S.125 CrPC | Husband's Detention For Failure To Pay Maintenance Can't Become Indefinite Punitive Imprisonment: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that imprisonment in maintenance execution proceedings is merely a coercive mechanism intended to secure compliance and cannot be converted into indefinite punitive detention. The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi ordered the release of a labourer who had remained incarcerated since October 2025 for non-payment of maintenance arrears to his wife and...

NDPS Act | Section 52A Lapses Alone Cannot Vitiate Prosecution Or Render Evidence Inadmissible: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that infractions relating to Section 52A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 cannot, by themselves, nullify a prosecution under the NDPS Act, observing that the provision is intended primarily for safe disposal of seized narcotic substances and that procedural lapses must be assessed in the context of the...

Omission Of S.19(3) Of Agrarian Reforms Act Revived Civil Court Jurisdiction Over Possession-Based Injunction Suits: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a civil suit seeking permanent prohibitory injunction to protect possession over land remains maintainable before a civil court notwithstanding the provisions of the Jammu & Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976, observing that the omission of Section 19(3) from the statute has substantially altered the legal position...

Patna HC Quashes Indefinite Debarment Of Contractor Passed Without Hearing, Says Blacklisting Has Serious Civil Consequences

The Patna High Court has quashed an order debarring a contractor from participating in government tenders, holding that blacklisting or debarment cannot be imposed mechanically, without notice, hearing, or specification of a definite period. A Division Bench of Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Shailendra Singh was hearing a writ petition filed by a registered contractor challenging an order...

'Aggravated Penalty Given Despite Not Being Public Servant': Kuldeep Sengar Opposes Unnao Rape Conviction, Life Term Before Delhi High Court

While arguing his appeal against conviction and life sentence in the Unnao rape case, former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) the he is not a public servant and the survivor's age was such that it will not be covered under POCSO Act. He further submitted before the high court today, that the survivor's testimony was not of sterling qualify. The court...

Exam For Law Students Celebrating Bakrid Will Be Held After July 4: DU Tells Delhi High Court

Delhi University told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) that examination for those students of Faculty of Law, who are celebrating Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) on May 28, shall be rescheduled to after July 4. The submission was made by the varsity's counsel before Justice Jasmeet Singh in a student's plea challenging the varsity's decision to hold the exam on May 28, the date on which Centre...

Service Rendered On Higher Post In Different Spells Must Count For Increment Benefits: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that a government employee who officiated on a higher post in different spells cannot be denied increment benefits under Fundamental Rule 26 merely because the service was not continuous. The Court observed that once the State had granted salary benefits for the period spent on the higher post, the same duration was also required to be counted for...

POCSO Case Can't Be Closed Merely Because DNA Excludes Accused As Child's Father: J&K&L High Court Orders SIT Probe

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against a petitioner, even though a DNA report excluded him as the biological father of the child born to the minor victim.The Court expressed astonishment at the slipshod investigation and directed the Inspector General of Police, Jammu...

Violation Of Arrest Safeguards Can't Be Used As “Backdoor Entry” For Bail In Commercial NDPS Cases: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed the bail plea preferred by a Nigerian national for possessing commercial quantity of MDMA crystals, reasoning that the non-furnishing of grounds of arrest could not be utilised as 'a backdoor entry' to avail bail by superseding the twin conditions for bail laid down in Section 37 of the NDPS Act.The vacation bench of Justice V Srishananda...

Shuhaib Murder Case: Kerala High Court Stays Sessions Court Order Cancelling Bail To All 17 Accused

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (May 26) stayed the order passed by the Additional Sessions Court III, Thalassery cancelling the bail of all the seventeen persons accused of the murder of Youth Congress activist Shuhaib and directed for the issuance of release order. Shuhaib was hacked to death allegedly by CPI(M) workers in Mattanur in Kannur district on February 12, 2018. As per the...

Motherhood Cannot Become Grounds For Economic Disadvantage: J&K&L High Court Upholds Maternity Leave Period As Continuous Service

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed intra-court appeals filed by the Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd. against a single bench judgment directing the Bank to treat maternity leave period as continuous service for regularisation of female Banking Associates.The Court held that subtracting the period of maternity leave from the contractual tenure for determining...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Priya Kapur's Plea To Use Sunjay Kapur's EPF Funds For School Fees Of Karisma Kapoor's Children

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) issued notice on Priya Kapur's plea seeking clarification of certain paragraphs of a coordinate bench's April 30 interim order which had restrained her from dissipating her late husband industrialist Sunjay Kapur's assets. The application has been filed in a pending suit moved by actress Karisma Kapoor children— Samaira Kapur and her brother, seeking...