Recently, the Kerala High Court quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against a man who was arrested by the police for watching obscene videos on his mobile phone on the roadside. The Court made it clear that the individual had committed no offence as he was viewing the obscene video in his private time without exhibiting it to others. The case has, however, revived the debate about pornography and the laws that govern it
A judgment passed by the Kerala High Court for compensation to the victims has been disregarded by the state. The judicial directions are based on fundamental rights and are not an example of judicial overreach
The Kerala High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) as withdrawn, seeking quashing of the Essentiality Certificate to the respondent trust.