Dignity Of Women Is Non-Negotiable: Uttarakhand High Court Slams Online Threats To Advocate Who Secured Acquittal In POCSO Case

The Uttarakhand High Court recently took strong exception to the spate of online rape and death threats issued against a woman advocate who appeared as counsel for the rape accused before the Supreme Court and secured acquittal judgement. Taking suo moto note of such online social media posts, the Court observed that the "dignity of women, by itself, and in the context of our culture,...

[S.125 CrPC] Application For Maintenance Against Minor Is Maintainable: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that application under Sections 125 and 128 CrPC seeking maintenance against minor are maintainable.While dealing with a case involving child marriage and a maintenance claim against a minor husband, Justice Madan Pal Singh held that“There is no bar in entertainment of application under Section 125 Cr.P.C. and Section 128 Cr.P.C. filed against...

Delhi High Court Forms Committee To Remove Encroachments, Rehabilitate Displaced Residents Near Tughlaqabad Fort

The Delhi High Court has constituted a Committee for conducting a survey and devising a joint policy decision for removal of illegal encroachments and rehabilitation of those who may be required to be uprooted and displaced in an around city's Tughlaqabad Fort.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that Tughlakabad Fort is an ancient...

MP High Court Grants Bail To Four Accused Of Abetting Borrower's Suicide Despite Video Note Naming Them

The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted anticipatory bail to 3 persons and regular bail to one, accused of abetting suicide of a borrower despite the latter's video suicide note alleging that they had threatened the deceased to pay more towards interest despite payment of principal amount. The court granted relief citing disputed facts, lack of criminal antecedents and observing that the...

Uttarakhand High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing IFS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi's Contempt Plea Against CAT

Justice Ravindra Maithani of the Uttarakhand High Court last week recused himself from hearing a contempt petition filed by Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi against members of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) and its registry. Justice Maithani is the third High Court judge to withdraw from a matter involving Chaturvedi. Earlier, in May 2023, Justice...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 22 – September 28, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 317 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 328 NOMINAL INDEX Mohammed Iqbal v. S Manonmanian, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 317 VP v. M, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 318 SGS and another v. NIL, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 319 Secretary to Government Education Department State of Tamil Nadu & Ors vs J. Augustin & Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 320 M/s.Sivakumar and Co., Perundurai Road,...

Delhi High Court Initiates Criminal Contempt Proceedings Against Lawyer For Calling Judiciary 'Corrupt'

The Delhi High Court has recently initiated criminal contempt proceedings against a lawyer who called the judiciary and judges corrupt and made scandalous allegations about the institution.Justice Amit Sharma said that prima facie, the lawyer had committed “criminal contempt” as defined in Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.The Court ordered that the matter be listed before...

Gujarat High Court Mandates 45-Year Minimum Age, 20 Yrs Practice For Senior Advocate Designation; Can't Appear For Mentioning

The Gujarat High Court has mandated that advocates applying for senior advocate designation must be of minimum 45-year age to claim eligibility, in its newly notified High Court of Gujarat (Designation of Senior Advocate) Rules, 2025.The Rules which were published and notified on September 17 states:"3. Eligibility condition for designation of Senior Advocate :(a) An advocate shall be eligible...

Himachal Pradesh High Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Convicts In Four-Year-Old Child's Murder Case

The Himachal Pradesh High Court commuted the death penalty awarded to Chander Sharma (26) and Vikrant Bakshi (22) in the 2014 Yug Gupta murder case, directing that they will serve life imprisonment “till their last breath.” The Court held that “…it is very difficult for us to proceed on the assumption that the convict had treated Yug with brutality justifying the imposition of...

Mother Silencing Minor Daughter, Permitting Accused To Sexually Assault Her Amounts To 'Abetment' Under POCSO Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the act of a mother of silencing her minor daughter and permitting an accused to sexually abuse and assault her amounts to “abetment” under Section 17 of the POCSO Act. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma upheld the conviction of a mother for abetting the rape of her 11 year old minor daughter for the offences under Section 6 read with 17 and 21 of the...

Habeas Corpus Maintainable In Illegal Detention Of Child By Parent, Can't Be Used To Enforce Foreign Court's Order: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the extraordinary power of the writ of Habeas Corpus can be availed in exceptional circumstances where the detention of a child by a parent or other person is found to be illegal but it cannot be used for mere enforcement of a foreign court's order. The petitioner father, approached the court alleging that his wife unlawfully and wrongfully...

'Disgraceful': Gujarat High Court Slams Lawyer For Creating False Demolition Panic, Moving Midnight Appeal

The Gujarat High Court deprecated the conduct of an advocate who claimed that due to non-grant of injunction order by trial court, the authorities would demolish his clients' flats overnight, noting that he misused the high court's machinery by moving an appeal late at night without even ascertaining the correct facts. Calling his conduct "deplorable" and "disgraceful" the court said that...