Karnataka High Court Quashes Order Pardoning Approver Pradosh In Renukaswamy Murder Trial, Cites 'Procedural Aberrations'

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (September 8) set aside a trial court's order granting conditional pardon to an accused-turned-approver Pradosh in the Renukaswamy murder case allegedly involving Kannada actor Darshan, holding that the procedure adopted suffered from 'procedural aberrations'. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 341]Darshan, accused No.2 in the murder case, had approached the High...

Karnataka High Court Allows Private Complaint Against Mallikarjun Kharge Family Trust Over 'Illegal' BDA Land Allotment To Proceed

The Karnataka High Court has recently held that a defective affidavit accompanying a private complaint is a curable defect, and the same cannot be used as grounds to abandon the statutory procedure under Section 175 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and opt for a complaint enquiry under Section 223 BNSS instead. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 340]The single judge bench of Justice...

Woman Marrying Divorcee Can't Claim Maintenance If She Fails To Verify Finality Of Divorce Decree: Karnataka High Court

The Dharwad Bench of Karnataka High Court has held that a woman who knowingly marries a man believing him to be a divorcee cannot claim maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) if she failed to verify whether the divorce decree had attained finality or was stayed in appeal. Justice Geetha K.B. dismissed a revision petition filed by a woman challenging the...

Has Section 193(9) BNSS Changed Law On Further Investigation?

The power of the police to conduct further investigation after filing a police report has long occupied an uneasy space between investigative autonomy and judicial control. Section 173(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) expressly preserved the power of further investigation even after a report under Section 173(2) had been submitted. Yet the provision did not require prior permission of the Magistrate. Over time, the Supreme Court supplied that safeguard judicially. Section 193(9)...

'Violation Of Fundamental Rights': Bombay High Court Directs ₹2 Lakh Compensation To Man Detained Without Notice, Grounds Of Arrest

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to pay Rs. 2 Lakh as compensation to a 26-year-old man who was arrested without being informed of the grounds of arrest or being issued a proper notice. A Division Bench of Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Justice Raj D. Wakode reiterated the well-settled principle that High Courts under Article 226 of...

When Acquittal Isn't Really Acquittal: Section 300 CrPC And Second Cheque-Bounce Complaint

Under the Indian legal system, every law student learns Sec. 300(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1973, Sec. 337 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) almost as an article of faith. Once a person has been acquitted or convicted by a competent court, he cannot, subject to the statutory conditions, be tried again for the same offence. The doctrines of autrefois acquit and autrefois convict are firmly entrenched in our criminal jurisprudence, with Article 20(2) of the...

Kerala High Court Directs Fresh Consideration Of Actor Ansiba Hassan's Plea For Police Probe Against Lakshmi Priya Over Sexually Coloured Remarks

The Kerala High Court on Monday (September 7) asked the Magistrate to consider afresh the private complaint made by Drishyam actor Ansiba Hassan accusing actor Lakshmi Priya and two CAN Channel representatives of making sexually coloured remarks and circulating objectionable content against her.Justice Jobin Sebastian was considering Hassan's plea challenging an order of the Magistrate...

POCSO Case Cannot Be Quashed On Settlement Even If Survivor Attains Majority: Sikkim High Court

The Sikkim High Court has held that criminal proceedings under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) cannot be quashed merely on the basis of a settlement between the accused and the survivor, even if the survivor has subsequently attained majority.Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan remarked that: “even if the accused and the survivor who has now attained majority...

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.

'Prima Facie Case Made Out': AP High Court Refuses To Quash Perjury, Cheating Case Against Retired Bank Manager Over ₹50 Lakh Debt Dispute

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings arising from a dispute over Rs. 50 lakh borrowed by a retired bank manager and his wife against a promissory note and mortgage of three title deeds. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 207]The Court made the observation while refusing to quash criminal proceedings arising from a complaint alleging perjury, filing of a false case, cheating...

One-Year Limit Under Section 125(3) CrPC Doesn't Bar Recovery Of DV Act Maintenance Arrears Through Salary Attachment: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that the one-year deadline under the first proviso to Section 125(3) CrPC applies only when a person seeks a warrant to recover unpaid maintenance under that provision. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 147] It does not erase the maintenance debt or prevent attachment of salary under Section 20(6) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.The first proviso...

Reasons Recorded In Order Directing Further Investigation Can't Itself Be Construed As Direction For Point-Wise Probe: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court has held that while it was true that a court cannot direct the police to conduct an investigation in a particular manner, however the reasons given by a court in its order directing further investigation must not be itself construed as a direction for point-wise investigation. The bench of Justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu was hearing a petition seeking quashing of an order...