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The Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IAPMR) has welcomed the Kerala High Court’s interim order directing the authorities to ensure that the prefix ‘Dr.’ is not used by physiotherapists and occupational therapists who do not hold recognised medical degrees. The order on November 4, 2025 followed a petition filed by the association against…
The Kerala High Court on Friday closed a plea by St. Rita’s School, Palluruthy, which challenged a directive issued by the Deputy Director of Education (DDE) to permit a Class VIII student of the school to attend classes by wearing the hijab (head scarf). This was after the court was informed that the student’s parents…
KOCHI: Kerala high court has set aside a criminal case against a Palakkad schoolteacher who caned three class 5 students for fighting, ruling that he acted within his authority to maintain classroom discipline.Justice C Pratheep Kumar, delivering the order on Oct 16, said the teacher’s actions were aimed at correcting the students and helping them…
In July this year, the Kerala High Court published a set of guidelines for Artificial Intelligence (AI) use by the district judiciary (“Policy Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in District Judiciary”). As the first policy in the country directly addressing AI use in judicial processes and setting out strict safeguards, it is timely. AI…
NEW DELHI: A man lost interim custody of his eight-year-old daughter, ordered by Kerala HC to stay with her estranged parents alternatively for 15 days in a month, for not being able to provide home-cooked food even for a single day during the stay with him.After interacting with the child, a bench of SC Justices…
The Kerala High Court. File. | Photo Credit: H. Vibhu A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has upheld a government order exempting employees of primary co-operative societies from the provisions of the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous and Provisions Act (EPF and MP Act) and bring them under the pension scheme of the Kerala…
NEW DELHI: In a big blow to CPM, Kerala HC in a rare order Friday warned state police against “coming under pressure from any political or bureaucratic quarters” and directed the investigating officer to expedite probe of money laundering charges against top functionaries of the state’s governing party and place on record all documents within…
Pathanamthitta: A Kerala court on Friday sentenced an ambulance driver to life imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old woman while she was being transported to a Covid care centre in September 2020. V Noufal, the ambulance driver, was transporting the patient from a medical centre to a Covid care centre opened by the state government. Instead…
A poster of ‘L2: Empuraan’ NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday suspended VV Vijeesh, a member of its Kerala unit who moved Kerala high court seeking a ban on Malayalam film “L2: Empuraan,” over some of its scenes, including one alluding to the 2002 Gujarat riots.Also Read: To quell ‘Empuraan’ controversy, producer…
Students of the Government Polytechnic College, Kalamassery, take a pledge as part of an anti-drug campaign | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Over the past three years, there has been a sudden surge in drug abuse in Kerala, sparking widespread concern. In March, the Kerala High Court warned of the “poisonous fangs of the drug mafia”,…
