Criminal Law
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Over MBBS Seat Fraud, Says 'Cloak' Of Civil Transaction Can't Defeat Criminal Probe
The Karnataka High Court refused to quash an FIR against a couple, accused of defrauding a woman of Rs 1.40 crore on the promise of securing an MBBS seat for her daughter, holding that mere presence of a monetary/civil transaction cannot be permitted to “smother” a legitimate criminal investigation.The couple claimed that the case was at best a civil transaction between them and...
UP Govt Persistent In Using 'Goondas Act' As A 'Tool Of Oppression': Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has strongly criticized the Uttar Pradesh government's use of the Goondas Act, observing that numerous cases before the Court indicate that the State is "persistent in its approach of using the Goonda Act as a tool of oppression". A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi made the observation while quashing orders passed against a Gonda resident, declaring him a...
Police Complaint Filed In Good Faith Not Defamation: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has observed that merely filing an application before the police against a person containing certain allegations over commission of an alleged criminal act wherein the police has lawful authority over the subject matter of accusation, would not amount to the offence of defamation. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 243]As per Section 356 BNS/ 500 IPC it is not defamation to prefer in...
Kerala High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To 17 SFI Activists Booked For Assaulting University VC Ciza Thomas
The Kerala High Court on Friday (September 11) granted anticipatory bail to 17 SFI activists and students of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady for allegedly restraining and assaulting their Vice-Chancellor Dr. Ciza Thomas during a campus protest. [2026 LiveLive (Ker) 496]A detailed order is awaited.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath passed the order granting bail to the students,...
Raising Slogans In Support Of Palestine Not Enough To Make Assembly 'Unlawful': Madras High Court Quashes Case
The Madras High Court has quashed a case registered against a group of men for assembling and raising slogans in support of Palestine and against the genocide being perpetrated against its people. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 441] Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan noted that the men had not shown any criminal force or committed any mischief or crime or tried to take possession of property or...
General Allegations Of Domestic Harassment Must Have Direct Nexus With Suicide To Prosecute For Abetment: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that a prosecution for abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be sustained against a relative merely on the basis of general allegations of domestic discord, harassment or insulting words, unless the materials disclose the requisite mens rea and a direct or proximate nexus between the accused's conduct and the suicide.[2026...
Loud Shouting Between Two Persons On Street Doesn't Make Out Cognizable Offence: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR
The Bombay High Court has held that merely shouting loudly at each other on a public street, without any other specific allegation, does not make out a cognizable offence under Section 85(1) of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949. The Court observed that apart from the allegation that the accused were shouting at each other loudly, there was no allegation of obscenity, depravity or...
Karnataka High Court Seeks ED Reply On Plea By WinZo's Foreign Subsidiaries Against Provisional Attachment Of ₹505 Crore Assets
The Karnataka High Court on Friday (September 11) sought responses from the ED and PMLA adjudicating authority on a plea by two foreign subsidiaries of Indian real money gaming entity WinZO, against provisional attachment of their assets worth Rs. 505 crores. The entities–Winzo US Inc. and Winzo SG Pte. Ltd. (registered at US and Singapore respectively), have challenged the...
Major Married Couple Disliked By Relatives Can't Be Threatened, Harassed By Lodging FIR: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has observed that a major married couple whose marriage may be disliked by their relatives cannot be harassed or threatened by the relatives by lodging an FIR and invoking police machinery. In doing so the court granted police protection to a couple and directed the police to ensure that they are neither harassed nor any act of violence is committed against them.The...
Karnataka High Court Upholds FIR Against Ex-SP Accused Of Hurling Paperweight At Subordinate For Missing Sports Activities
The Karnataka High Court has recently refused to quash an FIR against former Superintendent of Police of Chikkamagalur district [accused no.1] accused of hurling a paperweight at a subordinate officer during over being allegedly absent from sports activities. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 348]However, the single judge bench of Justice Ravi V Hosmani has quashed the FIR against the former Inspector...
Kerala High Court Denies Bail To 3 PFI Members In Sreenivasan Murder Case, Says Custody Not Substantial Compared To Possible Life Sentence
The Kerala High Court recently denied bail to Popular Front of India (PFI) leader Ashraf Moulavi (A2), and members Abdul Kader (A19) and Firoz (A20), who are accused in the murder of RSS leader S.K. Sreenivasan in Palakkad on April 16, 2022. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 495]The Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S. dismissed the appeals preferred challenging...