Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was temporarily relieved of his pastoral responsibilities by Pope Francis in 2018 following allegations of rape by a nun, has resigned from the Jalandhar Bishop's post, a church source said on Thursday.
K G Bhaskaran, younger brother of former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan, who was facing allegations of amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income, on Friday resigned as special government pleader in the Kerala high court.
Before being elected as secretary general for the 2021-25 term, Kalita had served as the treasurer of the apex boxing body.
The observation came in an order issued by a Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly, on January 25 while dismissing an appeal filed against a single judge order junking a plea seeking removal of the Prime Minister's photo from the COVID-19 vaccination certificates.
Justice Beevi was admitted to the private hospital a few days ago due to age-related ailments and breathed her last on Thursday afternoon around 12.15 pm, an official source said.
Local residents have stressed that land acquisition for rehabilitation must be completed promptly, as it has been delayed after estate owners challenged it in the Kerala high court.
The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a five-judge Constitution bench a suit filed by the Kerala government raising the issue of ceiling on net borrowing.
According to the petitioner, P G Hari, who is a homoeopathy practitioner in Wayanad and president of the 'Jankeeya Manushyavakasasamrakhana Prasthanam' (Organisation Fighting for Protection of People's Rights), "adverse effects" of the vaccine had been reported from Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh and no proper studies were conducted before it was introduced in India
Alarmed and amazed by the 'mind-boggling' figure of over 42,000 flag poles existing across the state, the Kerala high court on Monday told the Left government that action under every applicable law must be taken against the perpetrators, irrespective of political affiliations.
A 23-year-old doctor was stabbed to death on Wednesday at a taluk hospital in Kottarakkara area of Kollam district in Kerala allegedly by a man, a school teacher under suspension, who was brought there by police after being involved in a fight with his family members.
The Supreme Court has got four new judges with President Pranab Mukherjee signing their warrants of appointment on Wednesday.
The court said multi-storey buildings were being allowed to operate but there was no proper drainage.
Owners of IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala on Wednesday moved the Bombay High Court to challenge the BCCI's decision to terminate the team's contract at its Annnaul General Meeting.
Justices A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and L Nageshwar Rao were on Friday sworn in as Supreme Court judges, taking the apex court's strength to 29, including Chief Justice T S Thakur.
The Kerala high court on Friday restrained a US-based IT firm from analysing or processing the data related to COVID-19 patients and directed it to retransfer to the state government any data it has obtained. However, the court permitted the state government to utilise the services of the firm Sprinklr for processing data, subject to stringent conditions.
The Kerala high court on Tuesday dismissed actor Dileep's plea opposing further probe in the 2017 actress assault case and permitted the Crime Branch to go ahead with its investigation.
Kerala Police sources said the recent arrest of two Maoist operatives -- Sikin and Sivaraman -- from rural areas of Palakkad district revealed that Roopesh and his wife Shiny, who are both in hiding, were heading the Maoist movement in the state.
British-born controversial Jewish writer Susan Nathan, who has been residing in Kozhikode since 2009, has been deported to Israel on court orders, official sources said on Thursday.
The court asked the state government to examine whether a Central Bureau of Investigation probe is necessary to go into the Paravoor temple tragedy.
The Kerala government on Monday opposed release of Italian ship Enrica Lexie, detained in Kochi after two Italian marines on board allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast on March 15, saying it cannot be permitted to leave at this stage as investigations are on.
A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy said it failed to understand as to how such groups could be formed to eliminate stray dogs when there is a law to deal with the issue.
The Kerala high court has acquitted 13 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers in a case relating to the killing of a Communist Party of India-Marxist activist in Thiruvananthapuram in 2008, saying the prosecution had miserably failed to prove the incriminating circumstances against the accused.
Taking note of a plea by some fishermen seeking compensation, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Kerala high court not to disburse any amount from the Rs 2 crore earmarked for the owner of fishing boat St Antony in which two fishermen were killed by Italian marines in 2012.
Streedhan refers to gifts, money or property that a woman receives before her marriage, at the time of her marriage, during childbirth or widowhood, primarily from her parents, relatives or in-laws.
There are challenges galore before him, and it is not going to be easy. In the next four years, he has to conjure a system that changes the optics about him and the BJP both nationally and internationally so that he can ride back on his own, claim the top slot, and not have to lean on a coalition, asserts Ramesh Menon as Modi 3.0 completes a year in power.
The Russian embassy has taken up with the ministry of external affairs (MEA) the detention of a Russian cargo ship in Cochin port and requested for an "explanation" of the circumstances of the incident.
The central government has told the high court that under 'Operation Ganga', in addition to commercial aircrafts, Indian Air Force flights have also been pressed into operation to evacuate the Indians who have crossed into Romania, Poland, Hungary and other neighbouring countries of Ukraine.
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday issued notice to India cricket captain Virat Kohli and the state government in a plea seeking ban on online gambling in the state.
With the Supreme Court reopening the Suryanelli case, the horrific gang-rape case of a 16-year-old girl from the small town in Kerala has again hit national headlines.
Justice Devan Ramachandran on Tuesday said that patriarchism even in the form of offering protection to women and girls has to be frowned upon as they are just as capable, as men and boys, of taking care of themselves.
The Supreme Court, on Friday, set aside the BCCI's disciplinary committee's order imposing a life ban on former Indian cricketer S Sreesanth for his alleged involvement in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal.
PepsiCo will file a petition in the Kerala high court on Friday challenging the Kerala government's August 11 order banning the sale of some of its products in the state.
The Kerala high court on Thursday asked the state government as to what steps can be taken to ensure the safety of citizens on the roads in the wake of a bus accident in Palakkad claiming nine lives, including five school students.
In a statement filed in the court, Director General of Police Jacob Punnose said he could not come to "a definite all conclusive finding" due to divergence in contents of reports from SPs of different districts and subordinate officers on the organised work of the 'Love Jihad' in the state.
The Italian government has moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings against its two marines charged with the murder of two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast this February.
In the months immediately following the 2024 tragedy, reporting on the landslide per se had been a straightforward affair. On one side was death and destruction. On the other side, survivors and the business of survival. It was black and white. What direction to take was clear. Rehabilitation in comparison, felt like a complex situation. One that is fraught with shades of grey. As grey as human life, explains Shyam G Menon.
A husband has no control over his wife's 'stridhan' (woman's property) and while he may use it during the time of his distress, he has a moral obligation to return it to his wife, the Supreme Court has reiterated while directing a man to pay Rs 25 lakh to a woman in return for her lost gold.
At the same time, the bench also said the observations of the appellant in the bail order were indeed "derogatory to women and wholly uncalled for".
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan's move to seek the resignation of vice-chancellors of nine universities has kicked up a huge political storm in the southern state with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday issuing a stern warning to the Constitutional head asking him not to cross the limits of his powers.
This development comes after Sreesanth had approached the High Court on March 1. The next hearing in the matter is on March 5.
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