Delhi High Court Bats For Safe Digital Space For Children, Says Cyberbullying Can Be As Scarring As Physical Violence

The Delhi High Court has called for providing safe digital space for children, while emphasizing that such protection cannot be restricted to physical spaces alone.“Thus, this Court is also of the view that creating a safe environment for children cannot be restricted to physical spaces alone. The modern world demands that equal protection be extended to digital spaces, where children are...

Delhi High Court Orders Zee Media To Broadcast Businessman Vikas Garg's Response To Allegedly Defamatory Video Aired Against Him

The Delhi High Court has ordered Zee Media Corporation, which owns and runs Zee News and Zee Business channels, to air the response of businessman Vikas Garg, to an alleged defamatory video run by the channels against him.Justice Amit Bansal passed the order in a plea moved by Garg, who is currently under ED scanner in alleged Mahadev betting app case.Zee had published news about him in...

Rithanya Dowry Death Case: Madras High Court Seeks Comprehensive Postmortem Report, Criticizes Investigating Agency's 'Mechanical' Attitude

Expressing dissatisfaction with how the postmortem report was filed in the dowry-related death of Rithanya in Tiruppur last month, the Madras High Court, on Thursday, ordered a comprehensive forensic report to be filed. Justice M Nirmal Kumar said that the postmortem report was not complete and did not contain details about the physical abuse that was allegedly meted out to...

Husband's Friend Is Not His Relative, Can't Be Booked U/S 498A IPC: Bombay High Court

A male friend of the husband is not his relative and thus cannot be booked under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), held the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently, while quashing a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against a man booked under the said offence. A division of Justices Anil Pansare and Mahendra Nerlikar noted that one of the applicants before it was...

'Case Of Hurt Ego': MP High Court Quashes Suspension Of Cooperative Bank's CEO Who Refused MLA's Demand To Cancel Clerk's Transfer

The Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed the suspension of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of District Central Cooperative Bank in Sidhi, observing that the action was not passed in the course of exercise of routine administrative functions but rather "passed in exercise of excessive powers and actuated by bias and at behest of MLA". The petitioner had moved a writ petition challenging the...

PCS Rules| Criminal Proceedings Unrelated With Service Can't Be Basis Of Withholding Gratuity: P&H High Court

In a significant interpretation of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that criminal proceedings unrelated to an employee's official duties cannot be used as a ground to withhold gratuity.The deceased employee's family was denied gratuity because appeal against acquittal in a criminal case was pending before the Supreme Court. The Court directed...

Wife Accusing Husband Of Impotency In Divorce Proceedings Not Defamation: Bombay High Court

A wife in her divorce petition or FIR, stating that her husband is 'impotent' would not amount to defamation, the Bombay High Court held recently while quashing a defamation case against a woman, her brother and father. Single-judge Justice Shriram Modak held that a wife making an allegation that her husband is impotent and this has caused mental cruelty to her, is justified. "In a Hindu...

Madras High Court Dismisses Plea To Regulate Media Reporting Of Aviation Accidents

The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea calling upon the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Director General of Civil Aviation, and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to issue necessary guidelines/advisories for media reporting in the aftermath of aviation accidents. The bench of Chief Justice MM Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan dismissed the plea...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Half Yearly Digest: January - June, 2025

Citations [2025 LiveLaw (PH) 01 - 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 261]24X7 Helpline, Decide Representation In 3 Days: Punjab & Haryana HC Issues Guidelines To State, Police For Runaway Couples Seeking ProtectionTitle: XXX v. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERSCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 01The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a slew of guidelines to be followed by the State and Police when it is...

Law Graduate Files PIL For Accountability In Dowry Complaints, Kerala High Court Seeks State's Stand On Publication Of Action Taken Data

A law graduate and public policy professional has moved the Kerala High Court seeking a direction to the State to bring in accountability regarding the complaints made pursuant to Rule 5 of the Kerala Dowry Prohibition Rules, 2004 and the action taken on the same.Rule 5 lays down the procedure for filing a complaint by the party, parent or relative before the regional dowry...

'Derogatory' To Assume Slum Dwellers Are More Likely To Associate With Criminals: P&H High Court Grants Bail To Juvenile In Drugs Case

In a significant observation against stereotyping marginalized communities, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that it is arbitrary to assume that individuals living in slum areas are more likely to come into contact with criminals. The Court made the observation while granting bail to a Child In Conflict With Law (CICL) in an NDPS Act case involving 39.7 kg Ganja- commercial...

'Mattress Is A Basic Need': AP High Court Laments Improper Bedding In Govt Hostels, Seeks Status Report

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has expressed dismay over the improper bedding conditions provided to students residing in government-run hostels, where they are made to sleep on a dhari instead of mattresses.Noting that letting children sleep without mattresses contravenes guidelines of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh...