Local Government Laws

The Kerala High Court, in V V Varghese v. Kerala State Election Commission [2009:KER:21461], clarified this principle. The court distinguished between a "conscience vote," which may be permitted by an express party whip, and a "conscious vote," which must align with party policy.

In The Gateway Hotels v. Kochi Municipal Corporation [2025:KER:31602], the High Court of Kerala has ruled that the three-year period of limitation prescribed in the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994, will prevail over the general 12-year period provided under the Limitation Act, 1908.

The question decided by a Single Judge of the Kerala High Court in Mariam Beevi v. The Secretary, Athirampuzha Grama Panchayat [WP(C) No. 6384 of 2015], delivered on 10.04.2015, was whether a pathway was an exclusive private path or a public road vested in the respondent Grama Panchayat.