 1979 and was subsequently promoted and transferred as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, a post he held from 24 October 1989 to 14 May 1993. During his tenure E K Nayanar and A K Antony were the Chief Ministers of Kerala. Following his stint as the Governor of Kerala, he was appointed a

neg: Chengara struggle has encroached almost 5’000 acres in excess of what they were lawfully eligible to hold. SJVSV argues: "We are only occupying land that belongs to us, which was encroached upon by the company," he adds. "Let the government measure the land and show the company their limits." Harrisons Malayalam Ltd. stated that after the 1964 Land Reforms Act of Kerala, rights to the land were vested with the tenants and there was no issue regarding lease expiration. Harrisons Malayalam Ltd. went to the Kerala High Court demanding that the encroachers be evicted. The Kerala High Court hold that the trespass

neg: K. Lakshmana remote, the court held. Ramachandran Nair, who died in 2006, had stated that he made the confession after all these years to clear his conscience. The verdict of the CBI Special Court was later upheld by the Kerala High Court. K. Lakshmana K. Lakshmana is a retired Inspector General of Police of the Kerala Police department. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by a CBI Special Court forty years later, in the case relating to the encounter killing of Arikkad Varghese in the Thirunelli forest in Wayanad on February 18, 1970 Delivering the judgment, CBI Special court judge S Vijay

neg: Rajiv Gupta (judge) was then transferred to High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital and he assumed charge on 14 January 2006. Later on he was transferred to Chhattisgarh High Court on 2 February 2008. He replaced Justice Jagdish Bhalla, who has been transferred to Himachal Pradesh High Court. In October 2012, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission. Rajiv Gupta (judge) Rajiv Gupta is the Chairman of the Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commissiona and was the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Uttarakhand High Court and Kerala High Court. Rajiv Gupta was born at Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh