Kerala High Court Initiates Suo Motu Case On Collapse Of Temple Roof During Ceremony
2 years, 7 months ago

Kerala High Court Initiates Suo Motu Case On Collapse Of Temple Roof During Ceremony

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The Kerala High Court recently initiated suo motu proceedings to look into the collapse of a portion of the concrete on the top of the Anakkottil in Valiyakalavoor Temple that fell down during the 'choroonu' ceremony injuring three people, including the mother of the baby. A Division Bench consisting of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P. G. Ajithkumar initiated the suo motu proceeding on the basis of a news item in the Malayalam daily, Mathrubhumi, about three devotees from a family sustaining injuries at the Valiyakalavoor Temple, which is under the management of the Travancore Devaswom Board, when a portion of the roof of the temple collapsed. The Court observed that from the provisions of the Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, it is explicitly clear that the Devaswom Board and its officials are duty bound to establish and maintain proper facilities in the temple for the devotees. Further, the Court directed the Chief Engineer to check whether any other temple structure under the Devaswom Board poses threats to the safety of the devotees.

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Madras High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Alleged Sexual Assault Of Student At Anna University
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Alleged Sexual Assault Of Student At Anna University

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The Madras High Court on Friday took suo motu cognizance of the alleged sexual assault of a 2nd-year Engineering Student inside the Anna University campus in Chennai. A division bench bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Lakshminarayanan took suo motu cognizance of the incident based on a letter by Advocate R Varalakshmi. The court noted that since the …

Kerala High Court Mulls Suo Moto Contempt Action Against Organisers, Persons Who Attended CPI(M) Area Conference By Blocking Road
3 months ago

Kerala High Court Mulls Suo Moto Contempt Action Against Organisers, Persons Who Attended CPI(M) Area Conference By Blocking Road

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The Kerala High Court today noted that 40,821 road accidents occurred in the State this year up till October 2024, in which 3,168 persons died and 45,657 persons sustained injuries. The Court is thus set to consider whether suo moto contempt proceedings should be initiated against persons who conducted and attended CPI party's area conference in Vanchiyoor, by obstructing roads …

“Just Because I Was Prosecuted, Doesn't Mean I Was Guilty”: Ex-CM O Paneerselvam Argues In Madras High Court During Suo Motu Hearing
11 months, 2 weeks ago

“Just Because I Was Prosecuted, Doesn't Mean I Was Guilty”: Ex-CM O Paneerselvam Argues In Madras High Court During Suo Motu Hearing

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Former Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam on Monday defended his discharge from a corruption case. He argued that the prosecution initiated against him was merely due to political differences and a further investigation, which brought to light the relevant materials finding him not guilty was not illegal. In August last year, the court had taken suo motu cognizance against an …

Supreme Court Closes Suo Motu Case Against Allahabad HC Direction To Examine If Woman Who Alleged Rape On Marriage Promise Was 'Mangalik'
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Closes Suo Motu Case Against Allahabad HC Direction To Examine If Woman Who Alleged Rape On Marriage Promise Was 'Mangalik'

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed the matter in which it took suo motu cognizance of the order of the Allahabad High Court which directed the Head of Astrology Department, Lucknow University to determine if an alleged rape victim is a Mangali/Mangalik by examining her Kundali. Justice Dhulia stated that the Court in its previous order had left it to …

Kerala High Court Closes Suo Moto Proceedings In Ponnambalamedu Trespassing Incident, Takes Note Of Surveillance Measures
1 year, 8 months ago

Kerala High Court Closes Suo Moto Proceedings In Ponnambalamedu Trespassing Incident, Takes Note Of Surveillance Measures

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The Kerala High Court on Tuesday disposed of the suo moto case initiated in the matter relating to the alleged trespass by some persons into the sacred 'Kalthara' of Ponnambalamedu, a protected forest area near the Sabarimala Temple.Certain persons had allegedly trespassed and performed pooja in the protected area. The Kerala High Court on Tuesday disposed of the suo moto …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Death Of Children In Open Tube-Wells
1 year, 9 months ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Death Of Children In Open Tube-Wells

