Kerala High Court Suspends Sentence Of Man Accused Of Involvement In "Cutting Hand" Of Professor For Allegedly Insulting Prophet Mohammad
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala High Court Suspends Sentence Of Man Accused Of Involvement In "Cutting Hand" Of Professor For Allegedly Insulting Prophet Mohammad

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday suspended the sentence of M K Nasar who was convicted to life imprisonment by the Special Court of Trial of NIA Cases for chopping the hands of Professor T J Joseph. While suspending the sentence and granting bail to the accused, the Court observed thus: “The applicant has been undergoing incarceration, at the pre-conviction and post-conviction phases, for over 9 years. A total of 31 accused persons faced the Trial, and the Trial Court convicted 13 accused persons and acquitted the remaining 18 accused persons in 2015. Furthermore, the appeals seeking enhancement of sentence in the earlier case are also pending.” Relying upon Apex Court judgments, the Court observed that the long delay in considering the appeal is a favourable factor for releasing the accused on bail.

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The Kerala High Court has increased the fine amount from rupees 25,000 to 50,000 for eight CPI leaders and workers who attacked C.Sadanandan Master, which led to the amputation of his legs. Political parties have to deal with or finish their political opponents in the electoral battlefield and not engage in bloodshed and remove the opponents from the face of …

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Op India  

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Kerala HC acquits second accused in rape and murder of woman and daughter in Kumily

The Hindu  

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Periya Double Murder Case: Kerala High Court Suspends Sentence Of Four CPI(M) Activists

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday suspended the sentence of 4 convicts in the Periya double murder case, including the former CPI MLA K. V. Kunhiraman. The Special CBI Court had found the former MLA K. V. Kunhiraman, K. Manikandan, Raghavan Velutholi, K. V. Bhaskaran guilty of offence under Section 225 of IPC and had sentenced them to 5 years …

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India Today  

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New Indian Express  

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India Today  

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Live Law  

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Kerala professor T.J. Joseph hand-chopping case: High Court grants bail to man sentenced to life

The Hindu  

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India Today  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to a man convicted for raping and murdering a 30-year-old law student in Kerala in 2016. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai passed the order while hearing the convict's plea challenging the Kerala High Court's May 20 verdict that upheld his conviction and confirmed …

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Live Law  

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Madras High Court Grants Four More Months To Complete Trial In Money Laundering Case Against Former TN Minister Senthil Balaji
9 months ago

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Live Law  

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Kerala HC upholds death sentence in 2016 rape and murder of law student
10 months, 1 week ago

Kerala HC upholds death sentence in 2016 rape and murder of law student

Hindustan Times  

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10 months, 1 week ago

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Live Law  

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10 months, 1 week ago

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India TV News  

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Kerala: Life imprisonment for Shyamjith in Vishnupriya murder case

New Indian Express  

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Accused Can't Plead Guilty To Get Lesser Sentence, Court's Should Not Give Concessions Or Adopt Liberal Approach Due To Guilty Plea: Kerala High Court
10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Live Law  

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The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-XIV]
10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Live Law  

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Kerala High Court Declines To Suspend Execution Of Monson Mavunkal's Life Sentence For Sexually Abusing Employee's Minor Daughter
11 months, 1 week ago

Kerala High Court Declines To Suspend Execution Of Monson Mavunkal's Life Sentence For Sexually Abusing Employee's Minor Daughter

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a plea by Monson Mavunkal to suspend the execution of his life imprisonment sentence passed by the trial court in a sexual assault case.“It is to be noted that the petitioner has been awarded the imprisonment for life on three different counts by the learned Additional Sessions Judge. The Kerala High Court has dismissed …

Kerala High Court Upholds Conviction Of Vicar For Minor's Rape, Reduces Life Term To 20 Yrs Rigorous Imprisonment Without Remission
1 year ago

Kerala High Court Upholds Conviction Of Vicar For Minor's Rape, Reduces Life Term To 20 Yrs Rigorous Imprisonment Without Remission

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has upheld the conviction of a vicar for rape and sexual assault of a minor girl in his parish but has reduced the sentence imposed upon him by the Special Court from life imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life to rigorous imprisonment of twenty years without remission. At the same time, the court cannot …

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused
1 year, 1 month ago

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Monday upheld the conviction of 12 accused, including local Communist Party of India leaders, and set aside the acquittal of two others by a trial court in the case of the murder of TP Chandrasekharan, founder of Revolutionary Marxist Party, by a group of assailants in May 2012. Of the 12 accused convicted by the …

[T P Chandrasekharan Murder] Kerala High Court Upholds Conviction Of Accused, Sets Aside Acquittal Of Two
1 year, 1 month ago

