'Sheer Misuse Of Power': MP High Court Pulls Up Police For Slapping Organised Crime Charge Without Evidence, Grants Bail

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on January 14, granted bail to a man observing that the Investigating Agency had accused him of organized crime under Section 111(7) BNS without any material evidence terming it sheer misuse of powers. The bench of Justice Ramkumar Choubey observed, "Ofcourse, a person having criminal past must be dealt with hard hands, but not in this way when he is...

S. 309 CrPC | Timeline For Rape Trials Is To Ensure 'Speedy Justice' For Victim, Can't Be Leveraged For Automatic Bail: J&K&L High Court

Emphasizing victim protection over procedural shortcuts for the accused, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the timeline mandated under the proviso to Section 309 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) is designed to deliver speedy justice to victims and cannot be invoked to grant automatic bail to the accused merely due to a delay in completing the...

S.407 IPC | Diverting Goods Midway From Designated Delivery Point Is Misappropriation; Actual Sale, Disposal Not Mandatory: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Friday (January 16), held that the diversion of goods midway from the designated delivery point also constitutes misappropriation of goods, one of the essential ingredients of criminal breach of trust (section 407 IPC) and actual sale or disposal of good need not be established. The bench of Justice Rajesh Kumar Gupta emphasized that actual sale or disposal...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Round-Up : January 12 To January 18, 2026

Nominal Index:Ghulam Rasool Bhat Vs UT Of J&K 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 9Nazir Ahmad Bhat Vs Chairman/ Managing Director J&K Bank Corporate Office 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 10State Of J&K Vs Ahsan-ul-Haq 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 11Sarwa Zahoor Vs Deputy Director Enforcement Directorate & Anr 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 12Mehbooba Mufti vs Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 13M/S Ace Enterprises...

Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Against Manish Sisodia's 2020 Election Win, Says Mere Registration Of FIR Need Not Be Disclosed

The Delhi High Court has ruled that mere registration of an FIR does not imply pendency of a criminal case for the purpose of “disclosure” by an election candidate under Section 33A of Representation of Peoples Act. “It is only when charges are framed, or cognizance of the offence is taken by the Court, that the statutory obligation to disclose arises,” Justice Jasmeet Singh said....

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up : January 12 - January 18, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 22 - 31]V.K. Thajudheen and Ors. v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 22Tenny Jose v. Managing Partner, New Metalised Agency and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 23Choorapilan Jameela and Anr. v. Padavanna Shamseer and Ors. , 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 24Manden Babinesh and Ors. v. State of Kerala, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 25Sayed Hussain Hydrose Thangal v. K...

Bar Associations Do Not Perform Public Functions, Not State Under Article 12: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that Bar Associations do not perform public functions and are not a State or its instrumentality under Article 12 of the Constitution of India. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said that functions discharged by Bar Associations are to protect the interest of the individual lawyers and it cannot be termed to be...

Delhi High Court To Act On UK Court's Request To Record Witness Evidence In Nirav Modi's Bank Of India Trial

In a first, the Delhi High Court is set to act on the request of King's Bench Division of the Supreme Court of England and Wales for recording evidence of a witness located here in a litigation between fugitive diamond trader Nirav Modi and Bank of India over allegations of unpaid loan. Justice C Hari Shankar was dealing with a matter listed before him after a letter of request was received...

POCSO Act | MP High Court Grants Bail To Accused On Noting Suppression Of Victim's Age, Forged Aadhaar

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail application to a 34-year-old man accused of raping his 15-year-old wife, noting that the man was allegedly defrauded by the victim's family by forging her Adhaar Card and suppressing her age. The bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar observed;"FIR lodged at the instance of the applicant's side at Police Station Chhipa Barod, District Baran,...

Immoral Traffic Prevention Act | Major Victim Can't Be Detained In Protective Home Only For Lack Of Family: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court while observing that the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 is not meant to punish victims of sexual exploitation, ordered the release of a woman who was rescued during a police raid and was sent into the custody of a protection home on the ground that she has not source of income, nor family and thus she may again indulge in 'immoral' activities.Single-judge...

Victim's Statement Alone Can Sustain Charge Under SC/ST Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court in a recent decision held that an accused cannot be discharged merely because the statements of the witnesses do not disclose ingredients of the offence under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2018.Justice A. Badharudheen clarified that if the statement of the aggrieved person prima facie discloses...

'Nata Vivah' Recognised As Marriage: Rajasthan High Court Directs Family Pension To Deceased Govt Employee's Wife

Considering that Nata Vivah is also considered as a form of marriage in rural areas of Rajasthan, the Rajasthan High Court has directed grant of family pension to a woman, who performed the customary marriage with the deceased government employee.For context, Nata Vivah is a practice prevalent in some of the rural areas of Rajasthan where after death or separation from existing husband,...