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The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of the deaths of children in the open tube-wells. While initiating a case on the issue, the division bench of the Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal Mishra said the matter pertains to the unfortunate death of children in the open tube-wells throughout the state of Madhya Pradesh. …

Supreme Court Initiates Suo Motu Contempt Proceedings Against TN Police Officer For Concealing Material Facts
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Initiates Suo Motu Contempt Proceedings Against TN Police Officer For Concealing Material Facts

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against an Inspector of Police in the State of Tamil Nadu for suppressing material facts in an affidavit filed before the Court.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Hima Kohli was considering a review petition filed by a death row convicting against the …

Bengaluru Metro pillar collapse UPDATE: Karnataka High Court takes up suo motu PIL
2 years, 2 months ago

Bengaluru Metro pillar collapse UPDATE: Karnataka High Court takes up suo motu PIL

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Bengaluru Metro pillar collapse UPDATE: Karnataka High Court takes up suo motu PIL Bengaluru Metro pillar collapse UPDATE: The court sought answers from officials concerned on the safety measures undertaken and whether tender documents specified safety measures. Bengaluru Metro pillar collapse UPDATE : The High Court of Karnataka on Friday initiated a suo motu public interest litigation on the death …

Kerala: State Govt apologizes before HC for delay in seizing PFI properties
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala: State Govt apologizes before HC for delay in seizing PFI properties

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On Friday, 23rd December 2022, the Kerala state government furnished an unconditional apology before the Kerala High Court for stalling the recovery of 5.20 crores in losses from the Popular Front of India for a flash strike organized by the banned Islamist outfit on 23rd September 2022. #BREAKING | Kerala Govt tenders unconditional apology before High Court for failing to …

Morbi Tragedy Suo Moto Case| Gujarat High Court Dismisses Municipality Elected Members' Impleadment Plea
2 years, 2 months ago

Morbi Tragedy Suo Moto Case| Gujarat High Court Dismisses Municipality Elected Members' Impleadment Plea

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The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday dismissed an application moved by certain elected members of the Morbi Municipality seeking their impleadment in the suo moto case instituted by the High Court pertaining Morbi Bridge collapse, which claimed 135 lives.The bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J. Shastri opined that the councillors are not a necessary or proper …

Kerala High Court Takes Suo Motu Case Over Child Falling Into Drainage, Directs Cochin Corporation To Slab Uncovered Drains In 2 Weeks
2 years, 4 months ago

Kerala High Court Takes Suo Motu Case Over Child Falling Into Drainage, Directs Cochin Corporation To Slab Uncovered Drains In 2 Weeks

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The Kerala High Court on Friday took suo motu cognizance of the incident wherein a three-year old child had fallen into an uncovered drain in Panampilly Nagar on Thursday evening. "Imagine if something had happened to that child today, the consequences would have been far graver", the Court orally noted, while remarking that the child had indeed been a lucky …

Kerala HC Initiates Suo Motu PIL For Protection And Rehabilitation Of Children In Streets
2 years, 4 months ago

Kerala HC Initiates Suo Motu PIL For Protection And Rehabilitation Of Children In Streets

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The Kerala High Court on Tuesday initiated suo motu Public Interest Litigation captioned 'Protection and Rehabilitation of Children in Streets' on noting the plight of the nomadic children begging or selling knick-knacks at busy junctions and tourist spots. The Suo Motu PIL has been initiated with the intention that such children ought to be taken care of, sent to shelter …

Palakkad Bus Accident : Kerala High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance, Asks About Fitness Certificate Of Bus
2 years, 5 months ago

Palakkad Bus Accident : Kerala High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance, Asks About Fitness Certificate Of Bus

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The Kerala High Court on Thursday initiated suo motu proceedings on the Vadakkancherry bus accident. A Division Bench consisting of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P. G. Ajithkumar initiated the suo motu proceedings and has sought report from the Police Department and the Motor Vehicles Department on the accident. The Court had previously held that the use of high-power …

Kerala HC Initiates Suo Motu PIL To Include 'Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia' As Rare Disease, Ensure Financial Aid To Patients
2 years, 5 months ago

