Forest Official Assault Case: Gujarat High Court Grants 7-Day Temporary Bail To AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava To Attend Assembly Session

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (September 7) granted 7-days temporary bail to Aam Aadmi Party MLA Chaitar Vasava–convicted for assaulting and extorting forest officials in a forest land encroachment case, to enable him to attend the Legislative Assembly session. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 241]Vasava had moved the high court seeking 15 day temporary bail from 07.09.2026 to 21.09.2026, to attend...

Supreme Court Expresses Concern Over Voluminous Records In Corruption Cases Delaying Prosecution

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (08.09.2026) observed that prosecutions in corruption cases have a history of long pendency, often on account of voluminous but largely unnecessary and irrelevant evidence intimidating the courts."We cannot but notice that in corruption cases voluminous evidence is led, which is often intimidating to the Court, especially since many aspects attempted to be led...

Denial Of Cohabitation, False Criminal Case By Wife Amount To Cruelty: Rajasthan High Court Dissolves 22-Year-Old Marriage

The Rajasthan High Court has held that denial of cohabitation by the wife as well as filing of a false criminal case against the husband, amount to cruelty. The division bench of Justice Inderjeet Singh and Justice Sandeep Taneja was hearing an appeal against Family Court's rejection of a divorce application filed by the appellant-husband.It was the case of the husband that the marriage...

Prajwal Revanna Sent To 2-Day Police Custody Over Recovery Of Mobile Phone From Prison Cell

A Bengaluru Court on Tuesday (September 8) remanded former Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna as well as prison inmate Prathap Rai to two-day police custody over alleged recovery of prohibited items, including a mobile phone and pocket notebook with WhatsApp, Netflix and other Apps, from their prison cell.The court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate granted police custody...

'Chairperson Alone Cannot Pass Order': Uttarakhand High Court Quashes Disciplinary Action Against Police Officer

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that “an order passed by the Chairperson of the State Police Complaints Authority alone cannot be treated as an order passed by the Authority”. Holding that as per the scheme of the Uttarakhand Police Act, 2007, the Authority consists of the Chairperson and four other members and held that an order passed by the Chairperson alone was “illegal per se...

'Husband's Refusal To Re-Marry After 'Halala' Not Offence': Jharkhand High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Man After Wife's Subsequent Marriage

The Jharkhand High Court has held that after divorce and the wife's subsequent marriage with another man, the husband's refusal to re-marry does not amount to a cognizable offence or a legal wrong under Muslim personal law or general criminal law. The Court observed that “the husband's refusal does not amount to a cognizable offence or a legal wrong under Muslim personal law or the...

'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...