S.145 NI Act | Only Complainant Can Lead Evidence By Affidavit In Cheque Bounce Cases, Not Accused: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that only the complainant in a cheque dishonour case, under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 ('the Act'), may give his evidence-in-chief by way of an affidavit as per Section 145(1) of the Act. It clarified that the same procedure is not applicable to the accused, who is required to render his examination-in-chief before the Court...

Tribunals Can't Get Involved In Infight Between Counsels: Allahabad High Court

Recently, while dealing with a compensation claim arising out of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the Allahabad High Court observed that the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal cannot get involved in an infight between counsels.Despite orders of the Lok Adalat in 2019, the compensation had not been released to the petitioner. In 2026, the Presiding Officer, MACT Sultanpur passed an order stating that...

Challenge To Tribunal Order Lies Before HC Having Territorial Jurisdiction Over It: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that it does not have the territorial jurisdiction to entertain writ petitions against the order passed the Principal Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal located in New Delhi. Relying on the landmark judgment of the Apex Court in L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India and Union of India v. Alapan Bandyopadhyay, the bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and...

S. 221 CrPC | No Bar To Invoke Both 'Cheating' & 'Criminal Breach Of Trust' Offences On Same Allegations: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that offences of 'cheating' and 'criminal breach of trust' under IPC can be invoked simultaneously against an accused if the facts create doubt as to which offence is actually committed A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal thus dismissed the bail application of a man accused of misappropriating funds collected from poor women belonging...

Patna HC Invokes Doctrine Of Frustration To Dissolve Marriage Under SMA After Wife Remarried, Flags “Perverse” Family Court Ruling

The Patna High Court has strongly criticised a Family Court's interpretation of the Special Marriage Act as “perverse”, and in a significant development, invoked the doctrine of frustration to dissolve a marriage, holding that courts must recognise reality where continuation of marital obligations has become impossible.A Division Bench of Justice Bibek Chaudhuri and Justice Chandra...

Uttering Caste Slurs At Factory Dispatch Door Accessed By Workers Falls Under 'Public View' Under SC/ST Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently held that the dispatch door of factory premises, though not a 'public place', due to its accessibility to other workers in the premises, can very well fall within the definition of 'public view' as contemplated under Section 3(1)(r) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.The court thus said that in such a case Section 3(1)(r) SC/ST Act was...

Mutation Proceedings Not Meant To Decide Property Title, Parties Must Approach Civil Court: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that question of property title ought not to be gone into or decided in mutation proceedings and can only be decided in a civil suit. Upholding Naib Tehsildar's order rejecting mutation in records after 34 years, Justice J.J. Munir held,“The claim of the petitioner, pitted against that of the fifth respondent, no doubt, involves a complicated question of...

Delhi High Court Expedites Hearing On Activist's Plea To Vacate Injunction Over Posts Linking Hardeep Puri's Daughter To Epstein

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the single judge to expeditiously decide an application filed by Kunal Shukla, a Raipur based social activist, seeking stay or vacation of the injunction order directing him to take down posts linking Himayani Puri, Union Minister Hardeep Puri's daughter, to American financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.A division bench comprising Justice...

'Profound Invasion Of Privacy': Rajasthan High Court Directs Centre, Meta To Remove 'Obscene Images' Of Minor From Instagram

While directing Centre to coordinate with Meta Platforms to remove "obscene and private images" of a minor boy from social media, the Rajasthan High Court observed that dissemination of private and intimate content without consent was not only a legal wrong, but a "profound invasion of dignity and irreversible consequences".Underscoring the far-reaching, compounding and deeply...

Habeas Plea Not A Tool To Trace Husband Evading Maintenance; Family Court Can Initiate Coercive Measures: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a habeas corpus petition cannot be used as a tool to secure the presence of husband who is allegedly evading warrants in a maintenance execution case. A bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi noted that it is for the Family Court concerned to initiate all coercive measures in such cases to secure the presence of...

State Government Can't Transfer Officers Engaged In SIR Work Without Prior Approval Of Election Commission: Chhattisgarh HC

A Division Bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal held that the transfer of an officer engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls without prior approval of the Election Commission violates Section 13CC of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and therefore, is arbitrary. Background...

Delay In Grant Of Sanction Within 4 Months By Itself Not Enough To Quash Prosecution In Corruption Case: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court refused to quash disproportionate assets case against a public servant, holding that mere delay in grant of sanction by itself is not enough to abort a corruption case. This, when the Anti-Corruption Bureau had consistently pursued sanction and the accused had not invoked available remedies at the relevant time.Referring to Supreme Court's decision in Vijay Rajmohan v...