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Chhattisgarh High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Self-Styled Godman Accused Of Inducing Doctor To Pay ₹25 Lakh For 'Divine Rituals'
The Chhattisgarh High Court has refused to quash an FIR against a person claiming to be a spiritual practitioner who was accused of inducing the complainant to give over ₹25 lakh by representing that he possessed divine and spiritual powers capable of resolving the complainant's family difficulties through religious rituals. The Court further observed that its inherent jurisdiction cannot...
Transfer Of Dissolved Society's Assets To Successor Company Valid: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that Section 13 of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 places no embargo on a society resolving to dissolve itself and to transfer its property to a company incorporated under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956. It held that once not less than three-fifths of the members resolve upon dissolution, the society stands dissolved forthwith, and the acquisition...
Allahabad High Court Asks UP Govt To Fix Conflict In Limitation Period For Recovering Panchayat Fund Losses From Pradhan
The Allahabad High Court has held that the period within which surcharge can be imposed on a Gram Pradhan for loss, waste or misapplication of Gram Panchayat money or property is governed by the proviso to Section 27 of the U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947, and not by the shorter period prescribed in the third proviso to Rule 257(2) of the U.P. Panchayat Raj Rules 1947. It held that the Rule is...
'Motivated': HP High Court Rejects PIL Challenging Procurement Of Infosys Software For Cooperative Bank, Forfeits ₹2 Lakh Deposit
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the State Cooperative Bank's procurement of the Infosys Finacle 10.02.25 Core Banking Software without an independent tendering process, holding that the petition was not a genuine public interest litigation but one driven by business rivalry and a deep-rooted private motive.A Division Bench of Chief...
Drunken Driving Case: High Court Denies Bail To Haryana Cop Accused Of Running Over Woman
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has declined regular bail to a serving Haryana Police official accused of causing the death of a 25-year-old woman by driving a car in an intoxicated condition and running over her after striking the e-rickshaw in which she was travelling.Justice Virinder Aggarwal said, "the petitioner is a serving police official, who is expected to uphold the rule of law...
'No Sexual Intent': Bombay High Court Drops POCSO Charge Against Youth Booked For Slapping, Abusing Minor In Filthy Language
The Bombay High Court recently dropped the sexual harassment charge under stringent Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against a 25-year-old boy, who was booked for allegedly slapping and abusing a minor girl in filthy language.Single-judge Justice Shivkumar Dige noted that the incident took place in 2020, when the applicant - Prasad Bade was 19 year old and the victim...
Probe Into Nedumangad Child Death Case Going On, Chargesheet Yet To Be Filed: Kerala Govt Tells High Court
The Kerala High Court was on Wednesday (August 5) informed by the State that it had not yet filed the chargesheet in the case relating to the alleged murder of a 1.5 year toddler on May 29, 2026 in Nedumangad, Thiruvananthapuram.The child died allegedly due to torture inflicted on him by his stepfather.When the matter came up today, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice...
ED Search, Freezing Action Not Purely Civil, Can Be Challenged Under Article 226 Read With S.482 CrPC: Karnataka High Court In Gameskraft's Case
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (August 5) held that a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution read with Section 482 CrPC, challenging Enforcement Directorate's search and freezing action under Section 17(1A) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) is maintainable. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 283]The single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna thus rejected ED's...
Allahabad High Court Bars Lucknow's Arya Samaj Mandir From Solemnizing Marriages Over Failure To Verify Marriageable Age Of Parties
The Allahabad High Court last week barred an Arya Samaj Mandir in Lucknow's Aliganj area from solemnizing marriages and issuing marriage certificates until further orders, after prima facie finding that it was solemnizing marriages without verifying the age of the persons concerned and whether they were of marriageable age. A Bench of Justice Rajnish Kumar and Justice Babita Rani passed...
'Prima Facie Aided In Commission Of Crime': Kerala High Court Refuses To Suspend Sentence Of Martin Antony In 2017 Actress Rape Case
The Kerala High Court has refused to suspend the 20 years sentence imposed upon Martin Antony, the 2nd accused in the 2017 Actress Assault case.He was one of the six persons, who were convicted by the Sessions Court, Ernakulam.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar dismissed the sentence suspension plea filed by Antony."On careful consideration of...
