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The Kerala High Court granted anticipatory bail to a rape accused on finding that the woman had received Rs 5,000 from the accused person after the alleged incident of rape.The court after being convinced of a social media message which showed ...

The Kerala High Court recently observed that glaring discrepancies in the witness statements become significant in politically charged situations and that they cast doubt on the credibility of the...

The Kerala High Court recently observed that when a person who attempts to help a road accident victim lying unattended for several hours is falsely implicated as an accused, they would think twice...

The Kerala High Court has recently held that a mere threat or abuse by a man towards a woman would not attract the offence of stalking under Section 354-D of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).Justice K....

During cross-examination, the child explicitly denied that he was subjected to any kind of sexual assault. The judge observed that the matter may have been settled out of court

The Kerala High Court recently held that the police is not competent to register an offence under Section 195A (threatening any person to give false evidence) of the Indian Penal Code and that only a...

The state government said the controversial ruling of the lower court, while granting bail to Chandran, suffered from "illegality and manifest errors".

The controversial bail order to social activist and writer 'Civic' Chandran in a sexual abuse case is now in High Court. The Kerala government has appealed against the order, in which the comments by the judge have outraged many. The activist has be

A First Information Report (FIR) is information made at the first instance and not an encyclopedia and courts must not be scrupulous about omissions in the FIR, the Calcutta High Court observed.