Rajasthan High Court Quashes Cruelty & Abetment Charge Against Husband, Says Suicide Notes Show Wife Was Happy With Him

Rajasthan High Court quashed criminal proceedings against a husband for abetting suicide of his wife after noting that the suicide notes written by the deceased indicated that she was in a happy relationship with the accused and was not tortured or harmed nor did he demand dowry from her and instigate her to commit suicide. On the contrary the court noted that as per evidence the deceased had...

Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : April 20 – April 26, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 48 - 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 56Nominal IndexTelangana Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 48Late Padmashree Dr. B.S. Choubey Memorial Trust & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 49The Indian Hume Pipe Co. Ltd. v. M/s. B. Ram Reddy Infra & Ors. , 2026 LiveLaw (Tel)...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Punjab To Release Pending DA/DR, Quashes Staggered Pension Arrears Plan

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the State of Punjab to release all pending installments of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) to its employees and pensioners in line with the Central Government pattern, holding that financial constraints cannot be a ground to deny accrued service benefits.The Court also struck down the State's “Liquidation Plan” dated February...

Preventive Detention During Ongoing Proceedings U/S 129 BNSS Must Meet Strict Legal Standards To Be Lawful: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that though preventive detention under the Public Safety Act can be invoked even when proceedings under Section 129 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 are ongoing, such detention must satisfy strict legal standards, failing which it would be rendered unlawful.The Court emphasised that the existence of parallel...

Married Woman Mature Enough To Understand Consequences: P&H High Court Quashes Rape On Pretext Of Marriage Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a criminal complaint and summoning order against a man accused of rape on the pretext of marriage, holding that a married woman, who had not obtained divorce from her estranged husband, could not be said to have acted under a “misconception of fact” while consenting to a sexual relationship.Justice N.S. Shekhawat noted, "the prosecutrix herself...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: April 20 - April 26, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 115 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 125Nominal IndexNeetu Parmar v Varshagadekar 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 115Radheshyam Verma v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 116Ankur Joshi v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 117Himanshu Katare v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 118H v W and S 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 119Atul Anupam Abraham v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 20 To April 26, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 396 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 424NOMINAL INDEXShri Mohkam Singh v. Delhi Jal Board 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 396 CBI v. Kuldeep Singh & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 397 Rajkiran Yadav v. State Bank Of India Through Its Chief General Manager And Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 398 Gur Kaur Minor & Ors. v. Union Of India & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 399 ALLU ARJUN v. FRANKLY...

Firing In Air During Wedding Without Intention To Cause Injury Not Enough To Constitute Attempt To Murder Charge: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that merely firing in air during a wedding function without any intention to cause injury to anyone is not enough to constitute charge of attempt to murder under Section 307 IPC. In doing so the court quashed charge of attempt to murder against six persons who were booked for firing in the air during a wedding function, noting that there was no intention on...

'Wasting Judicial Time': Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Reward From CBI For Tip-Off On Illegal Luxury Car Imports

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea filed by a man seeking a cash reward from the Central Bureau of Investigation for giving information regarding an illegal import of luxury cars. Justice AD Jagadish Chandira took note of the CBI's submission that it did not have any scheme for the grant of a reward to informers. Though the petitioner argued that he had received such a reward...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Appoints Wife As Guardian Of Comatose Husband, Permits Access To Bank Accounts

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has appointed a wife (petitioner 1) as the legal guardian of her husband— who had been in a persistent vegetative state and required further medical treatment, and has thereby, allowed her to access his bank account for medical treatment and household expenses.The husband of petitioner 1, and father of their children (petitioners 2 and 3) was in a...

Delhi High Court Closes Lawrence Bishnoi's Plea Against Web Series; Allows Him To Intervene In Zee5's Challenge To Centre's Advisories

The Delhi High Court on Monday closed a petition filed against the release of upcoming web series “Lawrence of Punjab” on OTT platform ZEE5, owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. The web series was scheduled for release on April 27.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav disposed of the plea filed by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi opposing the release, after Zee5 said that it is in the...

Noida Workers Protest: Madras High Court Refuses To Examine Legality Of UP Police's Arrest In Trichy Despite Lack Of Transit Remand

The Madras High Court, on Monday (April 27), disposed of a habeas corpus petition challenging the arrest and custody of the prime accused in the Noida Workers Protest case, despite the rejection of a transit remand by the Tiruchirappalli Magistrate Court. The bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh and Justice KK Ramakrishnan noted that the Magistrate, Gautham Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh,...