Karnataka High Court Quashes Second FIR Against BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Over Speech About Prophet Muhammad

The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed a second FIR registered against senior BJP MLA Basanagouda R. Patil (Yatnal) over an alleged speech on Muslim Prophet, delivered during a Ramanavami event in Hubballi last year. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 434]The single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna held that since an earlier FIR registered in Vijayapura on the exact same speech had already...

Police Can Seek Permission To Probe Non-Cognizable Offences Without First Referring Informant To Magistrate: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a permission under Section 155 (2) CrPC to investigate non-cognizable offences can be sought by a Station House Officer, and an investigation initiated pursuant to such permission is valid in law.“Permission under Section 155(2) of the Cr.P.C. may be sought either by the informant or by the Station House Officer. Therefore, it is not necessary that...

Kerala High Court Constitutes Special Task Force To Tackle Munnar, Vagamon Government Land Encroachments

The Kerala High Court recently proposed the constitution of a Special Task Force to implement the recommendations of various government committees/officers on the issue of illegal encroachments in Munnar, Vagamon and nearby areas in Idukki district.The Munnar Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice Basant Balaji was considering various connected matters, including a...

High Court Bars 300 Advocates From Voting In Oudh Bar Polls; Directs UP Bar Council To Develop Online COP Verification System

The Allahabad High Court has barred 300 advocates from voting in the upcoming Oudh Bar Association elections scheduled for October 28 over issues with their Certificates of Practice (COP).The Court has also directed the Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council to develop an online COP verification system within six months. A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla passed the order in...

No Stay For Now On Investigation Into SC/ST Act FIR Lodged By ACP Vivek Bhagat Against Woman Journalist: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that there will be no stay on the investigation in the FIR lodged by Delhi Police's ACP Vivek Bhagat under the SC/ST Act against a woman journalist who accused him of sexual harassment during CEC protest.Justice Mini Pushkarna issued notice on the pleas filed by the woman journalist as well as another male journalist- owner of the organization...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging 18% GST On Online Legal Research Database

The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea challenging the levy of 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online legal research and legal educational data based services.The Court questioned as to why the advocate who filed the plea in 2026 had suddenly become aware of the alleged unreasonableness of the tax when the tax rates were in force since...

Even Small-Scale Land Acquisition Must Follow Due Procedure, Right To Property Can't Be Deprived Except As Per Law: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the right to property under Article 300-A of the Constitution cannot be disregarded merely because a small portion of land is being acquired. It observed that deprivation of property must not only be authorised by law but must also follow the procedure established by law, even where the acquisition serves a larger public interest.The Court...

Mere Possibility Of Communal Disturbance Not Enough For Criminal Prosecution Over Social Media Post: Bombay High Court

Allegations must satisfy essential ingredients of penal provisions invoked, Court held.

Personal Monetary Benefit To Each Accused Not Necessary For Probe Into Cheating, Forgery, Conspiracy: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that personal monetary gain by each accused is not necessary for investigating offences of cheating, forgery, or criminal conspiracy. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 430]The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi refused to quash an FIR alleging conspiracy to execute a lease deed for government land using allegedly forged revenue records. "It is also not necessary that...

Officer Who Supervised Recruitment Can't Order Probe Into Its Irregularities: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has quashed a preliminary enquiry into alleged irregularities in the 2013 recruitment process for the post of Junior Assistant, holding that an officer who supervised the recruitment could not subsequently order an enquiry into the same process when doing so gave rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.A single-judge bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand reiterated...

PMLA | Stay Of Predicate Offence Not Equivalent To Quashing: Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash ED Summons

The Karnataka High Court has held that an interim order staying proceedings in a predicate offence acts only as a “temporary eclipse” and cannot be equated with the quashing of a case, thereby keeping Enforcement Directorate (ED) proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) alive. Justice Ravi V Hosmani was hearing a writ petition filed by builders, accused of cheating...

Accused Being An Alcoholic Does Not Justify Fabricating Sexual Assault Allegations To 'Teach Him Lesson': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a man accused of sexually assaulting his minor daughter, observing that being an alcoholic and allegedly harassing family members cannot, by themselves, justify levelling serious allegations against him merely to teach him a lesson. The Court found material inconsistencies and improvements in the statements of the complainant and the victim, which...