Rajasthan High Court Reinstates Employee Terminated Over Non-Disclosure Of Conviction, Says Probation Benefit Protects Against Disqualification

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the termination of an employee who was dismissed from service for allegedly concealing a past conviction in a criminal case, holding that the benefit of probation under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, protects against disqualification arising from the conviction under Section 12 of the Act.The bench of Justice Anand Sharma observed...

S.138 NI Act | Demand Notice Need Not Repeat Cheque Amount If Notice Overall Specifies Dishonoured Sum: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a demand notice under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, need not repeat the cheque amount in its concluding paragraph if the notice, read as a whole, clearly specifies the amount demanded. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 250]Section 138 of the NI Act deals with cheque dishonour for insufficiency of funds. Proviso (b) requires the payee to issue...

45 Years After Murder Conviction, Allahabad High Court Finds 2 Life Convicts Were 'Juveniles'; Remits Sentencing To JJB

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday set aside the life sentences awarded to 2 men convicted in a 1980 murder case after finding that they were juveniles on the date of the offence, nearly 45 years after their conviction by the trial court.A bench of Justice Abdul Moin and Justice Pramod Kumar Srivastava upheld their convictions but remitted the matter to the jurisdictional Juvenile...

Additional Public Prosecutor Not State Employee; Cannot Be Prosecuted As 'Public Servant' Under PC Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has upheld the discharge of an Additional Public Prosecutor accused of demanding a bribe, holding that an Additional Public Prosecutor appointed on a tenure basis is not a public servant for the purposes of prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Court relied on the Supreme Court's ruling in State of U.P. v. Johri Mal, which distinguishes...

Gujarat High Court Drops Contempt Proceedings Against Lawyer Over Remarks Against Sitting Judges, Accepts His Apology

The Gujarat High Court closed a suo-motu criminal contempt case against a lawyer who had made assertions against two sitting high court judges, after taking note of his unconditional apology. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 286]The lawyer had made certain assertions in his application that he had filed for initiation of contempt in another matter. The assertions were directed against two Sitting Judges...

Gujarat High Court Quashes FIR Against Lawyer, Says Impossible To Believe He Extorted Traffic Policeman During Facebook Live-Stream

The Gujarat High Court quashed an extortion FIR against a lawyer after noting that it was impossible to believe that the petitioner who was live-streaming on Facebook at the time of the alleged incident would also simultaneously extort money from traffic personnel at the exact moment. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 285]The court said that the FIR against the petitioner was "counter blast" to the attempt...

Supreme Court Criticises Allahabad High Court For Casually Granting Probation To Convicts In Brutal Attack Case

'Nature of offence' and 'character of offender' must guide probation, the Court stated

JJ Rules | Regular FIR Can't Be Lodged Against Juveniles For 'Serious Offences': Allahabad High Court Quashes FIR Against 2 Minors

The Allahabad High Court has observed that registration of a regular First Information Report (FIR) against Juveniles for "serious offences" is impermissible as per Rule 8 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Model Rules, 2016.The Court thus quashed the entire criminal proceedings initiated against two juveniles for the alleged offenses of 'Aggravated Criminal...

Insurer Liable For Motor Accident Compensation Even If Policy Not Transferred To Vehicle's New Owner: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that an insurance company cannot avoid liability to pay compensation for a workman's death merely because the insurance policy was not updated in the name of the subsequent owner of the vehicle, when the policy was valid and in force at the time of the accident. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 248]Section 157(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 provides that upon...

Kerala High Court Rejects Former CM Pinarayi Vijayan's Plea To Challenge Vigilance FIR Direction In CMRL-Exalogic Case

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (October 15) refused to grant permission to former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter Veena T. and son-in-law/ex-Minister Muhammed Riyas to appeal against the Single Bench order directing Vigilance FIR against them in CMRL-Exalogic pay off case. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 580]The Division Bench of Justice K. Natarajan and Justice Johnson John today dismissed...

[NDPS Act] Female's Search Must Be In Seclusion; Conducting Search In Presence Of Males Vitiates Seizure: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a woman accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, holding that the search and seizure of contraband from her was prima facie vitiated because the search was conducted in the presence and gaze of male police personnel and a male panch witness. The Court observed that Section 50(4) of the NDPS Act requires a female accused...

Teachers Can't Face Criminal Action For Trivial Corrective Measures To Maintain Classroom Discipline: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently quashed the criminal case initiated against a teacher, who was accused of offences under the Juvenile Justice Act and the Indian Penal Code for pulling the hand of her student and causing injury to her. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 577]Justice Jobin Sebastian noted that the teacher did not have any mala fide intention and only wanted to maintain discipline in the...