Cheque Dishonour: Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside Conviction After Compromise, But Imposes 15% Cost On Drawer Citing Failed Appeal

Rajasthan High Court set aside conviction and sentence in a cheque dishonour case in light of settlement reached between the parties while imposing a cost of 15% of the cheque value on the petitioner (convict) since the compromise was reached at after rejection of appeal filed by the convict and pending revision petition.The bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Garg was hearing a revision petition...

Kerala High Court Issues Bailable Warrant Against Additional Chief Secretary Of Health For Not Complying With Its Directive

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (January 8) issued bailable warrant against Dr. Rajan N. Khobragade IAS, Additional Chief Secretary in the State's Health and Family Welfare Department for non-compliance of its 2023 order and non-appearance despite the direction of the Court. The Division Bench of Justice A. Muhammed Mustaque and Justice C. Jayachandran passed the above order while dealing...

Calcutta High Court Orally Warns Woman Against Using Child To Get 'Leeway' In Matrimonial Dispute Against Husband

The Calcutta High Court has orally warned a mother from using her child as 'a handle' to get leeway in a pending matrimonial dispute against her husband.A division bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Subhendu Samanta rebuked the counsel for the wife and stated that if she continued to use her child as "a pawn" in the proceedings, the court would grant custody to the father...

Afghanistani Woman, Her Sister Approach Bombay High Court Seeking Protection From Family After She Married Hindu Boy

Two Afghanistani national women, who are facing life threat from their families as one of them married a Hindu man from Haryana, have approached the Bombay High Court seeking police protection and also a direction to the authorities in Delhi close a criminal case lodged against them at the behest of their family members. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela...

Husband's Inability To Develop Sexual Relations With Wife Is Generally Not Known To Even Nearest Relatives: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR

The Bombay High Court recently quashed a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against two maternal uncles and aunts of a man at the behest of his wife, on the ground that they got him married to the complainant woman, despite knowing that he could not develop physical relations with any woman.A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Rajesh Patil said whether a husband suffers from such...

Rape Survivor Faces Dual Crises, Crime Wounds Her Dignity & Trial Forces Her To Relive Traumatic Experience: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a woman who is raped undergoes two crises- the commission of a crime, where her dignity is wounded and her sense of security is destroyed and the subsequent trial, where she is forced to relive the traumatic experience. “It is often stated that a woman who is raped undergoes two crises- the rape and the subsequent trial. While...

Complainant Is Entitled To Her Own Section 164 CrPC Statement To Prefer A Protest Petition: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently said that a complainant can seek her a copy of her own statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC in order to prefer a protest petition. The petitioner was the complainant in a case which was investigated by the CBCID. The CBCID filed a refer report/ final report in December 2023 (Ext P3) stating that the offence alleged has not been made out and requested...

NEET Spot Counselling Is Continuation Of Process To Fill Seats, Prospectus Conditions Applicable: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court dismissed the petition filed against AIIMS, Jodhpur challenging the demand for a deposit of Rs. 5,00,000 from the petitioner who took admission pursuant to spot counselling in the college but then chose to vacate the seat mid semester.The bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur observed that the condition of depositing the amount in the event of vacating the seat mid-semester...

Woman Passenger Harassed: Karnataka High Court To Hear Ola's Appeal Against Compensation, PoSH Enquiry On March 17

The Karnataka High Court will hear on March 17, the appeal preferred by ANI Technologies, which owns and operates OLA Cabs, challenging a single judge order which directed the company to pay Rs. 5 lakh compensation to a woman harassed by their driver, during a trip in 2019.Apart from ordering compensation, the single judge Justice MGS Kamal had last year also held that the driver would...

'Policy Matter': Delhi High Court Refuses To Order 'Rehabilitation Package' For Pakistan Migrants Under CAA

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to pass directions to the Central Government on a petition seeking “comprehensive rehabilitation package” for Pakistan migrants who have obtained citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that rehabilitation package was purely a matter of policy...

Periya Double Murder Case: Kerala High Court Suspends Sentence Of Four CPI(M) Activists

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (8th January) suspended the sentence of 4 convicts in the Periya double murder case, including the former CPI(M) MLA K. V. Kunhiraman.The Special CBI Court had found the former MLA K. V. Kunhiraman, K. Manikandan, Raghavan Velutholi (Raghavan Nair), K. V. Bhaskaran guilty of offence under Section 225 (resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of...

Naib Nazir Cannot Decide Maintainability Of Plea For Mutual Divorce, Should Be Left To Discretion Of Family Court: MP High Court

The Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a Naib Nazir cannot decide the maintainability of an application and should leave it to the discretion of the Court. The court thus, directed the Naib Nazir to refrain from making such endorsements on applications filed by the parties.Naib Nazir is a member of the Nazarat, which is a process serving agency of the district...