Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt To Pay ₹5 Lakh Compensation To Man Arrested & Detained 'Illegally' Despite Stay Order

The Allahabad High Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to pay Rs. 5 lakh as compensation to a man who was arrested and kept in 'illegal detention' by UP Police despite the HC's interim order staying his arrest.A bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi also directed that disciplinary proceedings be initiated against the concerned SHO for "dereliction in the...

'Striking Aspect': J&K&L High Court Notes FIR In Arms Recovery Case Preceded Occurrence Of Alleged Offence, Asks IO To Appear

While hearing a bail plea of an accused booked in an arms recovery case, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court remarked that a "striking aspect" emerging from the prosecution's record was that the registration of the FIR appears to have preceded the occurrence of the alleged offence itself.While hearing a bail application filed by an accused who has remained in custody since...

'Astonishing Recklessness': Karnataka High Court Orders Probe Against Cop For Charging Husband With Abetment To Suicide Though Wife Was Alive

Criticising the 'reckless' utilisation of police powers, the Karnataka High Court has recently quashed criminal proceedings against a husband who was charged with abetment of suicide under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 -despite the alleged victim (his wife) being alive. The single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna directed that the husband, languishing in jail for...

Kerala High Court Upholds Disability Pension For Army Veteran Discharged Due To Schizophrenia, Faults Unreasoned Medical Board Opinion

The Kerala High Court has reaffirmed that armed forces personnel invalided out of service due to schizophrenia are entitled to the benefit of statutory presumptions under military pension rules unless the authorities provide reasons to deny disability pension.A Division Bench comprising Justice K. Natarajan and Justice Johnson John dismissed a writ petition filed by the Union of India...

Revenue Authorities Can't Decide Title Disputes In Partition Proceedings: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that revenue authorities exercising powers under Section 178 of the MP Land Revenue Code cannot adjudicate disputed questions of title, and any person claiming to be a Bhumiswami without being recorded as such in revenue records must seek a declaration from a competent civil court. The bench of Justice Deepak Khot observed; "when the person has to assert...

Pendency Of Civil Dispute No Ground To Discharge Accused If Allegations Disclose Criminal Offence: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that criminal prosecution can be carried out even during pendency of civil dispute between parties if allegations make out punishable offence under criminal law. Justice Subhash Vidyarthi relied on Indian Oil Corpn. v. NEPC India Ltd. where the Supreme Court had held,“A given set of facts may make out: (a) purely a civil wrong; or (b) purely a...

Mere Presence Of Husband's Relatives At Marriage Ceremony Does Not By Itself Prove Instigation, Abetment To Commit Bigamy: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a woman's plea challenging acquittal of certain relatives in a bigamy case, holding that mere presence of family elders at a second marriage, or their failure to prevent it, does not by itself establish abetment or instigation to commit bigamy.Section 494 IPC penalises bigamy, i.e., marrying again during the subsistence of a valid first marriage,...

Rajasthan High Court Asks NLU Jodhpur To Inform On Issuance Of Mark-Sheet To Student Alleging Denial Of Gold-Medal During 2025 Convocation

While hearing a plea by an NLU Jodhpur student who has alleged denial of Gold Medal by the varsity in the 17th Convocation ceremony held in 2025, the Rajasthan High Court last week asked the varsity to complete its instructions with regard to issuance of mark-sheet to the student. For context, the high court had on November 6, 2025 issued notice on the student's plea. When the matter was...

Poverty Can't Defeat Right To Bail; Accused Can't Be Kept In Jail For Want Of Sureties: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the condition of furnishing sureties imposed on an accused, who was granted bail but was not released, since he was not in a position to furnish the sureties. The Court opined that poverty should not violate accused person's right to life and liberty under Article 21. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that no accused person could...

'Strikes At Very Core Of Dignity': Rajasthan High Court On Police Allegedly Humiliating Accused By Parading Him In Female Attire

The Rajasthan High Court has taken serious note of police authorities' alleged conduct of shaving an accused's head and forcefully making him parade in a crowded market-place in woman's clothes. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali opined the incident to be such that struck at the very core of human dignity and constitutional morality, and stated that the petitioner had the option of...

Court Decree Not Needed To Change Spouse Name In Passport After Muslim Personal Law Divorce : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that passport authorities cannot insist on a court-issued divorce decree for deleting a spouse's name from a passport when the marriage has already been dissolved through a legally recognised form of extra-judicial divorce under Muslim personal law.Justice Murali Purushothaman was delivering the judgment in a writ petition filed by a divorced Muslim woman...

In-Laws' Failure To Take Wife's Side In Marital Dispute Doesn't Constitute Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC: Bombay High Court

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court recently held that parents of a husband or his relatives, cannot be booked under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) just because they choose to remain quiet, refrain from taking sides or be a 'passive spectator' in a crossfire of allegations between the husband and the wife. The High Court, therefore, quashed a First Information Report...