[T P Chandrasekharan Murder] Kerala High Court Upholds Conviction Of Accused, Sets Aside Acquittal Of Two

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has today confirmed the conviction of the accused in the murder of T P Chandrasekharan under Section 302 and Section 120B. The Division Bench comprising Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Kauser Edappagath while confirming the conviction held thus: “We sustain the conviction Of Anoop, Manoj Kumar @ Kirmani Manoj, N.K.Sunil Kumar @ Kodi Suni, Rajeesh Thondikkandi …

Kerala professor’s palm chopping case: Accused used fake name, moved places to evade law
1 year, 2 months ago

Kerala professor’s palm chopping case: Accused used fake name, moved places to evade law

Hindustan Times  

Savad, the prime accused in the 2010 professor palm-chopping case, who was hiding from the law for 13 years, acquired a false identity, got married, and had two children, investigators said on Thursday, a day after the National Investigation Agency arrested him from Kannur district. On Thursday, Abdul Rehman, Savad’s father-in-law, said that he did not know his daughter’s husband …

Kerala High Court Grants More Time To Ex-Govt Pleader To Surrender In Sexual Assault Case
1 year, 2 months ago

Kerala High Court Grants More Time To Ex-Govt Pleader To Surrender In Sexual Assault Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday extended the time granted to former Senior Government Pleader P.G. Manu to surrender in an alleged sexual assault case involving a female client. Manu had resigned from his post as Senior Government Pleader following allegations of raping the woman victim who had approached him for legal advice. Court noted that the former Senior Government …

Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2023: Part II [Citations 256-511]
1 year, 2 months ago

Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2023: Part II [Citations 256-511]

Live Law  

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'Would Send Wrong Signals to Public': Kerala HC Declines to Suspend Conviction of NCP MP in Attempt-to-murder Case
1 year, 5 months ago

'Would Send Wrong Signals to Public': Kerala HC Declines to Suspend Conviction of NCP MP in Attempt-to-murder Case

News 18  

The Kerala High Court has rejected a plea by NCP MP Mohammed Faizal for suspension of his conviction in an attempt-to-murder case, stating that if persons with criminal antecedents are permitted to continue as Members of Parliament/Legislatures even after conviction, it would only send wrong signals to the public at large. The prayer of the 2nd petitioner for suspension of …

Kerala high court refuses to suspend conviction of Lakshadweep MP in 2009 attempt to murder case
1 year, 5 months ago

Kerala high court refuses to suspend conviction of Lakshadweep MP in 2009 attempt to murder case

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Tuesday declined to suspend the conviction of Lakshadweep MP PP Mohammed Faizal in the 2009 attempt to murder case. Faizal and three others had been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for period ranging from one month to 10 years by a sessions court in Kavaratti for attempting to murder Mohammed Salih, the son-in-law of late …

Appellate Courts Can Interfere With Acquittal Judgments Despite Double Presumption In Favour Of Accused: Kerala High Court
1 year, 6 months ago

Appellate Courts Can Interfere With Acquittal Judgments Despite Double Presumption In Favour Of Accused: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

While reversing an order of acquittal in a bribery case against a village officer, the Kerala High Court recently observed that CrPC does not mandate the appellate court to differentiate between the appeals against judgments of conviction or acquittal and that they have the same powers while dealing with both. It was also argued that the court below failed to …

SC sets aside Kerala High Court order suspending conviction of MP Mohd. Faizal
1 year, 7 months ago

SC sets aside Kerala High Court order suspending conviction of MP Mohd. Faizal

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside an order of a Single Judge Bench of the Kerala High Court suspending the conviction of Lok Sabha member in an attempt-to-murder case. ‘Societal interest’ In January, the Single Judge Bench of the High Court had suspended Mr. Faizal’s conviction on the ground that societal interest lay in averting an expensive election. However, …

Plea In Kerala High Court Challenges Grant Of Anticipatory Bail To 57 Yrs Old Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 7-Yr-Old
1 year, 7 months ago

Plea In Kerala High Court Challenges Grant Of Anticipatory Bail To 57 Yrs Old Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 7-Yr-Old

Live Law  

A plea has been moved in the Kerala High Court against the grant of anticipatory bail to a 57 years old man accused of sexually assaulting a minor aged 7 years. The Sessions Judge vide, its Order dated August 3, 2023, granted anticipatory bail to the accused on noting the delay caused in the registration of the case and that …

Three get life term in Kerala professor’s palm chopping case
1 year, 8 months ago

Three get life term in Kerala professor’s palm chopping case

Hindustan Times  

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Kerala court finds 6 guilty of chopping off professor's hand over insult to Islam
1 year, 8 months ago

