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Mitigating Factors Can Entitle Accused To Bail But Cannot Be Grounds To Quash POCSO Chargesheet: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar has dismissed a petition filed by a minor victim under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking quashing of a charge sheet filed against the accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.Dismissing the petition, the Court held that the factors of a consensual relationship,...
J&K&L High Court Quashes Preventive Detention, Says Yak Transportation Cannot Be Basis To Presume Communal Disharmony
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has quashed a preventive detention order passed under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978, holding that the subjective satisfaction arrived at by the detaining authority became a casualty where it mechanically failed to take into account that the petitioner was alleged to be involved in the transportation of male bovine...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Against Advocate Over Alleged Assault, Outraging Modesty Of Client
The Karnataka High Court quashed an FIR lodged against a lawyer for outraging the modesty of the complainant who was his client, noting that the ingredients of the offence were missing and that the complainant had categorically stated that the lawyer never assaulted her and did not commit any act outraging her modesty. The case stemmed from a complaint lodged on June 30, 2021, by the...
Rule That Select List Confers No Indefeasible Right Can't Substitute For Examining Claim Based On Available Vacancy: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the settled principle that inclusion in a select list confers no indefeasible right to appointment cannot be used to reject the claim of a selected candidate who relies on vacancies alleged to be available and on an earlier direction of the Court requiring his case to be reconsidered. It held that the recruiting authority was obliged to ascertain the...
'No Special Circumstances': Gujarat High Court Rejects Plea Seeking Direction To Register FIR, Cites Remedy Under BNSS
The Gujarat High Court has reaffirmed that a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the registration of a FIR is premature and not maintainable when an efficacious alternative statutory remedy is already available under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS). [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 299]Consequently, Justice J.C. Doshi dismissed the petition seeking...
Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Placing Footwear On Ambedkar, Jagjivan Ram Photos; Says Probe Complete
The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to a 38-year-old man accused of tying footwear on the photographs of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Babu Jagjivan Ram, reasoning that he had already been in judicial custody for nearly six months and the investigation was complete. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 439]The single judge bench of Justice Rajeshwari N. Hegde allowed the plea filed by the accused while...
'Utter Ignorance': MP High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs On Indore Municipal Officer For Passing Order Under Repealed Provisions
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed costs of ₹1 Lakh on an erring officer of the Indore Municipal Corporation for passing an order by relying on statutory provisions that were omitted in 2020. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 436]Observing that the incident reflected the officer's "utter ignorance" of the law and wasted precious judicial time, the bench of Justice Sandeep N Bhatt directed:"It...
Application Under Provincial Insolvency Act Cannot Be Dismissed For Lack Of Verification In Affidavit: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has recently held that the mere non-mention of solemn verification in an affidavit, despite the presence of solemn affirmation, ipso facto does not warrant rejection of an application as such a defect is curable. In view of this, the court set aside an order of the insolvency court dismissing an application seeking to set aside an allegedly fraudulent...
Villagers' Concerns Over Groundwater Depletion Not Enough To Halt Beverage Factory With Statutory Approvals: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition challenging a beverages manufacturing unit in Nagarapalem village, Srikakulam district. It held that unsupported fears of environmental damage and groundwater depletion cannot justify halting an industrial project that has obtained statutory approvals.The Court noted that the petitioners had failed to produce authenticated official...
Mere Apprehension Of Bias Not Enough To Reconstitute PoSH Committee: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a mere apprehension of bias is insufficient to invalidate the constitution of an Internal Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (PoSH Act), and that cogent material must demonstrate a real likelihood of bias.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed that dissatisfaction with past...
Repeated Extensions Do Not Give Temporary Employees Right To Continue In Service: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that temporary employees cannot claim continuation in service as a matter of right after expiry of their fixed tenure, even if their engagements have been extended repeatedly.The Court made the observation while dismissing a plea by 12 temporary employees of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, challenging the discontinuation of their services...
