Nowadays Wife Thinks Police Complaint Is The Only Panacea To Teach A Lesson To Husband's Family Over Marital Discord: Bombay High Court

While quashing an FIR lodged against seven members of a family, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court bemoaned the misuse of section 498A at the hands of women by roping in all the family members of the husband in criminal cases only to settle their personal scores. A division bench of Justices Anil Kilor and Pravin Patil expressed concern over such a tendency of women implicating all...

Calcutta High Court Stays Notification For Preparation Of New List Of OBC Classes By West Bengal Govt

The Calcutta High Court has ordered an interim stay on the preparation of a new list of Other Backward Caste (OBC's) persons in the state of West Bengal, by including new castes in the state's list of existing OBC classes.A division bench of Justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Tapabrata Chakraborty issued the interim stay till the next date of hearing on 31st July, 2025.The court has also put a...

"Appears That Teachers Are Not Being Appointed On Merit": Kerala High Court Seeks Streamlined Method Of Appointment In Govt-Aided Schools

The Kerala High Court has asked the Director General of Education (DGE) to file an affidavit detailing the steps that are required to be taken to ensure that the appointment of teachers in Government Aided Schools is made in a fair manner.Justice D. K. Singh observed that it appears that the Manager of the school has absolute discretion to appoint anyone who is qualified as a teacher...

Karnataka High Court Declines Relief To President Of US-Based Company Accused Of Supplying Faulty Equipment To DRDO, DARE

The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings initiated against 76-year-old Surya Sareen, President and Chief Executive Officer of M/s AKON Inc, a company incorporated in the United States of America, which is accused of cheating Defence Avionics Research Establishment ('DARE') and Defence Research and Development Organization ('DRDO') by supplying faulty VO based...

ASHA Workers Protest: Kerala High Court Issues Notice On Contempt Plea, Seeks Response Of Office Bearers

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (June 17) ordered notice to the office bearers and members of the Kerala ASHA Health Workers Association in a contempt case filed against the ASHA workers (Accredited Social Health Activists) protest, which is allegedly conducted by blocking the road and footpath in front of the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram district from February 10, 2025.The Division...

Murder Conviction Can't Be Converted To Culpable Homicide If Convict Was Cruel: Bombay High Court Denies Relief To Man Who Locked Burning Wife

The Bombay High Court recently refused to commute the conviction of a man from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder after noting that the convict acted in a 'cruel' manner by setting his wife ablaze and further not letting anyone to help her.A division bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Shyam Chandak said the convict Ambadas Aaretta acted in a cruel manner and took advantage...

Income Certificate Not Required When BPL Certificate Is Submitted: Himachal Pradesh High Court

Himachal Pradesh High Court held that a valid Below Poverty Line certificate is sufficient to claim marks reserved for candidates from economically weaker backgrounds, and income certificate is not required. The Court stated that a BPL certificate is issued only to families who meet the prescribed income eligibility criteria.Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and Justice Ranjan Sharma: “The words,...

'Action Improper': Allahabad HC Grants Transit Anticipatory Bail To Woman Summoned To Delhi Police Station At 9 PM

The Allahabad High Court last week granted transit anticipatory bail to a woman from Sitapur who was summoned by the Delhi Police to appear at the Mayapuri Police Station (District West Delhi) at 9:00 PM for questioning in connection with an FIR. A bench of Justice Rajeev Singh granted relief to Sushila Yadav in light of the Supreme Court's judgment in Priya Indoria v. State...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Denies Bail To Former APPSC Secretary Over Irregularities In Manual Evaluation Of Papers

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has refused to grant bail to former Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (A1) and a representative of M/s. Camsign Media Pvt. Ltd. (A2), a private company entrusted with the manual evaluation of Group-I main exam answer scripts, who were accused of criminal breach of trust and irregularities in the manual evaluation process, including shifting...

Names Of Dead Persons Remaining On Voters List Doesn't Mean They Were Misused To Influence Election Result: Bombay High Court

Merely because names of dead persons continue to be on the voters list it cannot be presumed that votes have been cast in the name of these dead persons, held the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court recently while upholding the election of Congress MP Shobha Bacchav from Dhule constituency to the 18th Lok Sabha elections.Single-judge Justice Arun Pednekar dismissed the election...

'Value Gap B/W Constitutional & Social Norms': Allahabad HC Slams Family's Objection To Woman Marrying Man Of Choice

Strongly condemning familial resistance to a woman's decision to marry a person of her choice, the Allahabad High Court recently protected a 27-year-old woman who feared abduction, purportedly because she wanted to marry a person of her choice. A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Praveen Kumar Giri termed such objections 'despicable' and underscored that the right to marry a person...

Kerala High Court Issues Directions Banning Certain Single-Use Plastics In Hilly Areas, Public Functions & Weddings

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (17th June), issued the following directions banning the use and sale of single-use plastic in the State.The use and sale of single use plastics including plastic food containers, plastic plates, plastic cups, plastic straws, plastic sachets, plastic bakery boxes are banned in the hilly tourist areas of the State with high footfalls. This ban shall not apply to...