Any and every relief which seeks a direction cannot be construed and characterised as a command, so as to treat it as mandatory injunction, interim or otherwise. Kerala High Court clarifies the legal nature and character of a relief has to be adjudged in the setting in which it is sought for. 2024 KLT OnLine 1310 Hon’ble Mr. Justice C. Jayachandran Rejeev v. Sunil Decided on 9th April, 2024 For Petitioner : Advs. V. Jaya Ragi, R. Harikrishnan (Kambisseril) & Neeraj Narayan For Respo...

Voter’s ‘right to know’ about each and every asset owned by a candidate is not absolute. Supreme Court upholding the election of Independent MLA Karikho Kri from Arunachal Pradesh ruled that non-disclosure of each and every asset owned by a candidate would not amount to a defect for invalidation of election of a returned candidate. 2024 KLT OnLine 1312 (SC) Hon’ble Mr. Justice Aniruddha Bose & Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar Karikho Kri v. Nuney Tayang D...

[S.444 Cr.PC] Sureties have absolute right to claim discharge from the bond at any time of the proceedings, even without producing the accused before the court. Kerala High Court emphasises that the plea of discharge has to be bonafide. 2024 KLT OnLine 1304 Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.G. Ajithkumar Radhamani Amma v. State of Kerala Decided on 3rd April, 2024 For Petitioners: Advs. T. Madhu, C.R. Saradamani, Renjish S. Menon,Vrinda T.S. , Aiswarya Jayapal For Respondents : Adv. Sheeba Thomas (...

Any instrument executed by or on behalf of the Co-operative society or by an officer or member thereof and relating to the business of such society is entitled for exemption from stamp duty. 2024 KLT OnLine 1305 Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen Kozhikode Bhavana Nirmana Sahakarana Sangham Limited NO.F 867 v. Commissioner For Land Office of The Land Revenue Decided on 13th March, 2024 For Petitioners : Adv. P.C. Sasidharan For Respondents : Adv. T.K. Shajahan (Sr.GP) For full ju...

Legal Heirship Certificate cannot be used for disbursement of land acquisition compensation and it cannot be used for disbursement of amount above Rs.1,00,000/. 2024 (2) KLT 750 Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.A. Abdul Hakhim Snehaprabha K. @ K.S. Prabha v. Tahsildar, Thalassery Decided on 2nd April, 2024 For Petitioners : Advs. K.P. Hareendran & U.P. Balakrishnan For Respondents : Advs. Government Pleader (Resmi Thomas) For full judgment 'click here'