Published on : 25 Oct 2025, 1:58 pm

The Kerala High Court on Saturday dismissed an appeal challenging the collection of parking fees by Lulu International Shopping Mall in Kochi. [Bosco Louis v State of Kerala & ors]

A Division Bench comprising Justices SA Dharmadhikari and Syam Kumar VM upheld the decision of a single-judge, who had earlier ruled that it is within the mall owner's prerogative to levy parking fees from visitors provided the mall owner holds a municipal licence for such activity.

The Court functioned on a Saturday as a compensatory working day for the loss of an unscheduled holiday declared on October 3.

A single-judge of the High Court had distinguished between two parking areas of Lulu Mall, the basement parking where collection of fees was held to be lega

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