6 October 2026
The Revenue Department has decided to measure and demarcate land belonging to the University of Kerala at Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, from 10 am on Tuesday.
The survey follows a High Court division bench headed by Chief Justice Soumen Sen hearing a petition by R S Sasikumar, a University syndicate member and chairman of the Save University Campaign Committee.
In 1977 the then Chief Minister A K Antony allotted 15 cents of University land for the AKG Study and Research Centre; the District Collector later told the court in an affidavit that the University gave 15 cents more.
The petitioner says the Centre now holds 55 cents; the Thiruvananthapuram Tahsildar said that only the University's land would be measured on Tuesday.
The CPM, whose state committee office functioned at AKG Centre until recently, holds that the court-approved survey covers only land in the University's possession.
Survey time:
10 am, Tuesday
Allotted in 1977:
15 cents
Area claimed by petitioner:
55 cents
Why it matters for exams: Land survey, demarcation by the Revenue Department and High Court writ jurisdiction over public land are recurring governance topics.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Writ petition Petition under Article 226 — A plea to a High Court to direct the State or an authority to perform a legal duty.
Demarcation Marking land boundaries — Revenue officials measure a property and fix its boundaries on the ground.
6 October 2026
Citing widespread misuse, the Revenue Department has cancelled an October 2017 circular that allowed corrections where survey numbers were wrongly entered in title deed forms.
A fresh circular dated 28 September 2026 asks District Collectors to send the government, through the Land Revenue Commissioner and within a week, a list of cases where survey numbers were amended.
All such title deeds will be re-examined by Revenue Divisional Officers, and the process must be completed within three months.
The Land Revenue Commissioner's communication of August 2026 said survey numbers were amended in over 600 cases by misusing the circular.
Misuse was widespread in Chinnakanal village in Udumbanchola and Wagamon village in Peerumade taluk of Idukki district; the Commissioner must also report on easing hardship to people whose numbers were recorded wrongly.
Circular cancelled:
October 2017
Cases of amended survey numbers:
over 600
Time to re-examine deeds:
three months
Why it matters for exams: Land records, title deeds and the Revenue Department's administrative hierarchy (Collector, RDO, Tahsildar) are core Kerala PSC topics.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Title deed Pattayam — The document by which the government grants ownership or occupancy of land.
RDO Revenue Divisional Officer — The officer heading a revenue division of a district, above the Tahsildar.
6 October 2026
The final shortlist of sites for the proposed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kerala, prepared by the State Health Department, awaits the Chief Minister's approval.
Koratty in Thrissur district has emerged as a leading contender to host the institute.
The report notes Koratty's connectivity by national highway, nearby railway stations and the airport, along with water and high-capacity electricity.
About 233 acres of government-owned land is available across several sites in Koratty, reducing the need for land acquisition.
Adjacent private land could be acquired later for expansion.
Government land at Koratty:
233 acres
District:
Thrissur
Shortlist awaiting approval of:
Chief Minister
Why it matters for exams: AIIMS is an Institute of National Importance set up under Central health schemes; its siting in Kerala is a recurring Centre-State topic.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences — Central institutes of medical education, research and tertiary care, set up under Acts of Parliament.
3 October 2026
The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) agreed to supply 600 MW to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) during peak hours from 1 October 2026 to 31 May 2027.
KSEB began receiving the additional power on Thursday, helping the State avoid power cuts for two days.
KSEB chairman M G Rajamanickam said six teams of senior officials had travelled to several North Indian states over two weeks to find surplus power.
Kerala had secured short-term supplies from Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, but both states could not continue the arrangements.
KSEB turned down an earlier Himachal offer of 210 MW round-the-clock power at Rs 10 per unit, as surplus power was available in the daytime and could be bought from the exchange at around Rs 2 per unit.
Power from Himachal Pradesh:
600 MW in peak hours
Agreement period:
1 October 2026 to 31 May 2027
Declined offer:
210 MW at Rs 10 per unit
Why it matters for exams: Power procurement by the State electricity board and the Himachal Pradesh agreement show how Kerala manages peak demand; KSEB is a standard Kerala PSC topic.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
KSEB Kerala State Electricity Board — The public utility that generates, buys and distributes electricity in Kerala.
Peak hours Peak demand period — The hours of the day when electricity demand is highest.
28 September 2026
Justice Harisankar V Menon of the Kerala High Court held that Section 100 of the Patents Act, 1970 covers the Government's use of a patented invention to make a medicine and sell it on a non-commercial basis to needy patients.
