'Use Of Threatening & Abusive Language Not Bona Fide Mistake': Bombay High Court Holds Advocates In Contempt

The Bombay High Court has held two advocates guilty of contempt of Court for threatening a Judicial Officer in open court and attempting to pressurise him while he was conducting proceedings. The Court emphasized the need to maintain dignity, and imposed a fine of ₹2,000 each and costs of ₹50,000 on the advocates concerned, besides referring the matter to the Disciplinary Committee of the...

Juvenile Cannot Be Denied Bail On Mere Apprehension Of Association With Criminals: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has held that bail to a juvenile in conflict with law is the rule under Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and cannot be denied on a mere apprehension that the juvenile may come into contact with known criminals unless there is material supporting such a conclusion.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi...

Pouring Kerosene On Wife And Telling Her To Die Constitutes Abetment To Suicide Even If She Ignited Herself: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that pouring kerosene on wife and telling her to die amounted to active instigation and provocation for abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC, upholding the conviction of a husband whose wife subsequently set herself on fire. The Court observed that although the deceased herself ignited the fire, the accused had put her in a situation where she took the...

2009 SC/ST Atrocity Case: Karnataka High Court Upholds Acquittal Of 26 Booked For Pulling Down Dr BR Ambedkar's Portrait

The Karnataka High Court dismissed State's appeal against the acquittal of 26 persons over an incident of pulling down of Dr BR Ambedkar's portrait in Chamarajanagar. [2026 Livelaw (Kar) 408]Upholding trial court's order, the High Court said that the material contradictions in the eye witness statements, among many other factors had led the trial court to acquit the accused and there was no...

S.148 NI Act | Repeal Of 2018 Amendment Act Doesn't End 20% Pre-Deposit Pending Cheque-Bounce Appeal: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that introduction of Repealing and Amendment Act 2025 that repealed Amendment Act of 2018 which brought into effect Section 148 in the Negotiable Instruments Act, did not affect the applicability of the provision. Section 148 NI Act empowers an Appellate Court to order the appellant, convicted for offence of cheque dishonour, to deposit a minimum of 20% of...

Victim Also Has Right To Seek Speedy Trial Like Accused : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that a victim of an offence has the locus standi to approach the High Court seeking expeditious disposal of a criminal trial, ruling that the right to a speedy trial is not the exclusive prerogative of the accused but is equally available to the victim.A Bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar set aside a Delhi High Court order that had dismissed...

Kerala High Court Directs FIR Against Ex-CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Daughter Based On ED Information In CMRL-Exalogic Case

The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 9) directed the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to register an FIR incorporating offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act against Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena and son-in-law Mohammed Riyas in the CMRL-Exalogic payoff case. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 567]Justice A. Badharudeen further held that the government's decision...

'Mindset Needs To Change': Bombay High Court Criticises Practice Of Prosecutors 'Vehemently' Opposing Bail Despite Long Incarceration

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (October 7) criticised the 'practice' of the public prosecutors to 'vehemently' oppose bail applications even in cases of long incarceration. The High Court said that even in cases where an accused is behind the bars for years altogether, the prosecutors oppose the bail applications citing the 'severity' of the crime. Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav made...

Delhi High Court Slams Cop Over 'Sham Paperwork' In Cyber-fraud Probe, Grants Bail To Man After 10 Months In Jail

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Delhi Police's investigating officer for conducting a cyber-fraud investigation through what it termed “sham paperwork”, while granting bail to a 27-year-old man who had remained in custody for nearly 10 months.Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that the updated status report reflected that the investigation had remained at a standstill and conveyed...

“Intrinsic To Fair Trial”: Uttarakhand High Court Directs Witness Testimony In Braille For Blind POCSO Accused

The Uttarakhand High Court has set aside an order of the Fast Track Special Court (POCSO), Dehradun, which had closed the opportunity of a completely blind accused to cross-examine a witness, holding that “furnishing material in an accessible form is intrinsically connected with the accused's right to a fair trial”.Justice Alok Mahra was dealing with a criminal revision challenging...

Procedural Violation Will Not Vitiate Seizure But Can Affect Evidentiary Value : Supreme Court

"The burden of proving a valid seizure of the articles is on the prosecution"

'Blue Shawl' Remark: Bengaluru Special Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Former MP Prathap Simha In SC/ST Act Case

A Bengaluru Special Court has granted anticipatory bail to Prathap Simha, former Member of Parliament from Mysuru, in the alleged 'blue shawl' caste remark case.Judge Shivaprasad K.B., 82nd Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, allowed the petition and noted that the essential ingredients of the offences under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(u) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled...