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...

Supreme Court Explains S.69 BNS : No Offence Of Deceitful Sex By Breach Of Genuine Marriage Promise

The Supreme Court has recently quashed an FIR registered under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), which criminalises sexual intercourse for which consent was obtained by deceitful means, such as false promise to marry, after finding that the complaint itself disclosed a consensual relationship rather than a deceitful inducement. It also noted that refusal to marry because...

Even If S.376 IPC Charge Not Framed, Rape Conviction Possible When POCSO Case Fails For Not Proving Victim's Age : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 10) held that the prosecution's failure to prove the victim's age, essential for sustaining a conviction under the POCSO Act, does not automatically absolve the accused of liability for rape under Section 376 of the IPC. The Court added that even in the absence of a formal charge under Section 376, the accused can be convicted under that provision as it...

Muslim Man's Second Marriage Not 'Void', Offence Of Bigamy Under S.494 IPC Not Made Out: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that where the parties are governed by Muslim Personal Law, a man's second marriage would not be rendered "void" on the ground of mere subsistence of first marriage and thus offence of bigamy under Section 494 IPC would not be attracted. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 149]A Single Judge Bench of Justice N. Tukaramji quashed bigamy proceedings against a Muslim man,...

No Supplementary Lease Deed Needed For Statutorily Extended Mining Lease: Karnataka High Court Quashes ₹482 Crore Penalty On ACC

The Karnataka High Court has on September 8 [Tuesday] quashed a Rs 482.69 crore penalty imposed on ACC Limited- a part of the Adani Group- holding that mining operations during a statutorily extended lease term won't be deemed as 'unlawful' merely because a Supplementary Lease Deed was not executed to that effect.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice K.S. Hemalekha...

'Publishing News On True Facts Not Defamation': Himachal Pradesh High Court Quashes Case Against Newspaper Editor

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed a defamation complaint against the editor of a newspaper, holding that publication of a news report based on true and undisputed facts, particularly where the complainant's clarification was also sought and published, could not amount to defamation. The Court observed that the report was based on factually correct information and that the newspaper...

S.262(1) BNSS | Not Mandatory To Wait 60 Days For Framing Charge But 'Reasonable Interval' Be Given For Seeking Discharge: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has ruled that the sixty-days period provided to accused for filing discharge application under Section 262(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) is not a rigid or non-negotiable “moratorium” and that trial court may proceed to frame charge after allowing a “reasonable interval” to elapse after supply of police papers to accused under Section 230 of...