High Court is conferred with extraordinary jurisdiction to withdraw any suit or proceeding pending before one court and transfer the same for trial or disposal to another court. 2024 (4) KLT 187 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anil K. Narendran & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harisankar V. Menon Eldho Varghese v. Liya Jose Decided on 6th June, 2024 For full text 'click here'

Revenue Divisional Officer, who is also an Executive Magistrate appointed under the Minimum Wages Act, can recover the amount directed to be paid under the MW Act. 2024 KLT OnLine 1725 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Murali Purushothaman Abdul Khader v. Assistant Labour Officer Decided on 20th June, 2024 For full judgment 'click here'

Unless there is a total and complete abandonment of the parent by leaving him in a place without any arrangement for taking care of the senior citizen, the offence under Section 24 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act cannot be said to have been committed. 2024 KLT OnLine 1731 Hon’ble MR. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas Dr. Pramod John v. State of Kerala Decided on 10thJune, 2024 For full judgment 'click here'

It is the duty of the Kerala State Cooperative Pension Board to collect the contribution to the Pension Fund. – Kerala High Court In the present case the court was considering the question of grant of full pension to an employee calculating the entire period of service including the period where the petitioner employee was kept out of the service. The Court has declared that the Petitioner employee was entitled to grant of full pension along with the arrears. However, the question propos...

New Criminal Laws replacing IPC, Cr.PC and Evidence Act takes off The three criminal laws Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023), Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) which received presidential assent on 25thDecember, 2023 and notified to be effective from 1stJuly, 2024 is in force from today. The only Section that is kept in abeyance is Section 106(2) of BNS which is a new section relating to hit and run cases which comes s...