Meghalaya High Court Rejects Third Bail Plea Of Bangladeshi Nationals Prosecuted Under Foreigners Act Over Alleged Illegal Stay In India

The Meghalaya High Court has rejected the third bail applications filed by two Bangladeshi nationals accused in a case involving alleged offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Arms Act, 1959, the Foreigners Act, 1946, and the Explosive Substances Act, 1908, noting that only one prosecution witness remained to be examined.Justice W. Diengdoh remarked that: “This Court is also...

Meghalaya High Court Quashes POCSO Case Against Man Living With Survivor, Directs Authorities To Ensure Welfare Benefits For Her And Child

The Meghalaya High Court has quashed a POCSO case against a man who was living with the survivor as husband and wife and had a child with her, after noting that the survivor, who had attained majority, did not object to quashing the proceedings. The Court considered the police verification report and the report of the Secretary, High Court Legal Services Committee, before allowing the...

POCSO Victim's Deposition Must Be Recorded In-Camera Even If She Attains Majority By The Time Trial Begins: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has ruled that merely because an alleged victim turned 18-years-old at the time of commencement of POCSO trial, would not mean that provisions of POCSO Act which provide for in-camera deposition of the victim would not apply. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 300]The court was hearing a plea claiming that the victim had attained age of majority and thus the petitioner must get...

Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Of Former Sub Registrar In Disproportionate Assets Case

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a former Sub-Registrar under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act) for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. It also held that once the prosecution establishes the disproportion with reference to known sources of income, the burden squarely rests on the accused to show that the assets were acquired from...

Wife's Stay At Parental Home For Less Than 2-Years Not Desertion: Karnataka High Court Rejects Husband's Divorce Plea

The Karnataka High Court has held that a wife residing for less than two years at her parental home prior to presentation of divorce plea by husband is not a ground for the husband to claim desertion by wife. In doing so the court dismissed the husband's appeal challenging a Family Court order that rejected his divorce petition. A Division Bench of Justice D.K. Singh and Justice H....

Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response To Supreme Court's 'Stillborn' Observation On UP Gangsters Act

The Allahabad High Court has sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh Government on the Supreme Court's August 2026 observations that the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, is 'stillborn'.A Bench of Justice Rajeev Singh also stayed criminal proceedings against an accused booked under the Act while noting that the Supreme Court had held that the Act does...

Moneylenders In Maharashtra Must Produce Licence At Threshold In Cheque Bounce Cases: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 29) clarified that its May 2026 judgment in M/s Mansi Finance (Chennai) Ltd. v. M. Lalitha & Ors. should not be understood as having laid down a pan-India precedent that unlicensed money lenders can maintain complaints under Sections 138 and 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 over loans advanced against negotiable instruments.The Court...

Discouraging Parents From Reporting Child's Sexual Assault Not By Itself Offence Of Non-Reporting U/S 21 POCSO Act: Bombay High Court

Court cited distinction between failure to report and allegation of discouraging another person from lodging complaint.

“Possession Of Intermediate Quantity Of Drugs Rule Out Chances Of Being Peddler”: HP High Court Grants Bail To NDPS Accused

The Himachal Pradesh High Court observed that an accused facing multiple NDPS cases involving intermediate quantities of contraband could be granted bail, considering that he was not a drug peddler, and the likelihood of delay in trial. The Court held that, in the peculiar facts of the case, the petitioner deserved an opportunity to reform himself, subject to strict bail conditions.Justice...

'Compromise Cannot Be Sole Ground For Quashing Rape Case, Overall Circumstances Must Be Examined': Patna High Court

The Patna HC has held that criminal proceedings involving serious offences such as rape cannot be quashed solely because the parties have reached a compromise. However, the Court observed that the overall facts and circumstances, including the material collected during investigation and any subsequent settlement, must be considered while deciding whether such proceedings should continue.A...

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...

Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Changing Religion Without Informing Authorities, Committing Passport Fraud

The Gujarat High Court granted bail to a man who was accused of changing his name, religion to Islam without informing the authorities and committing passport fraud, after prima facie noting that he had not committed any offence after changing his name. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 298]The man was seeking bail in an FIR lodged under Sections 336(2)(Forgery), 336(3)(Forgery for the Purpose of...