Karnataka High Court Quashes Immoral Trafficking Case Against Lodge Owners, Cites Absence Of Woman In Raiding Team

The Karnataka High Court quashed an FIR under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act against two men who were running a lodge over allegations of carrying prostitution at the premises, after noting that the raiding party was not accompanied by women as mandated by the provisions.Consequently, Justice Venkatesh Naik T allowed the criminal petition filed by the two men.Referring to several rulings...

Kerala High Court Seeks State's Response To Ex-DGP Tomin Thachankary's Plea To Go Abroad For Rejoining Work

The Kerala High Court on Saturday (October 24) sought the response of the State to a plea preferred by ex-Director General of Police Tomin J. Thachankary seeking to go abroad for rejoining his work.Thachankary has sought to modify the conditions imposed by the Court while suspending the sentence awarded to him by the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Kottayam in...

Allottee Must Be Compensated For Investment If Advertisement Is Withdrawn Due To Authority's Own Fault: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where an advertisement is cancelled after a Letter of Intent has been issued, and the cancellation is the authority's own fault rather than any breach by the allottee, the allottee must be compensated for what he has spent in complying with the Letter of Intent. Moulding the relief under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Court awarded...

Mediation Process Can't Be Used As Ruse To Secure Adjournments: Karnataka High Court Dismisses Husband's Plea To Quash Cruelty Case

The Karnataka High Court has held that a party cannot invoke mediation process as a ruse to secure adjournments and delay proceedings by deliberately failing to participate. It thus dismissed the plea to quash criminal proceedings against the petitioner in a dowry harassment case.Justice Suraj Govindaraj observed that once the parties consent to refer a dispute to mediation, they are...

'Abuse Of Process': Karnataka High Court Quashes Criminal Case Over Business Dispute Pending Before Arbitrator

The Karnataka High Court has quashed an FIR and subsequent criminal proceedings against the partners and directors of Shalimar Agarbatti Company, holding that a purely civil dispute arising from a Business Transfer Agreement (BTA) cannot be given a criminal colour. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 426]The single-judge Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna observed that the complainant, a family member involved...

Postal Receipt Alone Cannot Establish Service Of Court Summons: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a postal receipt by itself does not establish due service of a court summons, setting aside an order rejecting the government's plea to condone a 110-day delay in seeking to set aside an ex-parte decree.Justice Rajesh Sekhri observed that before raising a presumption of service under Section 27 of the General Clauses Act, 1897,...

Minor's Marriage Alone Cannot Establish Human Trafficking Without Proof Of Monetary Consideration: Rajasthan High Court Suspends Sentence

The Rajasthan High Court has suspended the sentence imposed upon two men convicted in relation to human trafficking of a minor, opining that mere existence of marriage with a minor could not dispense with the prosecution's obligation to prove the essential ingredients of the substantive allegations against the convicts. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali observed that the Court must...

'Self-Negligence': Gujarat High Court Rejects Compensation Claim By Heirs Of Auto-Rickshaw Driver Killed At Unmanned Railway Crossing

The Gujarat High Court upheld the dismissal of a claim petition filed by heirs of an auto-driver who died after being hit by a train while trying to cross unmanned railway crossing in the vehicle, observing that the accident was caused due to the driver's own negligence. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 293]Justice J.C. Doshi observed that a joint reading of Section 161 (Punishment for negligently...

LiveLaw Karnataka High Court Weekly Round Up: October 12 - October 18, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 422 to 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 441NOMINAL INDEXROBIN KHANDELWAL VS DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT, SRIKRISHNA RAMESH @ SRIKI VS DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 422SANJAY, PATIL VS STATE OF KARNATAKA & ANOTHER, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 423PRITESH BARI VS STATE OF KARNATAKA & ANOTHER, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 424SRI MAHABALESHWAR AND ANOTHER VS. SRI MANOJ KUMAR...

Meghalaya High Court Quashes POCSO Case Against Man Living With Survivor As Husband Since 2017

The Meghalaya High Court has quashed a POCSO case involving a couple living together as husband and wife since 2017, after considering the survivor's informed consent, the police verification report and the circumstances of their family.Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere, referring to the Court's earlier ruling in Shri Shalenbor Wahlang v. State of Meghalaya, observed that the survivor and...

Allahabad High Court Declares Mandatory Injury Report Requirement Under UP Financial Assistance Scheme For POCSO Survivors 'Unconstitutional'

The Allahabad High Court has declared 'unconstitutional' the mandatory requirement under the Uttar Pradesh Rani Lakshmi Bai Mahila Evam Bal Samman Kosh Scheme, 2015, to submit an injury report indicating penetrative sexual assault to claim financial assistance for child sexual assault survivors.A Bench of Justice Saral Srivastava and Justice Garima Prashad held that the condition was...

Bombay High Court Seizes Phone After Advocate's Clerk Caught Recording Court Proceedings, Fines Both

The Bombay High Court recently ordered the seizure of a mobile handset and further imposed cost of Rs 10,000 on an advocate's clerk caught videorecording the court proceedings, purportedly on instructions of a Junior Advocate. The High Court also imposed cost of Rs 25,000 on the said Junior Advocate.A division bench of Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Dr Neela Gokhale in its October 19...