Fake Aadhaar, PAN Cards For Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants Prima Facie Endanger India's Sovereignty: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has observed that facilitating fake Aadhaar and PAN cards for illegal immigrants from Bangladesh prima facie amounts to an act endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 276]The single judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty thus dismissed the bail plea of Sidul Mandal,...

Mere Running Away From Police Not 'Use Of Criminal Force': Karnataka High Court Quashes Assault Case Against Youth

The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a 24-year-old man, accused of assaulting police personnel, while observing that merely running away from police cannot constitute 'use of criminal force' under Section 353 [Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty] of the IPC. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 275]The single judge bench of Justice...

Patna High Court Quashes Cognizance Order Passed On Printed Proforma, Says Judicial Orders Can't Be Mechanical

The Patna High Court has quashed a Magistrate's cognizance order in a criminal case after finding that it had been passed by merely filling in the blanks on a printed proforma, and did not reflect application of judicial mind. Justice Chandra Shekhar Jha observed that a Magistrate is not required to pass a detailed reasoned order at the stage of taking cognizance, but the order must reflect...

'Despicable': Bombay High Court Upholds Removal Of RPF Constable After Viewing Viral Molestation Video

The Bombay High Court has upheld the removal from service of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable after personally viewing a viral video of him allegedly inappropriately touching a woman passenger at Kalyan railway station in 2018. Holding that the video clearly established his intention to outrage the woman's modesty, the Court observed that despite being entrusted with...

Orissa High Court Orders ₹30,000 Compensation For Man's Prima Facie Illegal Arrest Through Forged NBW

The Orissa High Court has ordered payment of ₹30,000 as compensation to a 63-year-old man after finding that he was prima facie illegally arrested and detained on the basis of a counterfeit non-bailable warrant (NBW). [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 87]The Court also directed separate enquiries by the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM), Bhubaneswar and the Deputy Commissioner of Police...

Karnataka High Court Directs Trial Court To Consider Prajwal Revanna's Objections To Pendrive Evidence In Rape Case

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (July 31) directed the trial court to consider the objections raised by former MP and expelled Janata Dal (Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna to the marking of a pen drive as evidence, in a rape case filed against him.Justice M Nagaprasanna disposed of Revanna's petition after recording the State's submission that it had no objection to the trial court...

Pressuring Spouse To Sign Divorce & Child Custody Papers Doesn't Constitute 'Cruelty': Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that merely pressuring a spouse to sign divorce and child custody papers during matrimonial negotiations does not constitute the offence of cruelty under Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The Court observed that such conduct neither amounts to harassment for an unlawful demand of property nor to wilful conduct likely to drive a woman to suicide...

OTT Fame Shalini Passi Moves Orissa High Court To Quash Criminal Case For Posting Jagannath Temple's Inner Premise Photo

Reality television personality and art collector Shalini Passi has filed a petition before the Orissa High Court seeking to quash the cognizance order and the impending criminal proceeding registered against her for capturing photo of Lord Jagannath temple's inner premise and posting the same through her Instagram handle.As per the prosecution allegations, an FIR was registered under Section...

Relief For Ex-Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni: Karnataka High Court Stays Conviction In 2016 Yogesh Goudar Murder Case, Grants Bail

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (July 31) stayed the conviction of former Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni for the murder of BJP Zilla Panchayat member Yogesh Goudar in 2016, until his appeal challenging the conviction is disposed of.The court also suspended his life sentence and directed he be released subject to certain conditions. Kulkarni had challenged the conviction in an appeal; he had...

POCSO | Putting Vibrating Machine On Victim's Vaginal Opening Amounts To Penetrative Sexual Assault & Rape: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that putting a vibrating machine on the victim's vaginal opening amounts to 'penetrative sexual assault' punishable under the POCSO Act as well as rape punishable under the Indian Penal Code. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 416]Justice A. Badharudeen referred to Section 3 of the POCSO Act [Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act], which defines...

Patna High Court Quashes FIR Against GATE AIR 45 Holder, Says Student Protest Was In 'Youthful Exuberance'

The Patna High Court has quashed an FIR lodged against an engineering student accused of vandalism and assault during a protest over internal assessment marks, observing that the incident was merely “an act of protest undertaken by a number of students in youthful exuberance” and that continuation of the proceedings would unfairly jeopardise the petitioner's future.A Single Judge Bench...

Promise To Marry Doesn't Ordinarily Vitiate Consent If Both Parties Know Woman Is Already Married: Rajasthan High Court

While setting aside charges framed against a man for offences including repeated rape under Section 376(2)(n) IPC, the Rajasthan High Court held that where both parties are conscious that the prosecutrix's first marriage is subsisting, it would ordinarily be difficult to conclude that she was induced into a physical relationship solely on the promise of marriage.The bench of Justice...