The Court read the phrase "purposes of Government" to include vending and non-commercial sale, and the State's duty to improve public health under Article 47 of the Constitution.
The judgment came in a suo motu case continued after the petitioner, a retired bank employee with metastatic breast cancer who had approached the Court on 2 June 2022 seeking affordable Ribociclib, died.
The Court did not direct the Centre to invoke Section 100 for Ribociclib; it said invoking the provision is a policy decision.
It asked the Central Government to collect data to decide whether a medicine is affordable and to consider intervention where prices are exorbitant.
Provision:
Section 100, Patents Act, 1970
Bench:
Justice Harisankar V Menon
Drug in the case:
Ribociclib
Why it matters for exams: The ruling links patent law, Article 47 (public health as a Directive Principle) and access to medicines; it is useful for law, polity and health topics.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Suo motu On its own motion — A case a court continues or starts on its own, without a fresh petitioner.
Article 47 Duty of the State to raise nutrition and public health — A Directive Principle of State Policy in the Constitution of India.
6 October 2026
Thrissur District Collector Shikha Surendran has directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to examine a barrier-free tolling system at the Paliyekkara toll plaza in Thrissur, on the lines of the Tambaram model in Tamil Nadu.
The direction came at a meeting of the National Highway Task Force chaired by the Collector, held to address traffic delays, safety concerns and gaps along the stretch.
The NHAI Project Director for NH 66 said the issues in an earlier joint inspection report, including safety concerns, waterlogging and pedestrian difficulties, have been resolved; the police and the Motor Vehicles Department will verify this on site.
A proposal for streetlights on a four-kilometre dark stretch of NH 66 will be sent to NHAI headquarters.
A special committee of the Police, Motor Vehicles Department, Revenue Department and NHAI will find parking spots for heavy vehicles; a 6,000-square-foot plot near the Kodungallur Bypass has been identified.
Model to be examined:
Tambaram, Tamil Nadu
Body chaired by:
Thrissur District Collector Shikha Surendran
Dark stretch of NH 66:
4 km
Heavy-vehicle parking plot:
6,000 sq ft near Kodungallur Bypass
Why it matters for exams: Toll collection, NHAI's role and district-level task forces on highway safety are recurring topics for Kerala PSC and UPSC governance papers.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
NHAI National Highways Authority of India — The statutory body that builds, maintains and operates national highways and their toll plazas.
Barrier-free tolling Barrier-free tolling — Toll is collected electronically without vehicles stopping at a boom barrier.
6 October 2026
Chief Minister V D Satheesan inaugurated the distribution of 'She Scooters' on Monday, 5 October 2026, as part of the Government's 100-day action programme.
The scheme gives women from fishing communities an electric scooter for selling fish; the Fisheries Department had invited applications with a subsidy of ₹1 lakh towards the scooter, with the balance to be met by the beneficiary through a bank loan.
Applicants must not own a two-wheeler, must live permanently in a fishing village, be members of the Fishermen's Welfare Fund Board and have sold fish for at least two years; the minimum education is Class 10.
The age limit is 45 for fisherwomen and 50 for SAF entrepreneurs.
The scheme runs through the Society for Assistance to Fisherwomen (SAF), and was announced in the State Budget with a pilot for 100 women.
Subsidy per scooter:
₹1 lakh
Balance cost:
Bank loan by the beneficiary
Implementing society:
SAF (Society for Assistance to Fisherwomen)
Pilot size:
100 women
Age limit:
45 years (fisherwomen), 50 years (SAF entrepreneurs)
Why it matters for exams: New State welfare schemes for fisherfolk, with their eligibility rules and implementing agencies, are likely Kerala PSC questions.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
SAF Society for Assistance to Fisherwomen — A society under the Fisheries Department that supports livelihood activities of fisherwomen.
Subsidy Subsidy — A part of the cost paid by the Government so that the buyer pays less.
6 October 2026
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, Justice J. Nisha Banu and Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen, held that the validity of 'khula' does not depend on the husband's acceptance or consent; it is a right available to the wife to dissolve the marriage.
The Bench held that in a proceeding for endorsement of an extrajudicial divorce, a detailed inquiry is neither essential nor desirable.
The Family Court need only check whether the three ingredients of a valid khula, laid down in X and Others v. Y and Others (2021), have been met: a declaration by the wife, an offer to return the dower or other material gain, and an effective attempt at reconciliation.
