High Courts
Give Written Note Of Surrender Date To Convict During Release On Parole, Furlough To Avoid Ambiguity: Delhi High Court To Jail Authorities
The Delhi High Court has directed the jail authorities in the national capital to ensure that a written note of date of surrender is handed over to the convict at the time of releasing him or her on parole or furlough after taking their acknowledgement to avoid any ambiguity.Justice Girish Kathpalia said that in various cases, it is seen that due to illiteracy and ignorance, the convict...
Nation Drifting Towards 'Police Raj'? Madras High Court Criticises Snail Pace Investigation In Kidnapping Case Involving MLA, ADGP
The Madras High Court has criticised the 'snail pace' investigation being carried out in a kidnapping case, allegedly involving MLA 'Poovai' Jaganmoorthy and ADGP HM Jayaram. Justice G Jayachandran remarked that it was not a regular case which could be closed on a compromise between the parties, but was a classic case of abuse of Government machinery to commit a crime. The court...
High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Alleged Fake Encounter By Punjab Police
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a plea as withdrawn by the petitioner, seeking a CBI probe into an alleged fake encounter carried out by the Punjab Police.The police party was allegedly the same as the one accused of assaulting Col. Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son.Justice Sanjay Vashisth during the hearing orally observed that the petitioner has no relation with the deceased...
'Nothing More Vital Than Human Health': Bombay HC Notes Adverse Effects Of Pigeon Droppings; Stay On Demolition Of 'Kabutarkhanas' To Continue
While hearing petitions both in favour and against the decision of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over demolition of Kabutarkhanas (pigeon feeding enclosures) in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court on July 24 (Thursday) opined that if there is a hazard or potential for such hazard by breeding of pigeons and congregating them in Kabutarkhanas, certainly it is a matter of grave...
NDPS Act| Court Flooded With Pleas Where Accused Arrayed In FIR On Recovery From Other, High Court Seeks Response From Punjab Suspecting Misuse Of Law
Observing a growing number of cases where accused are arrayed in FIRs despite no recovery of contraband being made from them personally, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought a response from the Punjab Government on the suspected misuse of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.The Court granted interim-anticipatory bail in a drugs case pertaining to...
Whether Family Court Have Jurisdiction To Decide Validity Of Adoption Deed? Punjab & Haryana High Court Explains
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that the Family Court established under the Family Court Act do not have jurisdiction to decide the validity of Adoption Deed. A bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Rohit Kapoor said, "Parliament in its wisdom, did not vest the Family Courts with the jurisdiction to adjudicate the matters pertaining...
Transgender Person Moves Madras High Court Alleging Medical College Withheld Original Documents, Demanded Arbitrary Fee
The Madras High Court has issued notice on a plea filed by a transgender person, claiming that the medical college where they were pursuing their medical degree had withheld their original documents and made an arbitrary fee demand. Justice C Kumarappan has issued notices, returnable by 7th August, 2025, to the Health and Family Welfare Department, Social Welfare and Woman...
P&H HC Seeks State's Response On Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Rule Exempting Private Schools From Reserving Seats For Weaker Sections Of Students
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice to the Punjab Government on a petition seeking a CBI probe into the insertion of a rule with "ulterior motive" that allegedly exempts private schools from reserving seats for students belonging to the weaker sections. The Punjab Government had introduced Rule 7 (4) of Punjab Right To Education Rules, 2011, due to which children belonging to...
'Errors In Administrative Judgement Should Not Attract Severest Punishments': J&K&L HC Quashes Retrospective Dismissal Of Retired Employee
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court took strong exception to the retrospective dismissal of the officer, passed after his retirement and noted that the punishment imposed was not commensurate with the nature of the alleged lapses.The petitioner, a bank officer with nearly three decades of unblemished service, was dismissed from service following a departmental enquiry over sanctioning...
Complainant's Incarceration Is A Valid Reason To Allow Condonation Of Delay: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a complainant's time in jail is a valid reason to excuse delay in filing appeals, even if a special power of attorney was appointed to represent him. Justice Sanjay Dhar made this observation while allowing two criminal appeals seeking restoration of cheque bounce complaints that were earlier dismissed for non-prosecution.While...
Taunting Wife Over Dark Complexion, Inability To Cook Is Not 'High Degree Harassment' To Constitute Abetment Or Cruelty: Bombay HC
Taunting a woman about her complexion and inability to prepare food properly are 'domestic quarrels' and the same cannot be a ground to invoke sections 498-A (harassment) and 306 (abetment to suicide) if the woman dies by suicide, the Bombay High Court held recently, while acquitting a man of a 27-year-old case. Single-judge Justice Shriram Modak said the allegations that the appellant...
S.223 BNSS | Cognizance Can't Be Taken On Complaint Without Giving Notice To Accused: Delhi High Court
Comparing the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, the Delhi High Court has held that cognizance cannot be taken on a complaint before giving notice to the accused under the new law. “Thus, it may be concluded that Section 223 BNSS has reiterated the procedural framework of Section 200 Cr.P.C. with regard to examination of the Complainant and...