'Andar Bahar' Is A Game Of Chance, Not Skill: Karnataka High Court Disagrees With 1977 Precedent, Refers Issue To Larger Bench

In a significant development, a single judge of the Karnataka High Court has expressed disagreement with a 1977 precedent [Eeranna v. State of Karnataka] that held the card game 'Andar Bahar' to be a game of skill, observing instead that it is a game of chance. The single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj has referred the matter to a larger bench for reconsideration; and has asked...

S.106 BNS | Landlord Not Liable For Accidental Death In Rented Premises If No Attributable Negligence: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that mere ownership of premises cannot create vicarious criminal liability on a landlord for an accidental death unless the prosecution material discloses a legally attributable negligent act or omission on the part of the owner. A bench Justice Saurabh Srivastava made the observation while quashing the chargesheet, cognizance/summoning order and entire...

Telling Woman To Succumb To Sexual Demands For Growing In Career Not Abetment If Intention Absent: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that merely telling a woman she would have to succumb to innapropriate behaviour if she wants to grow in an industry would not amount to abetment to an offence if the intention is absent. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 240]The petitioner had sought quashing of an FIR for offences under Sections 354(Outraging Modesty), 354A(Sexual Harassment), 354C(Voyeurism),...

Gujarat High Court Rejects Asaram's Temporary Bail Plea In 2013 Rape Case

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (September 8) dismissed the temporary bail plea of Asaram who was convicted and sentenced to life by Gandhinagar court in a 2013 rape case. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 239]Asaram had moved the high court seeking 20-day temporary bail citing a Rajasthan High Court order last month granting him 20-day parole in another rape case. The senior counsel appearing for...

Breaking | Bombay High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi Over 'Chowkidar Chor' Comment

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (September 8) refused to quash the criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his alleged remarks describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “Choro Ke Sardar” and “Commander-in-Thief”.Gandhi had challenged Magistrate court summons in the case and argued that the complaint filed by a BJP worker was not maintainabile. He claiming...

Married Woman Voluntarily Accompanying Man To Hotel Can't Claim Sexual Relationship Was Induced Solely By Promise Of Marriage: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently quashed a criminal case against a man booked under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for having sexual intercourse with a married woman allegedly on the promise of marriage. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 489]Justice Jobin Sebastian observed:“a married woman who voluntarily accompanies another man to a hotel room and has sexual intercourse with him...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Reduce Sentence Of Terror Convicts Who Pleaded Guilty, Cites Gravity Of Waging War Against India

The Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed the appeal of two men convicted under UAPA seeking reduction of their sentence from 7 years to 5 years, holding that the gravity of the offences committed by them warranted no leniency from the court. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 337]The Division bench of Justice H.P Sandesh and Justice B. Pramod noted in the order that the reduction of sentence cannot...

Karnataka High Court Expresses Displeasure Over Police Issuing Look Out Circular Against Advocate-Cricketer In Bailable Offence

The Karnataka High Court has expressed deep displeasure over the police's decision to issue a Look Out Circular (LOC) against advocate-cricketer and AVR Group founder Aravind Reddy in a case involving bailable offences, including the alleged stalking of a Kannada actress, while disposing of the writ petition after the State agreed not to enforce the LOC further. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 336]The...

Patna High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail In Liquor Case, Directs Accused To Pay ₹15,000 For Flower Pots In Civil Court Campus

The Patna High Court has granted anticipatory bail to an accused in a Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act case, subject to the condition that he contributes Rs. 15,000 to the District Legal Services Authority, Khagaria for putting up flower pots in the Civil Court Campus of Khagaria Judgeship. The Court extended the relief after noting that the alleged recovery of 81.450 litres of foreign liquor...

Entering Woman's House At Night, Lifting Her Clothes Not Sufficient To Constitute Attempt To Rape: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has held that the act of entering the prosecutrix's house at night, lifting her clothes and catching hold of her, without any specific overt act sufficiently proximate to the commission of rape, would not constitute an attempt to commit rape under Section 376/511 of the Indian Penal Code. A Single Judge Bench of Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava was hearing a...

First-Time Juvenility Claims Before SC Show 'Huge Gap' In JJ Act Implementation By Police, Trial Courts : Supreme Court

The Court commented that the mandate of the JJ Act is overlooked by police in their obsessions to book someone.

AP High Court Acquits Husband In Dowry Harassment & Cruelty Case Citing Sister's Acquittal Based On Same Evidence

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the acquittal of a husband in a dowry harassment and cruelty case, holding that his conviction could not be sustained on the same evidence on which his sister who was facing identical allegations was acquitted. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 206]The case arose from a prosecution initiated by the wife against her husband and his sister, alleging offences under...