Cyber Crimes Affect Society At Large, Can't Be Quashed Solely Based On Compromise Between Parties: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that cyber crimes are not merely disputes between private individual but affect digital ecosystem and public confidence in electronic transactions. Hence, quashing such offences solely based on compromise between the parties shall defeat the objective of the legislation enacted to curb cyber crimes. In the present matter, the FIR alleged offences of cheating...

Rajasthan High Court Bars Police From 'Humiliating' Arrested Persons By Posting Their Photos On Social Media, Calls It 'Extra-Legal Punishment'

The Rajasthan High Court in a recent decision issued a slew of directions to curb public humiliation of arrestees perpetrated by the police and particularly stressed upon the issue of social media condemnation by posting arrestee photos.Justice Farjand Ali observed that such conduct by the police amounts to imposing a punishment that is not statutorily prescribed and violates the principle...

Production Of Accused Before Magistrate U/S 170 CrPC Doesn't Mean Arrest Or Judicial Custody: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Bailable Warrants

Rajasthan High Court set aside the bailable warrants against accused in a forgery case, holding that once the investigating agency did not think it was proper to arrest the accused during investigation, issuance of bailable or non-bailable warrants should be done by the Court only where the accused was charged with henious crime or was likely to abscond or tamper with evidence. The bench...

Rajasthan High Court Permits Passport Renewal Despite 23 Pending Criminal Cases, Cites Fundamental Right To Travel Abroad

The Rajasthan High Court recently quashed an order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kota, rejecting a 66-year-old man's application for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to renew his passport.The bench of Justice Chandra Prakash Shrimali held that preventing a person from travelling abroad by denying their passport renewal merely because of pending criminal cases is a direct violation of...

Reference To Prior Events In State, Allegations Not Integral To Relief Sought Can't Confer Territorial Jurisdiction: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that mere reference to prior events or general allegations which are not directly determinative of the relief sought in the petition, cannot be construed to mean that a part of cause of action has arisen in the State for the court to have territorial jurisdiction to adjudicate. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma opined that to deterime territorial jurisdiction, the...

Rajasthan High Court Clears Solar Project Near Sambhar Lake, Imposes Safeguards For Migratory Birds

Rajasthan High Court granted permission for establishment of the 100 MW Solar Power Plant Project, in the Nagaur district, near Sambhar Lake subject to certain safeguards to facilitate the environment of migratory birds, rather than hindering their natural habitat. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sanjeet Purohit observed that the land in question...

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: April 2026 [Citations 119-160]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 119 To 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 160NOMINAL INDEXDr. Parnika Sharma v State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 119Ranveer Singh & Ors. v State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 120Supriya v State of Rajasthan; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 121Navin Temani v State of Rajasthan; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 122Pradeep Gupta v Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation...

State Not Bound To Retain Outsourced Lab Technicians After Change In Scheme Execution Model: : Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that once a scheme was substituted by a new scheme that changed its mode of execution, the State Government cannot be compelled to continue the services of manpower that was being rendered by an outsourcing agency. The bench of Justice Munnuri Laxman stated that in multiple cases protection was given to the interest of employees working under the manpower agency,...

Sending Abortion Pills Through Courier Not Offence U/S 312 IPC Unless Forcefully Given To Cause Miscarriage: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court quashed an FIR against a woman under sections 312 and 313 IPC, observing that merely sending abortion pills to anyone did not fulfil the basic ingredients of the offence unless such pills were forcefully given to the victim with an intention to cause miscarriage. For context, Sections 312 and 313, IPC, indicates that a person can be held responsible and punished for...

Rajasthan High Court Grants 'Honourable Acquittal', Says 'Benefit Of Doubt' Or 'No Evidence' Improper Where Charges Not Proved

Rajasthan High Court honourably acquitted two sister-in-laws in a cruelty case observing that while granting acquittal the use of terms "benefit of doubt" and "in absence of evidence" by trial court and revisional court was improper especially when prosecution had miserably failed to prove the charges.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand in his order held:"In the instant case also,...

Second FIR Permissible If New Facts Or Larger Conspiracy Emerge From Subsequent Investigation: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court has held that registration of a second FIR is permissible when it presents rival version's set of facts arising from same circumstances in relation to first FIR but pertaining to a "larger conspiracy" and when probe brings out unknown facts at a later stage. The petitioner was posted as Deputy Chief Medical and Health Office. Based on an audit of the department that...

Belated Allegations Not Raised In Earlier FIR Indicate Abuse Of Process: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that non-disclosure of a serious offence within a reasonable time or at a relevant time when an earlier crime was registered against the same accused by the same complainant, would falsify the allegations and render the subsequent complaint/FIR/allegations an abuse of law. While setting aside an FIR alleging rape against the petitioner, the bench of Justice Anoop...