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Removal Of Court Employee For Off-Duty Incident After Two Decades Of Service 'Shockingly Disproportionate': Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the removal of a court employee over a single incident outside working hours, after more than two decades of service and in the absence of any earlier adverse record, was shockingly disproportionate. The Court set aside the penalty while leaving the findings of misconduct undisturbed.It also held that Rule 7(4) of the Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Courts...
Mere Use Of Abusive Language Not Criminal Intimidation Or Intentional Insult Under BNS: Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR
The Karnataka High Court has held that the mere use of abusive or intemperate language would not, by itself, constitute the offence of intentional insult or criminal intimidation in the absence of specific statutory ingredients.Justice Suraj Govindaraj was hearing a criminal petition filed by a man, seeking to quash criminal proceedings initiated against him by his neighbour following a...
Further Investigation Into Ancillary Terror Links Does Not Render Chargesheet Incomplete For Default Bail Claim: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has upheld the denial of default bail to three accused facing prosecution under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA), holding that the investigating agency's continued efforts to establish their links with slain or absconding terrorists did not, by itself, render the chargesheet incomplete.A Division Bench comprising Justice...
Removal Of Undergarment Without Further Act Amounts To 'Attempt To Commit Sexual Assault' Under POCSO Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that removing a child's undergarment with sexual intent, without proceeding to any further act, amounts to an attempt to commit sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The Court reduced the sentence of a man convicted in a case involving a three-and-a-half-year-old girl from five years to three-and-a-half years'...
12-Month Limitation To Recover Maintenance Arrears Runs From Date Of Order, Not Previous Period From When It Is Awarded: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that the date for calculating the limitation period of 12 months prescribed under proviso to Section125(3) CrPC, is the one on which the order awarding maintenance is passed and not the date from which such maintenance is calculated. Proviso to Section 125(3), CrPC, prescribed a period of limitation of 12 months for seeking recovery of the amount due under...
Executive Magistrate's Inquest Report Only Aids Probe, Cannot Substitute Police's Final Report: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that an Inquest Report prepared under Section 174 CrPC (corresponding to Section 194 BNSS) is merely a fact-finding report meant to aid the investigation and does not conclude the investigative process or substitute a final report. Consequently, Justice Suraj Govindaraj directed the police to complete the probe and file final report before the Additional...
Mother Has Right To Decide Whether To Bring Child Into World If Child Won't Have Normal Life : Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently permitted termination of a 28-week pregnancy, after noting that the foetus had substantial abnormalities. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 511] Justice PT Asha held that the mother had a right to decide if she wanted to bring the child into the world, especially when the child would not be able to live a normal life. “In the instant case, the scan reports...
Advocate's Duty To Maintain Client Confidentiality Doesn't End With Service, Remains Perpetual: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that an advocate's obligation to maintain confidentiality regarding client communications and professional advice does not cease upon termination of employment and remains perpetual. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 424]Remarking that the petitioner's conduct in raising the matter relating to his former employer was "highly objectionable and reprehensible", the...
Madras High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Using AI Videos Of CM Joseph Vijay To Scam Public
The Madras High Court, on Friday (October 23), granted bail to a Rajasthani man who allegedly created fake AI videos of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay and scammed people by collecting money in his name. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 510]Justice N Ramesh granted conditional bail, directing the applicant to report to the jurisdictional police daily until further orders. The court also asked...
Red Sanders Smuggling: AP High Court Upholds Preventive Detention, Says Delay In Deciding Detenu's Representation Satisfactorily Explained
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the 12-month preventive detention of a man accused of involvement in multiple cases of smuggling red sandalwood, holding that a satisfactorily explained delay in deciding a representation against preventive detention does not vitiate the detention order. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 258]In examining the delay, the Court found that the authorities had...
Motor Accident | Vehicle Owner's Lack Of Personal Assets Can't Be A Ground To Deny 'Pay And Recover' Relief: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that the financial incapacity or lack of personal assets of an offending vehicle owner cannot be a ground to deny the equitable doctrine of “Pay and Recover” to an innocent third-party victim of a motor accident. “The legal proposition in this regard is well settled: even where a fundamental breach of policy conditions is established, such as the...
