'No Mechanical Arrests': Karnataka High Court Issues Guidelines For Police To Curb Unwarranted FIRs Over Social Media Posts

The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed an FIR registered against the administrator of an X (formerly Twitter) account, for allegedly promoting communal disharmony by sharing a news report about an incident of stalking in Puttur. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 425] The single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna also censured the police for registering multiple FIRs on the same incident. The...

Disputed WhatsApp Message Cannot Sustain Conviction: Supreme Court Acquits Man In Murder Case

The Supreme Court has acquitted a man convicted of murder, holding that WhatsApp messages allegedly linking him to the crime could not sustain his conviction when the purported sender denied sending them and the prosecution witnesses did not support the prosecution's account of the incident.A bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Vijay Bishnoi heard the case, where the accused was...

Kerala High Court To Hear On Monday Appeals By Pinarayi Vijayan, Kin Against Order Directing Vigilance FIR In CMRL-Exalogic Case

The appeals preferred by former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter Veena T. and son-in-law/ex-Minister Muhammed Riyas against the Single Bench order directing Vigilance FIR against them in CMRL-Exalogic pay off case is likely to be heard by the Kerala High Court on Monday (October 26).The appeals were mentioned before the Division Bench of Justice Satish Ninan and Justice P. Krishna...

Bombay High Court Orders ₹5 Lakh Compensation For Illegal Arrest; Directs Action Against Police, Magistrate

The Bombay High Court on Thursday (October 22) ordered the Maharashtra Government to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakhs to a man, who was illegally arrested by the Mumbai Police and was kept in detention for nearly 26 days. The Court while declaring the arrest to be illegal, also ordered the State to take action against the officers, who showed the petitioner as an 'extortionist' and arrested...

Nothing Wrong With Seeking Regime Change In Democracy: Neha Bora Tells Delhi High Court

National President of All India Students Association (AISA) Neha Bora told the Delhi High Court on Thursday (October 22) that there was nothing wrong in seeking a regime change in a democracy. The submission was made during the hearing of Bora's plea challenging a notice to execute a personal bond of ₹10,000 with one surety to maintain peace during an inquiry, after she was detained at...

Delhi High Court Reserves Verdict On Neha Bora's Plea Against Peace Bond Notice Amid Anti-CEC Protests, Judgment Tomorrow

The Delhi High Court on Thursday (October 22) reserved its verdict on a plea by National President of All India Students Association (AISA) Neha Bora challenging a notice to execute a personal bond of ₹10,000 with one surety to maintain peace during an inquiry, after she was detained at Mandi House during a protest on October 16.After hearing the parties for over 2.5 hours, Justice...

Neha Bora Plea Against Peace Bond Notice : Live Updates From Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court will hear today Neha Bora's plea challenging Delhi Police notice asking her to execute bond of Rs. 10,000 with a surety in order to maintain peace during the period of inquiry.Follow this page for live updates from hearing...

Pre-Trial Detention Cannot Be Permitted To Degenerate Into Punishment Without Trial : Supreme Court

Gravity of the allegations, however serious, cannot by itself justify indefinite pre-trial detention, the Court added.

When Police Act As Magistrate : The Bizarre Case Of Special Executive Magistrates

If the roles of investigator, prosecutor, and adjudicator are blended in a single agency, can the process be considered fair, independent, and reasonable?

UP Court Sentences Woman, Lover To Death For Strangling Husband And Planting Live Snake To Pass Off Murder As Snakebite

The court said that the accused's "filmy style" attempt to pass off murder as snakebite made the crime fall in the "rarest of rare" category.

CJP Leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka Undertake Not To Call For Jantar Mantar Protest Until It Remains De-Notified

A Special Executive Magistrate in Delhi has ordered the release of CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das from judicial custody after they gave written undertakings not to commit any breach of peace and assured that they will not call for any protest at Jantar Mantar till the time it remains de-notified as a protest site.The duo further said that they will conduct any protest within the...

CJP Leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka Released From Judicial Custody

A Special Executive Magistrate in Delhi on Wednesday (October 21) ordered the release of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka from judicial custody.They have been under detention since October 14 after they entered Jantar Mantar and unfurled the national flag as part of protests against the CEC in breach of prohibitory orders.The two were earlier remanded to five days of judicial custody...