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2025 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 30146

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
ST. STEPHEN'S MALANKARA CATHOLIC CHURCH, KATTANAM VILLAGE, BHARANICKAVU, ALAPPUZHA – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.P.J.JOE PAUL, SRI.MANU SEBASTIAN
For the Respondents: SRI.K.V.SOHAN

Table of Content
1. visual pollution impacts tourism and environment. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. aesthetics are crucial for tourist experience. (Para 7 , 8)
3. court acknowledges structure obstruction complaints. (Para 9 , 10 , 11)
4. court emphasizes need for enforcement of laws. (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23)
5. continued violation necessitates comprehensive policy review. (Para 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32)
6. broad directives for managing unauthorized installations. (Para 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40)

JUDGMENT

Rarely, if not ever, has 'Visual Pollution' and “Destination Aesthetics”– so vital to tourism – seriously, if not at all, engaged the attention of the Authorities in Kerala. These concepts are widely used to describe the compounded effects of disorder, excess and clutter of various objects and graphics in the landscape; and the inevitable corollary of lack of visual appeal and aesthetics.

2. While many parts of the World have awoken to the pernicious effects of “Visual Pollution” - which, in its most simplistic connotation, means the impairment of one's ability to enjoy a vista or a view - and its impact o

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