High Courts
Lucknow Fire Tragedy | Allahabad High Court Seeks Comprehensive Reply From UP Govt As State Says Fire Safety SOP 'Almost Ready'
The Allahabad High Court has sought a comprehensive response from the UP Government in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea concerning the Lucknow coaching centre devastating fire tragedy that claimed 15 lives in June this year, after the State informed the Court that the proposed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on fire safety is "almost ready". Recording the submission made by...
No Beef Found, No Evidence Of Transport For Slaughter: Allahabad High Court Orders ₹4.75 Lakh Compensation Over Illegal Vehicle Confiscation
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday quashed the confiscation order of an illegally confiscated vehicle under the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, as it noted that the authorities proceeded entirely on assumptions that the bovine animals were being transported outside Uttar Pradesh for slaughter.A bench of Justice Sandeep Jain noted that neither any beef nor remains...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Advocate Accused Of Seeking ₹50 Lakh To Bribe Judge For Bail
The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered against an advocate accused of demanding ₹50 lakh from the mother of a murder accused by allegedly claiming that the money would be paid to a High Court judge to secure bail. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 286]Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that allegations involving demands for money in the name of a judge transcend an ordinary...
Police Constable Can't Be Dismissed Solely On Conviction, Disciplinary Authority Must Consider Conduct Which Led To It: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a police officer cannot be dismissed from service under Rule 8(2)(a) of the U.P. Police Officers of the Subordinate Ranks (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1991 merely because he stands convicted on a criminal charge, unless the disciplinary authority has first considered the conduct which led to that conviction. It held that such consideration is a...
PC Act | Strong Suspicion, Not Proof Of Guilt, Is Required At Stage Of Framing Charges: Allahabad High Court Refuses Relief To Ex-GST Officer
Refusing relief to a former GST Official in a Corruption case, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday observed that at the stage of framing charges, the court is only concerned with a "strong suspicion" that the accused has committed an offence and the final test of proof of guilt is not to be applied."…at the stage of consideration of question of discharge of the accused/ revisionist a...
PC Act | No Prior Sanction Needed If Cognizance Was Taken Against Former Public Servants Before 2018 Amendment: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the 2018 amendment to Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which extended the requirement of prior sanction to prosecute former public servants, operates prospectively and does not reopen cases in which cognizance had already been taken before July 26, 2018. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 732]A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice...
Karnataka High Court Calls For Strict Implementation Of MHA SOP On Deportation Of Illegal Immigrants
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (August 6) called for strict implementation of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) governing the identification and deportation of illegal immigrants, while hearing a plea filed by a Bengaluru-based doctor challenging his arrest on a complaint lodged by an alleged illegal Bangladeshi immigrant.A single judge bench...
Presumption Of Guilt Under POCSO Act Not Automatic, Prosecution Must Prove Offence Through Reliable Evidence: Delhi High Court Reiterates
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that the statutory presumption of guilt under Section 29 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act does not arise automatically merely because an accused is facing trial under the enactment. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 731]Section 29 of the POCSO Act mandates that when a person is prosecuted for committing, abetting, or attempting specific...
Rajasthan High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance After Woman Prisoner Dies Post Denial Of Medical Parole
Rajasthan High Court took suo moto cognisance of a matter in which parole was denied to a woman-prisoner who was suffering from chronic comorbidities, heart failure, and cardiac & pulmonary disorders, which ultimately led to her demise. The bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sanjeet Purohit took note of the fact that the interpretation of the Rajasthan...
High Court Stays Criminal Defamation Proceedings Against Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Pending Before Punjab Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed proceedings in a criminal defamation complaint pending against Indian National Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sangrur.The case stems from a complaint filed by one Hitesh Bhardwaj, a resident of Sangrur, against the Congress President's comments about Bajrang Dal during the Karnataka...
Calcutta High Court Acquits Two In Minor's Rape-Murder Case, Says Juvenile Co-Accused's Extra-Judicial Confession Cannot Sustain Conviction
The Calcutta High Court has set aside the conviction of two men in a 2014 minor rape and murder case, ruling that the trial court wrongly relied on the alleged extra-judicial confession of a juvenile co-accused to convict them. While finding that the prosecution had failed to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence, the Court also accepted the plea of juvenility raised by one of...