Kerala High Court Moves to Retire Colonial-Era Public Notice Rituals
The Kerala High Court’s Rules Committee has decided to remove provisions for the traditional 'tom-tom' and 'kinnam mutti vilambaram' methods used to announce property attachment proceedings to the public. The move follows a campaign by a rights activist and signals the formal winding down of a practice rooted in princely-era governance and still retained in some courts. The decision also comes against the backdrop of a 2016 fee revision that raised tom-tom charges from ₹15 to ₹100.