Kerala HC Initiates Suo Motu PIL To Include 'Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia' As Rare Disease, Ensure Financial Aid To Patients

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The Kerala High Court on Tuesday initiated a suo motu public interest writ petition to include 'Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia' in the group of rare diseases and to grant financial aid and support to the patients. It is a genetic disorders that affects adrenal glands.A Division Bench consisting of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly has issued notices …

Kerala High Court Launches Suo Moto PIL To Monitor Flood Relief Activities, Directs State To Take Prompt Action To Prevent Disasters
2 years, 7 months ago

Kerala High Court Launches Suo Moto PIL To Monitor Flood Relief Activities, Directs State To Take Prompt Action To Prevent Disasters

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The Kerala High Court has initiated a Public Interest Litigation directing the State Government to take proper and prompt action during monsoons considering that persistent rainfall has caused severe loss to the lives and properties of people in the State.A Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly launched the PIL to monitor the governmental action. …

Admission Supervisory Committee Can Take Suo Motu Action Over Self Financing Colleges Admissions: Supreme Court Upholds Kerala HC Judgment
3 years, 4 months ago

Admission Supervisory Committee Can Take Suo Motu Action Over Self Financing Colleges Admissions: Supreme Court Upholds Kerala HC Judgment

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The Supreme Court has held that Admission Supervisory Committee in Kerala has jurisdiction to initiate proceedings suo motu in respect of admissions made by the self-financing colleges. "We are in agreement with the findings recorded by the High Court on the powers conferred on the Committee including the power of suo motu action that can be taken by the Committee …

Abject Incompetence Of Prosecution: Kerala High Court Initiates Suo Motu Case To Probe Appointment Of Prosecutors
3 years, 5 months ago

Abject Incompetence Of Prosecution: Kerala High Court Initiates Suo Motu Case To Probe Appointment Of Prosecutors

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The Kerala High Court in its judgment delivered on Thursday in a criminal appeal case observed that it has raised a suo motu case regarding the ineptitude of the Prosecutors in several cases, resulting in the offenders walking away scot-free. A Division Bench comprising Justice K.Vinod Chandran and Justice Ziyad Rahman was dealing with an appeal filed by a priest …

Plea Against Kerala HC Order Recalling Judgment Quashing POCSO Case Citing Marriage: Supreme Court Issues Notice
3 years, 7 months ago

Plea Against Kerala HC Order Recalling Judgment Quashing POCSO Case Citing Marriage: Supreme Court Issues Notice

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The Supreme Court issued notice in Special Leave Petition filed against a Kerala High court order recalling its earlier judgment quashing rape and child sexual assault charges against various accused.The High Court bench presided by Justice K. Haripal had initially quashed the proceedings against on the grounds of the marriage of the accused to the victims. The Supreme Court issued …

Criminal Cases Against MPs/MLAs: Infrastructure In Place, Special Courts To Dispose Of Cases Quickly: Madras High Court Closes Suo Moto Plea
3 years, 8 months ago

Criminal Cases Against MPs/MLAs: Infrastructure In Place, Special Courts To Dispose Of Cases Quickly: Madras High Court Closes Suo Moto Plea

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The Madras High Court last week directed the Special Courts hearing pending criminal cases against the MLAs and MPs to dispose of the cases as quickly as possible and with this direction, the Suo Moto Plea was closed.The bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing a petition wherein the Court had taken suo moto cognizance …

Kerala High Court Institutes Suo Motu Proceedings Upon News Reports Of Woman Jumping Off Train To Escape Theft and Rape Bid
3 years, 10 months ago

Kerala High Court Institutes Suo Motu Proceedings Upon News Reports Of Woman Jumping Off Train To Escape Theft and Rape Bid

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After news reports carried accounts of a woman jumping off a train to escape a theft and possibly a rape bid, the Kerala High Court on Friday instituted suo motu proceedings to take stock of safety measures in trains. While the suo motu proceedings were instituted in the morning, Director General of Prosecutions, Senior Public Prosecutor Suman Chakravarthy in the …

Kerala High Court Closes Suo Motu Extension Of Interim Orders, Lifts Stay On Recovery/Dispossession
4 years ago

