Circulating Objectionable Photos On WhatsApp Is 'Within Public View', Can Attract SC/ST Act: Bombay High Court

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has held that the act of circulating objectionable videos or photographs of a person belong to a scheduled caste or scheduled tribe on a social media platform like WhatsApp, would attract the provisions of the stringent Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act as the same is within the 'public view.'Sitting at the Nagpur...

Whether IPC Prosecution Can Continue After Sanction Under PC Act Was Refused: Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court today (30 September) reserved its judgement in a batch of petitions by former IDBI bank officials and government nominees on the bank's board, wherein they challenged their prosecution for offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC, now the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023/BNS 2023) after sanction to prosecute them under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act) was...

'Subsequent Posting Cannot Create Offence': Patna High Court Quashes Case Against Bank Officials Not Posted At Branch When Alleged Fraud Occurred

The Patna High Court has held that subsequent occupation of a senior position in a bank cannot, by itself, establish criminal conspiracy or participation in an earlier transaction, particularly where the accused was not posted at the concerned branch when the alleged offence took place.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Chandra Shekhar Jha was hearing a petition seeking quashing of the...

Freedom Of Speech Does Not Protect Defamatory, Abusive Or Malicious Social Media Content: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has refused to quash FIRs and charge sheets against a content creator accused of making allegedly derogatory remarks against the Prime Minister, the Mayor of Agartala and Mata Tripureswari on social media. The Court observed that while freedom of speech is a fundamental right, it is subject to the reasonable restrictions under Article 19(2) of the Constitution,...

Gujarat High Court Denies Asaram Temporary Bail To Visit Ailing Wife, Allows Video Call With Her

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday denied temporary bail to Asaram, who sought 20-day release on humanitarian grounds to visit his wife, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 266]However, a division bench comprising Justice Gita Gopi and Justice LS Pirzada permitted Asaram to communicate with his wife through video conferencing.The Court had on Tuesday directed the...

Adani Defamation Case: Gujarat High Court Closes Ravi Nair's Plea Against NBW After Regular Bail Granted By Sessions Court

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (September 30) closed journalist Ravi Nair's plea challenging his arrest on the strength of a non-bailable warrant was issued by a sessions court for non-appearance in a defamation case filed by Adani Enterprise. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 265]This, after the court noted, that the sessions court had last week granted regular bail to Nair. For context,...

Tripura High Court Upholds Life Imprisonment Of Woman For Burning Pregnant Daughter-In-Law

The Tripura High Court has upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of a woman for the murder of her pregnant daughter-in-law, holding that the oral and written dying declarations of the deceased were reliable and sufficient to sustain the conviction. The Court observed that a conviction can be based on an uncorroborated dying declaration where the Court finds it reliable. A Division Bench...

Producing Arrested Person In Court Within 24 Hours Not Sufficient; Accused Must Be Produced Before Nearest Magistrate: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (September 29) held that merely producing an arrested person before a court within 24 hours is not sufficient but the said person must be produced before a 'nearest' Magistrate.A division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Ranjitsinha Bhonsale therefore granted bail to one Kalim Shaikh, who was arrested from Barshi in Solapur district and brought to...

Antilia Bomb Scare Case: Special Court Criticises NIA For 'Incompetence', Questions Why Statements Of Ambani Family Not Recorded

While ordering release of controversial cop Sachin Waze in the Antilia Bomb Scare Case, a special court on Tuesday (September 29) criticised the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for its 'incompetence' in handling the case by waiting for a 'Shubh Muhurat' to record statements of Industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his family members, whom the agency claims, the accused wanted to...

Rape | DNA Report Inadmissible Without Examining Scientific Expert Who Conducted Test: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court upheld the acquittal of a man in a rape case while observing that the prosecution did not examine the expert who conducted the DNA profiling test and in absence of such testimony the report was inadmissible in evidence. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 264]The court was hearing State's appeal against trial court order acquitting the respondent of charges under Sections 64(2)(m)...

Assault On Pregnant Woman's Abdomen Can Attract 'Attempt To Murder' Charge Even If Medical Certificate Records No Injury: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court held that an assault on the abdomen of a woman, who was stated to be in an advanced stage of pregnancy, cannot fall outside ambit of attempt to murder under Section 307 IPC merely because no visible injury was recorded in the medical certificate or because both the mother and baby are currently healthy. Justice Anant Ramnath Hegde was hearing the petition filed by...

'Prima Facie Case Made Out': Bengaluru Court Denies Bail To IAS Officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar In KPSC Recruitment Scam

A Bengaluru Sessions Court on Friday (September 25) denied bail to IAS officer Gyanedra Kumar Gangwar booked for alleged irregularities in the recruitment of 400 veterinary officers in the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department, conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC). Gangwar who was the former controller of examination KPSC argued that there was no direct nexus...