Encroaching on government land and making illegal constructions like educational institutions and religious institutions or cemeteries on it will not give any vested right to encroachers. Kerala High Court quashes patta granted to Kallodi St. George Forane Church when hundreds of tribals in Wayanad are waiting to get land for their shelter. 2024 KLT OnLine 1100 Hon’ble Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan Mohandas v. State of Kerala Decided on 19th February, 2024 For Petitioners : Advs. Sajith Ku...

Higher Secondary is part of School Education and the Higher Secondary Examination (Class XII) Certificate is a school record based on which the name entered in the Birth Register maintained under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 can be corrected. – Kerala High Court 2024 KLT OnLine 1104 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Murali Purushothaman Ashwin Sidharthan v. Cherpu Grama Panchayath W.P.(C) No.1944 of 2024 Decided on 19th February, 2024 For Petitioner : Advs. E. Adithyan, Meera ...

[Kerala Building Tax Act]If the use of the building is like hotels, boarding places, lodges etc, the said building cannot be considered to be a residential building. Kerala High Court declines tax exemption sought by Cochin Community Welfare Society for their building that was used as boarding for senior citizens. 2024 KLT OnLine 1093 Cochin Community Welfare Society v. State of Kerala Hon’ble Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh Decided on 29th January, 2024 For Petitioner : Advs. K.S. Santhi &am...

In the absence of any specific provision in the agreement as to the applicability of the PWD Manual, the State authorities have no power to pass the order blacklisting the contractor for the alleged poor workmanship. Kerala High Court rules that PWD Manual is not a law in Palarivattom flyover contractor backlisting case. 2024 KLT OnLine 1097 M/S. RDS Projects Ltd. v. State of Kerala Hon’ble Chief Justice Mr. Justice A.J. Desai & Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.G. Arun Decided on 23rd Febr...

An Office of an establishment is not a place where the public can have a right of access and a mere denial of entry into an office cannot amount to an offence under the Act unless those were done as part of untouchability, and the place is one where the public has a right of access. Kerala High Court justifiesrefusal of the Magistrate to take cognizance of the offence u/s 7(1) (b) of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955. 2024 KLT OnLine 1098 Chothy v. Anilkumar Hon’ble Justice Bechu K...