Published on : 02 Oct 2025, 10:16 am 3 min read

The Kerala High Court recently ruled that spouses cannot file writ petitions on behalf of the other without a power of attorney specifically authorising them to do so.

Justice CS Dias passed the ruling while dismissing a writ petition filed by a Malappuram-based woman (petitioner) who had filed a writ petition on behalf of her NRI-husband.

She sought a correction of the manner in which her husband's property was classified by the State authorities. She had filed the writ petition instead of her husband, since her husband was working abroad and could not be in India to regularly pursue the legal proceedings.

However, the High Court questioned the wife's locus standi (legal standing) to file such a writ petition on behalf of her

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