30 Years On, Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction Of Police ASI For Accepting ₹5,000 Bribe

The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) in a corruption case dating back nearly three decades.A bench of Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha held that minor inconsistencies in witness testimony cannot eclipse clear proof of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification."A whole reading of the entire materials on record would only show...

Convoy Attack Case | 'No Coercive Steps' Against LoP Suvendu Adhikari Till Feb 19: State Gives Assurance In Calcutta High Court

In a reprieve for West Bengal's Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Suvendu Adhikari, the State Government today assured the Calcutta High Court that no coercive action will be taken against the BJP leader until the next scheduled hearing on his plea on February 19, 2026.Adhikari approached the HC last week seeking protection against alleged coercive actions by the police in connection with...

Oral Evidence Can't Prove Citizenship Without Documentary Linkage: Gauhati High Court Dismisses Challenge To Foreigners' Tribunal Opinion

The Gauhati High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging a Foreigners' Tribunal opinion, holding that the petitioner had “miserably failed” to prove that he is a citizen of India and born out of bona fide citizens, and finding no perversity or error on the face of the record in the Tribunal's decision declaring him a foreigner A division bench comprising Justice Kalyan Rai Surana...

Marriage Can't Be Dissolved By Way Of Affidavit Made Before Notary: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that a marriage cannot be dissolved by way of an affidavit made before a Notary, and that in the absence of any material showing invocation of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, a claim of divorce based merely on a notarised affidavit cannot be accepted. Setting aside the Family Court's maintenance order, the Court found that the Respondent's...

'Unfortunate That Victim Was Tutored By Own Mother To Depose Falsely': Madras High Court Overturns Father's POCSO Conviction

The Madras High Court recently overturned the conviction of a father under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly sexually assaulting his minor daughter. Justice Sunder Mohan noted that the statement of the witnesses including the victim and the mother, was exaggerated, with malafide and was made only to wreak vengeance against the father...

Delhi High Court Issues Summons In Rani Kapur's Suit Against Priya Kapur, Karisma Kapoor's Children Over 'Fraudulent' Family Trust

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued summons in a suit moved by late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's mother, Rani Kapur against her daughter-in-law Priya Kapur and actress Karisma Kapoor's children alleging that they orchestrated a “fraudulent family trust” to unlawfully strip her of her entire estate.Justice Mini Pushkarna directed the defendants to file written statements in the suit...

Madras High Court Refuses To Direct Gold Medal Despite Student's Higher Marks, Cites Academic Autonomy

The Madras High Court recently observed that conferring a gold medal on students is an academic matter which should be left to the academicians. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy observed that there was no legal right involved in getting a gold medal and it was only a competition between the students involved. The court thus took a different view than the one taken by the Delhi...

Right Of Land Losers To Rehabilitation & Employment Flows From Article 21; Arbitrary Denial Violates Articles 14, 15, 21: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the right of land losers— to acquire rehabilitation and employment— is a logical corollary of Article 21, and denial of such a benefit is violative of Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution.In this regard, Justice Arvind Kumar Verma explained,“Right of the land losers to get employment as per the rehabilitation policy is extremely...

Judgment Debtor Can't Be Sent To Civil Prison For Wilful Disobedience Of Decree Without Notice Or Hearing: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently quashed and set aside an order passed by a Civil Court in Nanded, which imposed a punishment of one month civil prison on four members of a family for failing to abide by a decree passed against them. Sitting at Aurangabad, single-judge Justice Siddheshwar Thombre quashed and set aside an order passed on April 18, 2023 against Purbha and Damu Dhutde and...

Delhi High Court Rejects Sameer Wankhede's Defamation Suit Against Netflix Series 'Ba***ds of Bollywood'

The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected the suit filed by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede over his allegedly defamatory portrayal in the Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood” directed by Aryan Khan. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav refused to entertain the suit on grounds of jurisdiction and returned the plaint to Wankhede in order to approach the court of competent jurisdiction.“The...

Court Employee Can't Pursue LLB As Regular Student In Violation Of Service Rules: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside a single judge order permitting a probationary employee (Respondent-1) of the Principal District and Session Court to attend his third-year of LLB course as a regular student, holding that such permission has direct implications on administrative discipline, office functioning, and statutory compliance.In September 2022, Respondent-1 was appointed as...

S.138 NI Act | Only Payee Or Holder In Due Course Can File Complaint; 3rd Party Lacks Locus Even If Transaction Affects Him: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday clarified that a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, is not maintainable by a third party even if the transaction affects him and that the same must be filed either by the payee or the holder in due course of the cheque. The bench of Justice Samit Gopal added that an authorised representative of the payee or holder...