Kerala court finds 6 guilty of chopping off professor's hand over insult to Islam

India Today  

Over 13 years after the hand of a Kerala professor was chopped off over an alleged insult to Islam, a special court on Tuesday convicted six and acquitted five others. On July 4, 2010, the hand of professor TJ Joseph was cut off by members of the now-banned Popular Front of India after he was accused of insulting Islam in …

3 PFI members awarded life sentences for chopping hand of Kerala professor in 2010
1 year, 8 months ago

3 PFI members awarded life sentences for chopping hand of Kerala professor in 2010

Op India  

A special National Investigation Agency trial court in Kerala’s Ernakulam has pronounced a life sentence for three of the six Popular Front of India cadres convicted a day ago in the 2010 case of attempted murder of a professor by chopping off his palm, the agency said on Friday. The National Investigation Agency is still hunting for chargesheeted accused Savad, …

Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside Conviction Of Six In Dacoity Case Over 21 Years After Trial Court Verdict
1 year, 9 months ago

Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside Conviction Of Six In Dacoity Case Over 21 Years After Trial Court Verdict

Live Law  

Nearly 23 years after the case was registered, the Rajasthan High Court recently set aside the conviction under Section 395 of IPC of six accused persons including one deceased person on the ground that the prosecution evidence on record was not sufficient enough to substantiate the charge alleged against the accused persons. The single judge bench of Justice Farjand Ali …

Kerala High Court Refuses To Quash Trial Court Proceedings Against Actor Unni Mukundan In Sexual Harassment Case
1 year, 10 months ago

Kerala High Court Refuses To Quash Trial Court Proceedings Against Actor Unni Mukundan In Sexual Harassment Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed an application filed by Malayalam film actor Unni Mukundan challenging an order of the Sessions Court that confirmed the order of the trial court refusing to discharge the actor in a case where he is facing prosecution for offences under Sections 354 and Section 354-B and Section 354-B of the Indian Penal Code,1860. …

Kerala court grants bail to Abdul Jabbar who sexual assaulted 9-year-old
1 year, 10 months ago

Kerala court grants bail to Abdul Jabbar who sexual assaulted 9-year-old

Op India  

A Kerala court has granted bail to a 62-year-old man named Abdul Jabbar, who is accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl. #JustIn: Kerala Court grants bail to 62 year old Abdul Jabbar who is accused of sexually assaulting a 9 year old girl. Special Judge observes that Abdul did not intend to commit any serious offence of sexual assault …

Correctness Of Allegations In FIR To Be Tested During Trial; Not By High Court While Exercising Jurisdiction U/S 482 CrPC: Kerala High Court
1 year, 11 months ago

Correctness Of Allegations In FIR To Be Tested During Trial; Not By High Court While Exercising Jurisdiction U/S 482 CrPC: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently reiterated the view that the High Court, while exercising its power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. The counsels for the respondents also relied upon the decision in Minakshi Bala v. Sudhir Kumar & Ors., wherein it had been laid down that only in rarest of rare cases could the Court exercise the jurisdiction under Section 482 …

14 held guilty of thrashing Kerala man to death in 2018
1 year, 11 months ago

14 held guilty of thrashing Kerala man to death in 2018

Hindustan Times  

A special court on Tuesday held 14 men guilty of thrashing a 27-year-old mentally ill tribal man to death after tying him to a tree over allegations of theft at Attapadi in Kerala’s Palakkad in February 2018. Madhu’s mother Malli, who faced threats and prompted the Kerala high court to supervise the trial in the case, said she was not …

Kerala High Court Refuses To Suspend Sentence Of Men Accused Of Attempting To Travel To Syria For Joining ISIS, Says Not Safe To Release Them
2 years, 1 month ago

Kerala High Court Refuses To Suspend Sentence Of Men Accused Of Attempting To Travel To Syria For Joining ISIS, Says Not Safe To Release Them

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has dismissed the applications seeking suspension of sentence of three persons, who were last year convicted for attempting to travel to Syria for allegedly joining the ISIS. The Division Bench of Justice Alexander Thomas and Justice Sophy Thomas noted that the Apex Court decision in Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation that the delay …

Lakshadweep UT Moves Supreme Court Challenging HC Suspending Conviction Of Mohammed Faizal MP
2 years, 1 month ago

Lakshadweep UT Moves Supreme Court Challenging HC Suspending Conviction Of Mohammed Faizal MP

Live Law  

The Union Territory of Lakshadweep has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Kerala High Court which suspended the conviction and sentence of Member of Parliament Mohammed Faizal in an attempt to murder case.Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta mentioned the petition before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent listing, saying that it …

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