Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar, while dealing with a POCSO case, observed that certain disturbing facts concerning the investigation and trial of the cases had come to the court’s notice.
The Kerala High Court has rejected the bail application of Jollyamma Joseph, the accused in the Koodathayi serial murders, on the ground that bail cannot be granted just because she is a woman.
New Delhi: The Kerala High Court has dismissed a PIL that wanted a directive to the state to fix 10 percent quota for students belonging to the economically weaker section.
The Kerala High Court has observed that police officials should not reveal facts learned through investigation in criminal cases to the media. The court was hearing an appeal filed by an accused in the murder of diamond merchant Harihara Varma in 2012.
The Kerala High Court while hearing an anticipatory bail petition, said that advance bail in a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) case could not be granted just because "nothing was recovered from the accused."
New Delhi: The Kerala High Court yesterday dismissed a PIL that challenged a government order allowing a gathering of up to 100 persons at places of worship.