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,...

Bombay High Court Grants 8-Month Interim Bail To Woman Accused In Drugs Case To Care For Newborn

The Bombay High Court recently granted eight months interim bail to a woman booked in a case under the stringent Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, after noting that her prematurely born eight-month-old daughter is in a precarious condition. Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav noted that the applicant Pooja Lal, delivered a pre-term child on January 9, 2026. "Though this...

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...

Karnataka High Court To Examine Section 17A PC Act Applicability To Pre-2018 Offences, Consequences Of Delay In Granting Sanction

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (September 29) decided to examine the applicability of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, to offences allegedly committed before the provision was introduced in 2018, as well as the consequences of a prolonged delay by the State Government in granting approval to investigate a public servant.The single judge bench of Justice V...

Motor Accident | Insurance Policy Mentioning '1+1' Covers Driver, Passenger Despite RC Showing Single Seat: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an insurance company which issued a policy recording the seating capacity of a tractor as “1+1” and received premium on that basis cannot afterwards deny liability for the death of a passenger by relying on the registration certificate, which showed the seating capacity as one person.Justice Prashant Kumar held,“The Insurance Company cannot now...

Muslim Marriage No Defence To POCSO Act In Case Of Sex With Minor Wife: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a marriage recognised under Muslim personal law cannot confer immunity from prosecution under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) or the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for sexual intercourse with a wife who was below 18 years of age at the relevant time.Justice Sanjeev Narula made the observation while refusing to quash an FIR...

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...

Hearing Of Accused Necessary When Cognizance Taken After BNSS Came Into Force, Though Complaint Filed Earlier: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that where a Magistrate applied judicial mind and found a prima facie case only after the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) came into force, cognizance is deemed to have been taken on that date. The accused, therefore, had to be heard first, as the proviso to Section 223 of the BNSS requires.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod...

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...

Accused Entitled To Seek Production Of Prosecution's Unrelied Documents At Appropriate Stage In Trial : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has clarified the manner in which an accused can seek access to documents seized during investigation but not relied upon by the prosecution, holding that while an accused is entitled to documents available with the prosecuting agency to shape his defence, the stage at which such documents can be sought would depend on the nature of the documents.The Court made the...