Kerala High Court directed the Educational officers are to ensure that complaint boxes are installed in the schools during their school visit and all Officers to send periodical report to the Director of General Education, Thiruvananthapuram, setting out the nature of complaints and finality of the same.
The State Government, in consultation with the Kerala High Court, is mandated to establish a family Court for every area in the State comprising a city or town whose population exceeds one million. The State is also empowered under Section 3(1)(b) of the Act, 1984 to establish Family Court in such areas.
Kerala High Court disposes of a Suo Motu PIL registered by the High Court based on the news of the death of a young child by name Devanandha, and 57 other persons infected due to food poisoning.
Kerala High Court disposed of a PIL filed seeking a safe footpath and make its earnest efforts to do the necessary so as to protect the interest of the public at large and provide them safe roads.
While considering the PIL, Kerala High Court observes according to the Administration disruptions found in the matter of timely engagement of specialist doctors to attend the medical needs of the Islanders and on various occasions against all the private agencies, fine imposed in accordance with terms and conditions of the MoU.
As per the petitioner in Kerala High Court, with Higher Education (K) Department, Thiruvananthapuram date 12.05.2006 circular, the Kerala Government has directed the State Police Chief, Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram to take stringent action against those who violate the provisions of the Act, 1950.
On a perusal of the entire materials available on record, the Kerala High Court division bench found that there is no supporting documents to substantiate the prayers sought for in the writ petition, which is styled as a public interest litigation.
Recently, in a noteworthy development, the Kerala High Court, while adjudicating in a child custody battle between a divorced couple, orally remarked that penal provision against rape should be made gender-neutral.
The appeal has been filed in Gujarat High Court under Section 47 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 read with Section 8 of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956.