Kerala High Court Closes Suo Motu Extension Of Interim Orders, Lifts Stay On Recovery/Dispossession

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The Kerala High Court has closed the proceedings instituted on its own motion last year after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Accordingly, Chief Justice Manikumar speaking for the Bench records in the Judgment, "we deem it fit that there is no need to retain this suo motu proceedings and to continue the interim orders passed from time to time." …

Karnataka HC Directs To Register Suo Motu Case on Illegal Religious Structures In Public Properties
5 years, 8 months ago

Karnataka HC Directs To Register Suo Motu Case on Illegal Religious Structures In Public Properties

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The Karnataka High Court on Friday, directed the Registrar General of the court to register a suo motu, public interest litigation, to oversee the action of demolition of illegal religious structures, which have come up on public property, in the state, post the year 2009. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice H T Narendra Prasad while …

Sabarimala Violence : Kerala HC Takes Suo Moto Case On Special Commissioner's Report
6 years, 4 months ago

Sabarimala Violence : Kerala HC Takes Suo Moto Case On Special Commissioner's Report

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The High Court of Kerala has taken suo moto case on violence which took place at Sabarimala on November 5, when the temple opened for 'Chithira Aatta Vishesham'. The Special Bench for Devaswom matters comprising Justices P R Ramachandra Menon and N Anilkumar took cognizance on the basis of the report filed by Special Commissioner M. Manoj, District Judge.The Special …

Sabarimala Violence : Kerala HC Takes Suo Moto Case On Special Commissioner's Report
6 years, 4 months ago

Sabarimala Violence : Kerala HC Takes Suo Moto Case On Special Commissioner's Report

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The High Court of Kerala has taken suo moto case on violence which took place at Sabarimala on November 5, when the temple opened for 'Chithira Aatta Vishesham'. The Special Bench for Devaswom matters comprising Justices P R Ramachandra Menon and N Anilkumar took cognizance on the basis of the report filed by Special Commissioner M. Manoj, District Judge.The Special …

Kerala Floods- High Court Initiates Suo Motu Proceedings, Will Hear The Case At 1.45pm
6 years, 7 months ago

Kerala Floods- High Court Initiates Suo Motu Proceedings, Will Hear The Case At 1.45pm

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A Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala today has initiated suo motu proceedings to look into the calamities caused by floods faced by public, due to the recent torrential rains all across the State of Kerala.The Division Bench comprising Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice Ashok Menon have initiated the above proceedings, considering the extenuating circumstances and dearth …

Kerala HC Closes Suo Moto Proceedings On Demonetisation Impact On Subordinate Courts [Read Judgment]
7 years, 8 months ago

Kerala HC Closes Suo Moto Proceedings On Demonetisation Impact On Subordinate Courts [Read Judgment]

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Asks courts to follow Centre’s directive in this regard.In view of a Central Government notification, the Kerala High Court has closed a suo moto proceeding initiated by it to fix modalities and to deal with the unforeseen situation that was faced by subordinate courts in the State of Kerala pursuant to the recent demonetisation move.The suo moto proceedings were initiated …

Breaking: Kerala HC Suo Motu restricts Assembly & Demonstrations within 200 Metre radius of HC Complex [Read Order]
8 years, 7 months ago

Breaking: Kerala HC Suo Motu restricts Assembly & Demonstrations within 200 Metre radius of HC Complex [Read Order]

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Taking Suo motu cognizance, a Division bench of High Court of Kerala, comprising of Acting Chief Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan and Justice Anu Sivaraman directed the Police machinery and Government of the State to impose the following restrictions in view of incidents happened in last few days between Media persons and Lawyers. Restriction includes usage of public announcement system as …

Supreme Court takes cognizance suo motu in West Bengal gang rape Case
11 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court takes cognizance suo motu in West Bengal gang rape Case

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The Supreme Court, today, has taken suo motu cognizance of dreadful incident of gang rape of a young tribal woman by 13 villagers in West Bengal and issued notice to the state government.As per the reports, as soon as the three judge bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam and also comprising, Justices Ranjan Gogoi and MY Eqbal assembled for …

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