Rape Convict Can Be Charged With Abetment Of Suicide If Victim Ends Life Due To Trauma Of Assault: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that commission of rape on a woman leads to loss of her dignity and self-esteem in Indian society, which are sufficient to lead her to take the extreme step of taking away her own life and therefore, a rape convict can be held guilty for abetting suicide of the victim. [2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 46]Upholding conviction of the appellant/accused under Section 306...

Food Adulteration Act | Failure To Inform Accused Of Right To Get Food Sample Tested By Central Lab Vitiates Prosecution: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that failure to inform an accused of the statutory right under Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 to have the food sample analysed by the Central Food Laboratory vitiates the prosecution. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 220]Observing that the right is a valuable safeguard intended to enable the accused to challenge the Public Analyst's...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Facebook's Removal Of Copyrighted Song From User's Page

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has disposed of a petition challenging the removal of content from a Facebook page, holding that the platform acted in accordance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 after receiving a copyright complaint. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 202]Justice Jagmohan Bansal said, "it is evident that petitioner was...

Unfounded Allegations Of Mental Illness Against Wife Amount To Cruelty, Violate Dignity & Privacy: Madras High Court

While refusing to grant divorce to a husband who claimed to have suffered mental cruelty due to his wife's alleged undisclosed Schizophrenia condition, the Madras High Court held that making such unfounded allegations regarding the mental health of the wife not just amounts to cruelty but is an intrusion into the wife's privacy and personal autonomy. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad)...

Congress, CPI Move Bombay High Court Against Maharashtra Special Public Security Act; Allege Chilling Effect On Free Speech

The Indian National Congress (INC) has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Special Public Security Act, 2025 arguing that it violates the fundamental guarantees enshrined in the Constitution of India including principles of reasonableness and proportionality, freedom of speech and expression, etc.Notably, the MSPSA is being said to be...

Delhi High Court Says Centre Can Issue Directions To Intermediaries Over Fake Posts On CJI's London Visit

The Delhi High Court on Friday observed that the Central Government can issue appropriate directions to social media intermediaries under the Information Technology Act to address the circulation of false and misleading posts claiming that the Chief Justice of India, several judges and Union Ministers had participated in a badminton tournament in London.Vacation judge Justice Tejas Karia made...

Motive Loses Significance When Crime Proved By Ocular Evidence: Allahabad High Court Upholds Conviction In 2015 Murder Case

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that the prosecution's case cannot be thrown out on the ground that the motive is not proved or that there is some doubt about it, if the occurrence is proved by ocular evidence. A bench of Justice Rajnish Kumar and Justice Zafeer Ahmad thus upheld the conviction and life sentence awarded to appellant-Hareram Chaudhary for the...

S.69A IT Act Empowers Centre To Block Entire Intermediary Platform, Not Just Specific Content: Delhi High Court In Telegram Case

While dismissing Telegram's challenge to the temporary blocking of its platform, the Delhi High Court has upheld the Central government's power under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act to block an entire intermediary platform, and not merely specific content hosted on it.Vacation judge Justice Tejas Karia held that the expression "information" under Section 2(1)(v) of the IT Act...

Dental Student Suicide: Kerala High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To College HOD Dr. Kodanda Ram In Abetment Case

The Kerala High Court on Friday (June 19) dismissed the criminal appeal filed by Dr. M. Kodanda Ram seeking pre-arrest bail in the suicide abetment case of dental college student Nithin Raj. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 329]Justice A. Badharudeen opined that there was prima facie commission of offence under Section 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and...

Delhi High Court To Hear Salman Khan's Plea Against Film Inspired By Blackbuck Case On July 1; No Interim Relief For Now

The Delhi High Court on Friday deferred consideration of Bollywood actor Salman Khan's plea seeking to restrain the release of the proposed film "Kala Hiran: The Battle for Legacy", which is stated to be inspired by his 1998 blackbuck poaching case and his alleged rivalry with gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.A vacation bench comprising Justice Madhu Jain directed that a complete copy of the plaint...

Safe Kerala Project: High Court Orders Release Of Quarterly Payments Due To Contractor Who Installed AI Cameras

The Kerala High Court on Friday (June 19) passed an interim order directing the State and the Motor Vehicles Department to release to Keltron the amounts due for the instalment and maintenance of AI traffic camera, as part of the 'Automated Traffic Enforcement' for Safe Kerala Project.Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. further directed Keltron to forthwith release the amounts due to SRIT India Ltd.,...

Child Of Present Indian Citizen Eligible For Citizenship By Registration U/S 5(1)(f): Telangana HC Rejects Centre's 'Former Citizen' Interpretation

The Telangana High Court has held that the phrase “was earlier citizen of independent India” under Section 5(1)(f) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 is not confined only to former Indian citizens, but also includes persons who presently continue to hold Indian citizenship. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 89]Section 5 pertains to citizenship by registration and 5(1)(f) states that the Central Government...