MP High Court Declines To Quash FIR Against Preschool Director Booked For Violating Order To Disclose Book Prices, Sellers On Website

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered against the Director of Kangaroo Kids International Preschool, accused of disobeying a Collector's orders to disclose details of preschool books, their prices and particulars of sellers to ensure transparency and curb the arbitrary sale of educational material.While dismissing the writ petition filed by Kangaroo...

Actor Parambrata Chatterjee Moves Calcutta High Court Seeking Ancipatory Bail Over Alleged Social Media Posts On 2021 Post-Poll Violence

Actor-director Parambrata Chatterjee has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with an FIR registered over alleged provocative social media posts linked to the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal.The matter is slated to come up before the Bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee.The FIR was registered at Gariahat Police Station following a complaint by an...

Aadhaar Info Can Be Disclosed In Serious Forgery Cases With Safeguards; Accused Cannot Use Privacy As Shield: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that Aadhaar-related information may be disclosed for criminal investigation of cases involving serious allegations of forgery with necessary safeguards, observing that a person accused of forgery cannot get away, if he has committed the offence, on ground of protection of his right to privacy. A Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice Lisa Gill...

'Hate Speech' PILs | Selective Parts From Interviews Can Distort True Meaning: Assam CM Tells Gauhati HC, Seeks Full Transcripts

Responding to the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) pleas seeking action against his alleged hate speeches directed at minority communities, Assam CM Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has submitted before the Gauhati High Court that the accusations are based on photocopies of news clippings that extract isolated lines capable of distorting his true intent. In his affidavit, Chief Minister Sarma...

Within Four Walls, No Disturbance Of Public Peace: Why Allahabad HC Quashed NSA Detention Over Alleged Cow Slaughter

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday quashed a detention order passed under the National Security Act, 1980, against two men accused of cow slaughter, noting that the alleged act took place within the four boundaries of a house and not in a public place. A bench of Justice Rajeev Misra and Justice Dr Ajay Kumar-II thus allowed two habeas corpus writ petitions filed by Isham alias Isam...

Going To File Curative Petition Against Dashwanth's Acquittal In Minor Girl's Rape & Murder Case: State Tells Madras High Court

The Tamil Nadu government told the Madras High Court, on Wednesday (May 27) that it intends to file a curative petition against the acquittal of Dashwanth, the sole accused in the rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl in Chennai in 2017.The submission was made in a plea seeking directions to the state government to file such a curative petition against the acquittal of Dashwanth. The bench...

'Giving Utmost Priority To Crimes Against Women & Children, Will Develop Mechanisms For Speedy Trial': State Tells Madras High Court

The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday (May 27) informed the Madras High Court that it was giving top priority to cases of assault against women and children.Advocate General Vijay Narayan informed the vacation bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan that the government would be putting in mechanisms and proper infrastructure to ensure that the prosecution of...

FIR For Scheduled Offence Not Necessary For ED Investigation : Kerala High Court In CMRL Case

The Kerala High Court has held that the absence of an FIR for a scheduled offence does not bar the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from initiating investigation proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).Justice T.R. Ravi dismissed a writ petition filed by Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) and its officials challenging the ED proceedings initiated in connection with...

Honeymoon Murder Case | State Moves Meghalaya HC Against Shillong Court Order Granting Bail To Sonam Raghuwanshi

The State of Meghalaya has moved the Meghalaya High Court, challenging the Shillong Court's April order granting bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime suspect in the chilling May 2025 'honeymoon murder' of her husband, Raja Raghuwanshi.It may be noted that Raghuwanshi was granted the relief by the Addl. DC (Judicial), Shillong, primarily on the grounds that the police had failed to...

State Cannot Escape Liability For Unsafe Road Repair Work: Himachal Pradesh High Court Upholds Compensation For Youth Killed In Accident

The High Court of Himachal Pradesh has upheld compensation awarded to the mother of a 25-year-old man who died in a motorcycle accident caused by unsafe road repair work on National Highway-20, holding the State authorities and contractor negligent for failing to install warning signboards and adequate safety measures at the site. The Court observed that it was the duty of the authorities...

Bail Is The Rule: Allahabad HC Grants Relief To Accused Who Spent About A Year In Jail For 'Insulting' National Flag

The Allahabad High Court last week allowed the second bail plea of a man accused of uploading an image insulting the Indian National Flag by making a dog sit upon it, along with posting allegedly 'pro-Pakistan' content on his Facebook account. A bench of Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla granted relief to the accused, Vasik Tyagi, while relying on the Supreme Court's recent judgment in...

Twisha Sharma Dowry Death Case | MP High Court Quashes Anticipatory Bail Granted To Mother-In-Law Giribala Singh

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Wednesday (May 27), quashed the anticipatory bail granted to retired judge Giribala Singh by the Trial Court in her daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma's alleged dowry death case. The case is regarding the unfortunate death of a 33-year-old model-actress, Twisha Sharma, who was found hanging in her husband's residence on the night of May 12, within six months of...