Woman 'Concealing' Subsisting Marriage Not Entitled To Maintenance From Second Husband: Bombay High Court

A woman, who conceals her first marriage and performs a second marriage despite the subsistence of the first marriage, cannot seek maintenance from her second husband under Section 125 CrPC, held the Bombay High Court recently. Single-judge Justice Milind Sathaye in an order passed on July 16, dismissed the appeal filed by a woman, who had challenged a lower court's order which had directed...

Functional Disability Must Be Proven; Loss Of Four Fingers Doesn't Necessarily Result In Total Loss Of Earning Capacity: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that amputation of a person's four fingers does not by itself establish a 100% loss of earning capacity under the Employees' Compensation Act, adding that functional disability must be assessed on the basis of the employee's vocation and evidence on record. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 671]Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri thus reduced the claimant's loss of earning capacity from...

'We Are Bound To Treat Them Fairly': Kerala High Court Questions Continued Detention Of MSC Elsa 3 Foreign Crew Members

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (July 21) orally questioned the Centre over the continued detention of the foreign crew members of the Liberian-flagged MSC Elsa 3 ship, which capsized in May last year, observing that India is bound by international obligations to ensure the fair treatment of seafarers.Subsequent to the accident, a slew of litigation has ensued, including public...

RTI Act | First Appellate Authority Not Deemed Public Information Officer Without Meeting S.5 Requirements: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a First Appellate Authority under the Right to Information Act, 2005 cannot be treated as a deemed Public Information Officer and subjected to penalty under Section 20(1) of the Act without satisfaction of the statutory requirements contained in Sections 5(4) and 5(5). The Court observed that the State Information Commission imposed a penalty...

'Derogatory' WhatsApp Post On Jain Saint: MP High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail, Says Electronic Evidence Can Be Examined Without Arrest

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to three individuals, including a doctor, for circulating an allegedly defamatory message against Jain saint Muni Shri Sudhasagar Ji Maharaj in a WhatsApp group. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 288]The bench of Justice Rajesh Kumar Gupta observed that the case was predominantly based on electronic evidence, which can be examined without arrest....

Right To Walk To Parliament

The tear gas came before noon yesterday. By evening the Delhi Police were saying 118 of their personnel had been injured and around seventy protesters detained, FIRs for rioting were being registered, internet stood suspended in parts of the capital, and four Metro stations in the heart of Lutyens' Delhi were shut. All of this because a few thousand young people wanted to walk two kilometres, from Jantar Mantar to Parliament, on the day Parliament opened.I have spent my working life in the...

2023 Parliament Security Breach: Delhi Court Grants Interim Bail To Accused On Humanitarian Grounds

A Delhi Court recently granted interim bail to an accused in the Parliament security breach case which happened on December 13, 2023, on humanitarian grounds.Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal of Patiala House Courts granted relief to accused Sagar Sharma, who said that his father passed away on July 14 because of cancer. Sharma also said that he needed to perform cremation rituals as he...

Kerala High Court Seeks Statewide Data On Children's Courts, Pending POCSO Cases

The Kerala High Court has recently (15 July) directed the State Government and the Registry of the District Judiciary to furnish comprehensive data on the functioning of Children's Courts and the pendency of cases involving offences against children across the State.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. issued the direction in a public...

Nearly One-Third High Courts In India Functioning Without Permanent Chief Justices

Seven out of 25 High Courts in the country are currently functioning without a permanent Chief Justice, with Acting Chief Justices heading these courts.Four of these vacancies arose after Justice Sheel Nagu (Punjab and Haryana HC), Justice Chandrashekhar (Bombay HC), Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva (Madhya Pradesh HC), and Justice Arun Palli (Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh HC) were elevated as...

MadhyaPradesh Special Lok Adalat Settles 1,945 Cheque Bounce Cases Worth Over ₹106 Crore In A Day

A Special Lok Adalat for the disposal of cases under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 was organised across Madhya Pradesh on July 18, 2026, resulting in the amicable settlement of 1,945 cheque dishonour cases involving more than ₹106.42 crore.The Special Lok Adalat was organised under the leadership of Justice Vivek Rusia, Acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court...

MP High Court Grants Bail To Woman Accused Of Buying Newborn, Says Offence Of Human Trafficking Prima Facie Not Made Out

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to a woman accused of trafficking by buying a newborn child, observing that she had arranged the child for her daughter and therefore the ingredients of trafficking under Section 143 of the BNS were prima facie not fulfilled. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 287]For context, Section 143 of the BNS defines trafficking as whoever, for exploitation,...

Tinder Relationship Turning Sour Doesn't By Itself Amount To Rape On False Promise Of Marriage: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that where two adults enter into a consensual relationship after meeting through a dating application like Tinder, the relationship cannot subsequently be termed as one based on a false pretext of marriage merely because it later turns sour and does not culminate in marriage. The Court observed that the allegations disclosed a consensual relationship and not...