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'Last Heard' Over Phone Can't Be Treated As 'Last Seen Together' Evidence: Chhattisgarh High Court Acquits Murder Convict
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the circumstance of a deceased informing a person during a telephonic conversation that he was in the company of the accused constitutes, at best, a case of "last heard" and cannot be equated with the doctrine of "last seen together". The Court observed that the trial court had erroneously treated evidence of "last heard" as proof of "last...
Matrimonial Dispute Cannot Be Heard By MP/MLA Courts Just Because One Party Is A Legislator : Supreme Court's Prima Facie View
The Supreme Court has made a prima facie observation that MP/MLA courts specially designated to expedite criminal cases against the legislators lack jurisdiction to try matrimonial disputes. “We are not convinced that a matrimonial dispute can be agitated before such a special Court merely for reason of one of the parties being a legislator.”, observed a bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala...
Offence Under Section 66 Information Technology Act Is Bailable : Supreme Court Overrules HC View
The Supreme Court has clarified that a computer-related offence punishable under Section 66 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 is a bailable offence. A bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B. Varale set aside the Punjab & Haryana High Court's judgment, which had treated a Section 66 offence as a non-bailable offence. “…the view expressed by High Court that Section...
LiveLaw Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 13 - July 19, 2026
Nominal Index [Citations 228 - 239]Anand Singh v. State of Haryana (CRA-D-1055-2023) with State of Haryana v. Anand Singh 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 228Surmukh Singh and others v. Smt. Debo and others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 229State of Haryana v. DHARAMPAL AND OTHERS 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 230Dr. Shyam Bihari v. State of Haryana 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 231XXX v. State of Punjab & others 2026 LiveLaw (PH)...
Swadeshi Jurisprudence And Colonial Afterlife Of Order XXI
In civil matters, the separation of judgment from enforcement is not a colonial peculiarity. The idea is much older and can be traced at least to Roman law. In classical Roman procedure, a judgment, called the iudicatum, did not enforce itself. Instead, it created a new obligation known as the obligatio iudicati, treated as a debt arising from the judgment itself. If the debtor did not pay...
Consumer Commissions Cannot Decide Disputes Relating To Electricity Theft Allegations: Punjab Consumer Commission
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Ferozepur ,comprising President Kiranjit Kaur Arora and Member Suman Khanna dismissed a consumer complaint seeking installation of an agricultural electricity connection, holding that Consumer Commissions lack jurisdiction to entertain disputes relating to unauthorized use of electricity under Section 126 and offences of electricity theft...
Article 142 Cannot Be Used To Supplant Concluded & Acted-Upon Settlement Between Parties : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that its inherent jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution cannot be invoked to supplant or amend the terms of the consensual arrangements between the parties. A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih dismissed a wife's plea, which sought to invoke Article 142 of the Constitution to recast the divorce settlement agreement...
Children Easy Targets, Lack Words To Explain Ordeal: Gujarat High Court Denies Probation To Convicts Who Molested Teenage Girls
The Gujarat High Court has upheld the conviction of two men for outraging the modesty of two teenage girls and rejected the accused's plea for probation observing, that perpetrators with such criminal mentality specifically target children because they can be easily intimidated.The court also referred to the IO's report which said that on very few occasions would the victim's father...
Telangana High Court Asks CBFC To Reconsider 'Girlfriend' Movie's U/A Certification, Says Nature Of Scenes May Impact Underage Viewers
The Telangana High Court has held that Telugu feature film starring actress Rashmika Mandana 'The Girlfriend' ought to have been granted an 'A' certificate instead of a 'UA 13+' certificate, after taking note of the film's portrayal of conduct inside a girls' hostel and its overall likely impact upon viewers below 18 years of age. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 111]The Court said that it was not inclined...