Kerala High Court reasons that the proceedings before the Juvenile Justice Board are controlled by Cr.P.C, and therefore, the Criminal Rules of Practice are applicable to the Juvenile Justice Board. And under Criminal Rules of Practice it does not mandate maintenance of a 'B' Diary by the Criminal Courts. Elsamma v. State Of Kerala Hon’ble Justice K. Babu Decided on 30th May, 2023 For Petitioner : Adv. Nireesh Mathew For Respondent : G.Sudheer (Public Prosecutor) For full textcli...

A second complaint after refer report is filed will lie only if there was any manifest error or miscarriage of justice in the previous order.: Kerala HC held Magistrate must record that the final report is not accepted. Ashok Kumaran v. State of Kerala Hon’ble Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V Decided on 11th July, 2023 For Petitioners : Advs. G.Harikumar (Gopinathan Nair) & Akhil Suresh For Respondents : Adv. Neema T. V. (Sr. PP) For full textclick here

[ESI Act] Reimbursement of full amount cannot be denied on the ground that the applicant took treatment in a private hospital of his own choice. — Kerala HC Director of Medical Insurance Services v. Mani Nair Hon’ble Mr. Justice Murali Purushothaman Decided on 22nd June, 2023 For Petitioner : Adv. K.M Faisal (Govt. Pleader) For Respondents : Advs. A.V. Xavier & T.V. Ajayakumar For full textclick here

Opinion in the final report would not have a bearing on the claim petition under MV Act and claimants have to establish negligence on the part of the driver of vehicles on the touchstone of preponderance of probabilities. — Supreme Court Mathew Alexander v. Mohammed Shafi Hon’ble Justice B.V. Nagarathna & Hon’ble Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Decided on 13th July, 2023 For full textclick here

New Guidelines issued for designation of senior advocates by the Supreme Court of India . The fresh guidelines issued by the Supreme Court on Monday 17th July 2023 elaborates on the process adopted for conferring senior designation. Vide a separate notice, Advocates-on-Record / Advocates who had already applied for conferment of designation as Senior Advocate are given an option either to update, substitute or withdraw their previous applications in consonance with new guidelines. In yet anoth...