The Court dismissed a husband's petition against Family Court orders that refused to hear the validity of khula as a preliminary issue, to let him lead evidence and to keep the wife's petition in abeyance.
It noted that the Supreme Court cases the husband cited, Shamim Ara and Shayara Bano, concern triple talaq, not khula.
Bench:
Justice J. Nisha Banu and Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen
Case:
K v. I, OP(FC) No. 375 of 2026
Earlier authority followed:
X and Others v. Y and Others, 2021 (2) KLT 967
Ingredients of a valid khula:
3
Why it matters for exams: Landmark High Court rulings on personal law, Family Courts and the Shayara Bano line of cases are useful for Kerala PSC and UPSC polity and law questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Khula Khula — A form of extrajudicial divorce initiated by the Muslim wife.
Family Court Family Court — A court set up under the Family Courts Act to settle marriage and family disputes.
1 October 2026
The Kerala State Electricity Board has begun receiving 600 MW of power from Himachal Pradesh, helping the State avoid power cuts. Under the agreement HPSEB will supply 600 MW during peak hours from October 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027 at Rs 14.5 per unit; an earlier offer of 210 MW of round-the-clock power at Rs 10 per unit was turned down because surplus power was available during the daytime and the power exchange was cheaper. With the additional supply, Kerala's available peak-hour power has increased to around 4,795 MW, while average consumption in the State ranges between 4,500 MW and 5,000 MW. On September 30 the State recorded a peak demand of 5,459 MW and a shortage of 900 MW, and night-time power restrictions were imposed. Hydroelectric generation was around 19.23 MU as storage in the dams fell to 61.29%, against 78.92% at the same point a year earlier. KSEB is also looking to commission five Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects, the 15 MW Mulleria project being scheduled first, with projects at Mylatty (125 MW), Sreekandapuram (40 MW), Areecode (30 MW) and Pothencode (40 MW) expected by the end of the year.
Quantum from Himachal Pradesh:
600 MW during peak hours
Tariff:
Rs 14.5 per unit
Supply period under the agreement:
October 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027
Available peak-hour power:
around 4,795 MW
Peak demand on September 30, 2026:
5,459 MW
Why it matters for exams: Inter-State power purchase, peak-hour tariffs and battery storage are the three current-affairs handles an examiner can attach to Kerala's dependence on imported power.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
HPSEB Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board — The State electricity utility of Himachal Pradesh, which is selling the peak-hour power.
BESS Battery Energy Storage System — Large batteries that store power when demand is low and release it at peak hours.
MU Million units — A unit of electricity generation equal to one million kilowatt-hours.
Background
On 29 September 2026 the Kerala High Court quashed the State Government's order abolishing the Kerala Police Officers Association (KPOA), holding it an intrusion into rights under Article 19(1)(c) and Article 33 of the Constitution.
Article 19(1)(c) guarantees every citizen the right to form associations or unions.
The Court held that the right to form an association includes the right to continue in that association.
Article 33 empowers Parliament to restrict or abrogate the application of fundamental rights to members of the armed forces and of forces charged with the maintenance of public order, which covers the police.
The quashed order of 27 July 2026 had approved a reorganisation of police associations on the recommendation of the State Police Chief, and its operation had earlier been stayed by the High Court.
It would have reconstituted the Kerala Police Association, abolished the KPOA, and redistributed the abolished body's assets, bank accounts and deposits between the Kerala Police Association and the Kerala Police Senior Officers Association in a 60:40 ratio, besides constituting ad hoc committees.
The Kerala Police Association was established in 1979 in implementation of the recommendations of the National Police Commission.
The judgment was delivered by Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas.
Right to form associations or unions:
Article 19(1)(c)
Fundamental rights of forces maintaining public order:
Article 33
Kerala Police Association established:
1979
Asset split proposed in the quashed order:
60:40
Order quashed by the Kerala High Court:
29 September 2026
Why it matters for exams: Article 19(1)(c) read with Article 33 is a standard polity question, and this Kerala judgment gives the examiner a concrete Kerala setting for it.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
KPOA Kerala Police Officers Association — A service association of police officers in Kerala whose abolition by government order was quashed by the High Court.
Article 33 Article 33 of the Constitution of India — It lets Parliament restrict or abrogate fundamental rights for members of the armed forces and of forces charged with maintaining public order.