Even Highly Qualified Persons Not Getting Jobs Due To Rising Unemployment: Bombay High Court Says Educated Wife Can't Be Denied Maintenance

The Bombay High Court recently while dealing with case pertaining to the payment of monthly maintenance to a wife, took judicial note of the rising unemployment and observed that even the highly educated persons are jobless and thus, even if a woman is highly educated she cannot be denied maintenance. Sitting at the Nagpur seat, single-judge Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke while dismissing...

S.69 BNS | Refusal To Marry Citing Mother's Disapproval Prima Facie Smacks Of Mala Fides: Gujarat High Court Refuses To Quash FIR

The Gujarat High Court refused to quash a Secition 69 BNS FIR lodged against a man–stated to be permanent resident of Zambia, accused of having sexual intercourse with the complainant deceitfully over false promise of marriage.In doing so the court rejected the accused's contention that his mother did not agree to the relationship observing that this was not a bonafide reason. Justice...

Patna High Court Restores 'Y+' Security To MP Pappu Yadav, Says Order Downgrading Protection Was 'Arbitrary & Whimsical'

The Patna High Court has set aside the Bihar Government's decision downgrading the security cover of sitting MP Rajesh Ranjan @ Pappu Yadav from 'Y+' to 'Y' category, holding that the decision was arbitrary, unsupported by relevant material, and taken without following principles of natural justice.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Jitendra Kumar was hearing a writ petition filed by the...

'Karauli Baba' Remarks Row | Allahabad HC Extends Interim Protection Granted To YouTuber In UP Police FIR Till July 14

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday extended the interim protection from arrest granted earlier to YouTuber Gautam Khattar, who is facing a UP Police FIR over his alleged derogatory remarks against 'Sri Karauli Shankar Mahadev Baba' (also known as 'Karauli Sarkar'), till July 14. A Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Tarun Saxena heard the matter today and granted the counsel for...

Delhi High Court Issues Summons To Meta, Others In Satirist Sanjay Rajoura's Defamation Suit Over 'Malicious' Posts

The Delhi High Court last week issued summons in a defamation suit filed by satirist Sanjay Rajoura over an alleged 'defamatory campaign' and a series of 'malicious' and 'false' social media posts targeting him. A bench of Justice Vikas Mahajan, however, did not grant any interim relief in the matter and only issued notice on the temporary injunction plea. The matter has been listed...

Husband Can't Avoid Paying Maintenance To Wife, Children By Claiming Lack Of Regular Income: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a husband cannot evade his obligation to maintain his wife and children merely by claiming that he does not have a regular source of income.Justice Saurabh Banerjee made the observation while dismissing a revision petition filed by a husband challenging a Family Court order directing him to pay maintenance of Rs.11,000 per month each to his wife and...

Allahabad HC Division Bench Recuses From Hearing Habeas Corpus Plea Of Journalist Arrested During Noida Workers' Protest

A division bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Vinai Kumar Kumar Dwivedi of the Allahabad High Court today recused from hearing a Habeas Corpus plea concerning journalist Satyam Verma, who was arrested last month on the allegations of instigating workers to carry out violence during the Noida labourers' protest When the matter was taken up, Senior Advocate SFA Naqvi, along with...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 11 To May 17, 2026

Living Separately In Same City Not 'Domestic Proximity': Calcutta High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Sister-In-Law & Her HusbandCase Title: Moniza Farooquee & Anr. v. State of West Bengal & Anr. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 221The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a married sister-in-law and her husband in a dowry harassment case, holding that...

Delhi High Court To Hear BJP MP Raghav Chadha's Suit For Protection Of Personality Rights Tomorrow

BJP MP Raghav Chadha has filed a suit before the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights.The matter will be heard tomorrow by Justice Subramonium Prasad. Chadha has sought a john doe relief against unknown entities, as well as various other known defendants, to restrain them from exploiting his personal traits, including his photos, without his consent. Chadha is...

Advocate Mohammed Shah Appointed As Additional Advocate General Of Kerala

The newly-elected UDF government has appointed Advocate Mohammed Shah as the Additional Advocate General of Kerala.Shah was an elected Member of the Kerala Bar Council from 2018 to 2026.On Monday, the government had announced its decision to appoint Senior Advocate Jaju Babu as the Advocate General and Advocate T. Asaf Ali as the Director General of...

"Met On Tinder, Stayed In Relationship For Over 3 Years": Calcutta High Court Acquits Army Officer In False Promise To Marry Case

The Calcutta High Court has acquitted an Army officer convicted for rape on the allegation that he established a physical relationship with a woman on a false promise of marriage, holding that the relationship, which began after the parties met on Tinder, was consensual and continued voluntarily for over three-and-a-half years.A Division Bench of Justices Arijit Banerjee and Apurba Sinha Ray...

'Involves Larger Public Interest': Gujarat High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Weapons Clerk Accused Of Issuing Bogus Arms Licenses

The Gujarat High Court denied anticipatory bail to a weapons clerk working in Uttar Pradesh government department in Etah, accused of forging arms licenses along with co-accused by allegedly misusing Government of India's NDAL-ALIS portal and receiving over Rs.98 Lakh as cash in such illegal transaction. NDAL-ALIS stands for National Database of Arms Licenses-Arms License Issuance System which...