Karnataka High Court Quashes POCSO Complaint Lodged By Sister Against Her Brothers Over Property Dispute

While quashing an FIR registered on the complaint of a woman under POCSO Act against her brothers, the Karnataka High Court noted that the siblings were fighting over property and it was in this light the crime was registered as a counter-blast which cannot be accepted. Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition and quashed the prosecution initiated against the petitioners under...

S.307 IPC | Framing Charges Doesn't Require Direct Evidence Of Intention Or Knowledge; Can Be Inferred From Circumstances: Patna HC

The Patna High Court has ruled that at the stage of framing charges under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, it is not necessary to prove by direct evidence that the accused had intention or knowledge to cause death; instead, it is sufficient if the materials show either intention or knowledge, which can be inferred from the surrounding circumstances.Justice Bibek Chaudhuri, presiding over...

Insurance Company Must Insist On Disclosure Of Specific Details, Can't Repudiate Policy Later On Grounds Of Suppression: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has held that if the insurance company wants specific details to be filed in the form for issuing insurance policy, it must insist upon the person seeking the policy to disclose the same. Once the policy has been issued to the person without disclosing such facts and premium has been recovered by the insurance company, it cannot repudiate the contract on grounds...

MP High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Reservation For Orphan Kids In Govt Jobs & Educational Institutions

The Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notice to the State government on a PIL seeking formulation of a proper policy for welfare and upliftment of Orphan children, including reservation for orphan students in Government, Non-Government Service, and Educational Institutions.A division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Vivek Jain was hearing a PIL filed by Disha Education...

Patna High Court Rejects Plea Against Birla Edutech For 'Commercializing Education', Says No Material To Show Violation Of CBSE Bye-Laws

In a plea seeking an inquiry against Birla Edutech Limited for allegedly commercializing education, the Patna High Court said that no blanket or fishing inquiry can be directed into all schools run under the franchisee Birla Open Minds without any specific material against it. The Court said that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) may initiate action only when specific material...

'Public Money Misused By State Govt': Rajasthan HC Halts Grant Of Scholarship To Students With Over ₹25 Lakh Annual Family Income

The Rajasthan High Court in an interim order has restrained the State government from granting benefits of Swami Vivekanand Scholarship for High Studies (earlier known as Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship) to any candidates falling under the E3 category having annual family income of more than 25 lakhs, till further orders.The court said so after noting that "millions of rupees" from...

Can't Challenge After Taking Benefit: Andhra Pradesh HC Upholds Rule On Commutation Of Govt Employees' Pension After 15 Years

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the validity of Rule 18 of the Andhra Pradesh Civil Pensions (Commutation) Rules which stipulates restoration of commuted portion of pension after 15 years from the effective date of commutation, on the grounds that the petitioners had themselves derived benefit from the rule and the prescribed 15 year period.The Court had to primarily determine...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Challenge To Provision On Limitation Under Contempt Of Courts Act

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the vires of Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act, noting that the petitioner did not raise any substantial grounds to challenge the validity of the provision.For context, Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act states that no court shall initiate any contempt proceedings after the expiry of a period of one year from the date on...

'Hate Speech; Working For Ghazwa-E-Hind': PIL In Allahabad HC Seeks SIT Probe Into Robert Vadra's Remarks On Pahalgam Attack

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been moved in the Allahabad High Court seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the recent remark by Businessman and husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, Robert Vadra, on the Pahalgam terror attack. The petition, filed by the Hindu Front For Justice (through its President, Advocate Ranjana Agnihotri), claims that...

Punjab & Haryana HC Quashes Unjust Cancellation Of Land Allotment By Haryana Govt, Grants ₹5 Lakh Compensation For Mental Trauma

The Punjab & Haryana High Court granted Rs. 5 Lakh compensation to a doctor for facing repeated trauma and harassment by the officials of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) who unjust cancelled the plot allotted for building a hospital.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Vikas Suri said, "Now for the prima facie commissions of torts of malfeasance, non-feasance and misfeasance,...

Forcing Couple To Live Together After Being Separated For 17 Yrs Is 'Fiction Supported By Legal Tie', Amounts To Cruelty: Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has dissolved the marriage of a couple who were living separately for the last 17 years, observing that compelling them to live together would be fiction supported by a legal tie and amounts to cruelty. Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur said, "the parties, who have been living separately since 2008, if compelled to live together, would become...

Meghalaya HC Closes Suo Motu PIL To Protect Wetlands In State After Noting None Of The Sites Fell Under Ramsar Convention

The Meghalaya High Court on April 29 (Tuesday) closed a PIL suo moto PIL to ensure that the Ramsar Convention wetland sites within the State are properly maintained and ensured, after accepting report by the Chief Conservator of Forests of the State Government which states that none of the wetlands in the State qualify as a Ramsar site.The said PIL was registered in pursuance of Supreme...