Sealed Cover Procedure For Promotion Can Be Invoked Only After Charge-Sheet Or Suspension: Delhi HC

A Division bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain held that sealed cover procedure cannot be invoked merely on the basis of an FIR or investigation, it applies only after issuance of a charge-sheet, criminal prosecution, or suspension. Background Facts A Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) was held on 18.03.2024 for...

'Denying Residence To Brother's Wife In Shared Household Amounts To Domestic Violence': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that preventing a woman from residing in her shared household amounts to domestic violence within the meaning of Section 3 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The Court emphasised that the right to reside in a shared household under Section 17 of the Act exists irrespective of any right, title or beneficial interest in the same.According...

'Promise Of 10-15% Profit Per Month Shows Prima Facie Dishonest Intention': Bombay HC Declines Anticipatory Bail Plea In Trading Scam Case

The Bombay High Court has held that an assurance of abnormally high and guaranteed profits in intra-day share trading demonstrates prima facie dishonest intention at the inception, thereby attracting criminal liability. The Court observed that no genuine business can yield assured profits of 10–15% per month, and such inducements cannot be brushed aside as mere civil disputes.Justice...

Gujarat High Court Suggests Ahmedabad School To Consider 10% Admissions On 'Minimal Basis' In Memory Of Child Stabbed By Fellow Student

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (September 17) orally suggested to a private school in a Ahmedabad whose student was reportedly stabbed by another student last month, to consider giving admission to 10% students on a 'minimal basis' in the memory of the deceased student. Justice Nikhil Kariel was hearing two pleas moved by the school— one challenged the show cause notice asking why...

A Beggar Cannot Be Directed to Pay Maintenance under Section 125 CrPC: Kerala High Court Rules

The Kerala High Court has held that a person who subsists on begging cannot be directed to pay maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), even if his wife seeks sustenance from him.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan, while disposing of a revision petition, upheld a Family Court order that had dismissed a claim by the petitioner, who sought ₹10,000 monthly maintenance...

MP High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Two Cops Accused Of Shielding Wanted Criminal By Staging His Fake Encounter In 2009

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to two cops booked for allegedly conspiring to shield a man by staging his fake encounter in 2009, after the man was found to be alive in 2012. Justice Subodh Abhyankar noted that Anil Patidar, one of the accused-cops, was not named by the witnesses as the person who forced them or persuaded them to wrongly identify the dead body as...

Kerala High Court Refuses To Discharge Bus Driver In Fatal Accident Case Despite FIR Based On Non-Eyewitness Statement

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a revision petition filed by a bus driver accused in a 2016 road accident that claimed the life of a motorcyclist, despite arguments that the prosecution's case rested on a First Information Report (FIR) registered on the basis of a statement from a non-eyewitness relative of the deceased.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath, dismissed the revision petition....

'No One Is Victim Or Victimiser': Delhi HC Grants Interim Bail To Man Booked Under POCSO Act For Establishing Relations With Minor Wife

The Delhi High Court has granted interim bail to a young man in a POCSO case, after the Delhi Police claimed that his wife was a minor at the time of their consensual relationship before their marriage, making her consent irrelevant. Justice Arun Monga noted that it was a peculiar case where no one was a victim, nor a victimizer, nor even a complainant, yet the accused aged 24 years was...

Calcutta High Court Declines Plea Against Bengali Singer Nachiketa For Allegedly Insulting Lord Ram In Concert, Cites Lack Of Evidence

"Only the contents of social media mentioning, without any date, time and place of the concert and without any authenticity, cannot be the ground to take cognizance of such offence," the court said.

Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: August 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 316 To 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 355State of Maharashtra v Sanjay, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 316Shankar Govindrao Lang vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 317Salim Baig vs Sayyad Nawid, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 318Krishnagopal B. Nangpal vs Dy. Commissioner of Income Tax Special Range – 3, Pune, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 319Zilla Parishad, Ahmednagar vs Sandip Madhav Khase,...

Calcutta High Court Grants Interim Relief Against Eviction To Families Living Under Flyover, Records State's Assurance Of Rehabilitation

In granting relief to nearly 300 families living under Hastings Bridge, the Calcutta High Court has recorded the State Government's undertaking that no eviction will take place unless proper rehabilitation is arranged. The Court also granted Muktokantha Mahila Samity (MKMS) the liberty to seek an urgent hearing if there is any future threat of forced removal or breach of the State's...

Caste Glorification 'Anti-National', Respecting Constitution 'True Patriotism': Allahabad High Court Cracks Down On Caste References In FIRs, Public Places

In a significant judgment, the Allahabad High Court recently took strong exception to the trend of caste glorification in society and issued sweeping directions to the Uttar Pradesh Government to remove caste references from FIRs, police documents, public records, motor vehicles and public signboards. A bench of Justice Vinod Diwaker observed that such caste glorification...