Merely Lodging A False FIR Is Not Abetment Of Suicide: Supreme Court

Merely because a dejected husband, or lover, out of frustration, ends his life and puts the blame on the accused, in his suicide note, is not enough to conclude that a prima facie case is made out.

Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Objecting To SC/ST Community Member's Invitation To Brahmin Marriage Function

The Gujarat High Court granted regular bail to a man accused of portraying complainant as a "bootlegger" and saying that a member of SC/ST community should not be invited to marriage in the Brahmin community. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 223]The court was hearing a man's appeal booked under Sections 3(1)(U) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 whose regular...

Every Medical Error Not Criminal Negligence: Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against Diagnostic Staff For Issuing False Positive Report

While quashing FIR against four staff members of a diagnostic centre for issuing an allegedly false positive Hepatitis B report to a woman before her hernia surgery, the Telangana High Court said that not criminal law cannot be invoked to punish every instance of professional negligence. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 134]In doing so the court held that mere inadvertence, an error of judgment, or a lapse...

Law Department Must Not Succumb To Pressure From Other Departments: Bombay High Court Rejects Delayed State Appeal

The Department of Law and Judiciary (DLJ) must act independently and not succumb to pressure mounted by any of the other departments of a State Government, held the Bombay High Court while refusing to condone a delay of 650 days in filing appeal against acquittal in a Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act case. Sitting at the Nagpur seat, a single-judge Justice Mahendra Nerlikar also imposed a...

Motor Accident Claim | Acquittal In Criminal Case Per Se Won't Prove Lack Of Negligence : Supreme Court Explains Principles

Acquittals in Criminal Court cannot control or dictate the outcome of MACT proceedings, the Supreme Court has held, reiterating that criminal proceedings and motor accident compensation claims operate in distinct legal spheres and are governed by different standards of proof."A subsequent acquittal in a criminal case does not affect the assessment of tortious liability under the MV Act......

'Such Cases Clog Courts': Karnataka High Court's Prima Facie View On Lawyer's Complaint Alleging Attack By Senior Citizen's 10 Dogs

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (August 18) termed 'prima facie frivolous' a criminal case against a senior citizen, which had resulted in the denial of her passport renewal, over a lawyer's complaint alleging that her 10 dogs had attacked him.Observing that such cases have clogged criminal courts and prevented regular cases from proceeding, Justice M Nagaprasanna granted the complainant...

Bombay High Court Upholds Quashing Of Process Issued Against BJP's Mangal Prabhat Lodha In 2007 Cheating Case

The Bombay High Court on Monday (August 18) upheld an order passed by Magistrate in October 2008 quashing the process issued against BJP leader and Maharashtra's Cabinet Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha in a 2007 case of alleged cheating and fraud with respect to development of certain properties in Thane district. Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav found that the complaint filed by one...

Prior Permission U/S 83 Registration Act Not Mandatory For Prosecution, Private Complaint Maintainable: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that prior permission under Section 83 of the Registration Act, 1908 is not mandatory for initiating proceedings under the Act. The Court observed that it is open to a private individual to file a complaint, as the language of Section 83 is permissive and not mandatory.Justice Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale was hearing an application under Section 482 CrPC...

'Minors Drive For Reels, Put Lives At Risk': Karnataka High Court In Father's Plea Over Deaths Allegedly Caused By 14-Yr-Old Son

Expressing concern over underage driving, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on a criminal petition filed by a father seeking to quash the charge of culpable homicide (Section 304 Part II of IPC) against him. The petition arises from a tragic 2020 accident where the petitioner's 14-year-old son allegedly took his car and mowed down three members of a family on...

Matrimonial Offences Cannot Be Quashed Merely Due To Subsequent Divorce Or Spouses Living Separately: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court dismissed a quashing petition filed by a husband, observing that a criminal case could not be quashed only because one of the spouses had obtained a decree of divorce and they were living separately. The bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain observed that it might happen that the spouses were having differences and were living separately, but a matrimonial offence required...

Stalking Woman, Sabotaging Marriage Prospects Despite Her Suicide Attempt Prima Facie Case Of Abetment: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that allegations of a man persistently stalking a woman, threatening to circulate photographs of her and repeatedly sabotaging her marriage prospects, despite her refusal and an earlier suicide attempt, prima facie made out a case of abetment to suicide. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 308]The single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna refused to quash criminal...

“Child Protection Cannot Criminalise Adolescence”: Uttarakhand High Court Quashes POCSO FIR Over Relationship Between 17 & 21-Yr-Old

The Uttarakhand High Court has observed that “treating the consensual relationship between a 17 years old and 21 years old on par with sexual assault collapses meaningful distinctions and results in manifest arbitrariness under Article 14,” thus holding that “child protection does not require criminalising adolescence.” Hence, taking into consideration the victim's age, her statement...