'Consensual Relationship, Promise To Marry Was Not False': Kerala High Court Quashes Rape Case

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday quashed rape case against a 31-year-old man, observing that he and the complainant were in a consensual relationship and his promise to marry her was not with an intention to deceive her.The accused and the complainant had worked together in the Malayalam Serial, 'Akashadooth'. The case registered in 2017 under Sections 417, 354 A, 354B and 376 of IPC alleged...

Apprehension Of Acid Attack: Karnataka High Court Refuses Bail To A Jilted Lover

The Karnataka High Court refused bail to a jilted lover, accepting the apprehensions raised by the victim that if released on bail the accused would throw acid on her. A single judge bench of Justice M G Uma dismissed the petition filed by one Pavan, who was charged for offences punishable under sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 354(D) (stalking) and 506 (criminal intimidation) IPC...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Notice On Man’s Plea Seeking Permission To Take Surrogate Child To Australia After Visa Denial

The Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and Punjab government in a case where the petitioner, a commissioning parent, was refused Visa for the surrogate child as Australia's Department of Home Affairs asked him first to get a court order confirming that he has a right to remove the child from India. Justice Sanjay Vashisth listed the matter for consideration...

[Unlawful Assembly] Individual Role Of Each Accused Cannot Be Considered While Deciding Bail Application: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has observed that individual role of accused cannot be considered while deciding on bail application filed by a murder accused who was part of an unlawful assembly and who allegedly committed the offence in pursuance of a common object. A single judge bench of Justice H P Sandesh made the observation while rejecting the successive bail application filed by...

'Prima Facie Case Made Out': Allahabad HC Denies Relief To 5 Women Of 'Nafisa Gang' Allegedly Involved In Filing False Rape Cases

The Allahabad High Court on Monday refused to quash FIR against and stay the arrest of the 5 women members of the alleged 'Nafisa Gang' which is allegedly involved in filing false rape/SC-ST Act cases against innocent persons for the purpose of extracting money.The bench of Justice Anjani Kumar Mishra and Justice Gajendra Kumar observed that a prima facie case is made out against the...

Issue Whether Main Claim Is Time Barred, Is An Issue On Merits; Must Be Decided In Arbitral Proceedings: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that while the limitation period for filing an application under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), seeking appointment of arbitrator, is to be examined by the Court, the limitation aspect of the substantive claims is to be looked into only by the arbitral tribunal and not by the Court. The bench of Justice Bharati...

Citizens Have Right To Know Rules Under Which They Are Refused Permission To Hold Peaceful Protests: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that citizens have a right to know the rules and regulations under which they are denied the permission to hold peaceful protests. It added that refusal of the Police to publicize such rules amounts to "killing and smothering" the very purpose of the Right to Information Act."Right to Information Act was enacted with the spirit that the democracy requires...

‘Won’t Make Any Third Party Interest In Suit Shares’: Ashneer Grover To Delhi High Court In Suit By BharatPe Co Founder Bhavik Koladiya

BharatPe’s Former Managing Director Ashneer Grover on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that he will not make any third party interest in 16,110 shares transferred to him by fintech company’s co-founder Bhavik Koladiya and in any rights that accrue to him as a consequence thereof, subject to further orders of the court. Hearing a suit filed by Koladiya along with an interim application...

Plea For CBI Probe Into Alleged Iron Ore Smuggling to China : Supreme Court To Hear In March

“Since 2020, iron ore exporters are using a duty-free tariff code exclusively reserved for a central public sector undertaking to evade 30 per cent export duty,” Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma and petitioner-in-person, claimed before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, while seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the alleged duty evasion by 61 companies at the time...

Attempt To Murder Case| 'Offence Against Society, Injured Persons Can't Pardon Accused': Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash Proceedings

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday refused to quash proceedings against the accused persons in an attempt to murder case on the basis of a compromise between the accused and the injured victims as it called the offence 'against the society'.The bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi observed that the crime was against the society and not against the injured sons of the informant alone...

District Collector Can Take Disciplinary Action Against Subordinate Officer Over Failure To Maintain Child: Madras High Court

While hearing a petition to transfer a matrimonial dispute from Pudukottai to Ponneri in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court noted that the father, who was working as a Village Administration Officer was not paying interim maintenance to his 10 year old daughter.While directing him to make such payment irrespective of visitation rights, Justice SM Subramaniam also directed the District Collector...

South Delhi Illegal Constructions: High Court Orders CBI To Not Act On Lokpal Order For Probe Against MCD Officials

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to not act on the order passed by Lokpal of India directing the central agency to initiate a probe against officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) over a complaint alleging illegal and unauthorized constructions in South Delhi area."Considering the nature of matter, in the meantime, the CBI shall...