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'Extremely Disconcerting': Delhi High Court Orders Preservation Of CCTV Footage After Life Convict Alleges Assault By Tihar Jail Warden
The Delhi High Court has directed preservation and production of CCTV footage and ordered the personal appearance of a Tihar Jail Head Warden after a convict serving life sentence there alleged that he was physically assaulted in custody and denied medical treatment. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 670]A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Vikas Mahajan passed the directions while hearing...
Wife Demanding ₹2 Crores To Consent For Divorce, Refusing Cohabitation Amounts To Mental Cruelty: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld a decree of divorce on the ground of mental cruelty, holding that a spouse who persistently refuses to resume cohabitation, deprives the other spouse of matrimonial companionship and consortium, and demands an exorbitant lump-sum amount of ₹2 crores as a condition for consenting to divorce subjects the other spouse to mental cruelty. [2026 LiveLaw...
Women Representation, Increase In Enrolment Fee, Bar On Foreign Law Firms: BCI Proposes Amendments To Advocates Act; Seeks Suggestions
The Bar Council of India has prepared a draft proposing amendments to the Advocates Act, made in consultation with the State Bar Councils, reputed Senior Advocates practising in the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and District Courts, Vice-Chancellors, Deans of Law Universities of the Ministry of Law and Justice and other stakeholders.In a press note issued by the bar body, the...
Failure To Communicate Grounds Of Arrest To Uneducated Accused In Understandable Manner Vitiates Arrest: Tripura High Court Grants Bail
The Tripura High Court has granted bail to an accused booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after holding that the prosecution failed to establish that the grounds of arrest were effectively communicated to him in a language he understood. The Court Noted that the investigating officer had described the accused as "uneducated" and admitted that he did not...
Special Lok Adalat In Durg Settles 449 Cheque Bounce Cases Worth ₹13.88 Crore
The first Special Lok Adalat of 2026 for cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, held in Durg district of Chhattisgarh on July 18, resulted in the settlement of 449 cheque bounce cases involving a total settlement amount of ₹13,88,05,129. The Special Lok Adalat was organised under the guidance of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and the Chhattisgarh...
Touching Child's Chest With Sexual Intent Attracts POCSO Act, 'Chest' And 'Breast' Distinction Immaterial: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that an accused grabbing a child's chest with sexual intent would satisfy the requirement of sexual assault prescribed under Section 7 POCSO Act, and that the anatomical different between chest and breast is immaterial. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 386]For context, Section 7 states that whoever, with sexual intent, touches the vagina, penis, anus or breast of the child...
'Words Not Proper But No Intent To Hurt Religious Sentiments': MP High Court Grants Relief To Man Booked Over Remarks On Goddess Sita
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a programme host accused of promoting religious enmity by reciting a couplet concerning the abduction of Goddess Sita, observing that although the choice of words may have been inappropriate, it does not prima facie indicate an intention to hurt public sentiments or create communal disharmony. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 289]Justice...
Magistrate Can't Mechanically Accept Closure Report Stating Accused Is 'Undetected', Must Ensure All Aspects Are Probed: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently observed that a Magistrate is not expected to merely act as a post office and accept a closure report filed by the police stating that a case was undetected or there was a mistake of fact. The court emphasised that the Magistrate was expected to ensure that the police investigated all the relevant aspects before filing the “undetected” closure...
Empanelment Does Not Confer An Indefeasible Right To Appointment : Calcutta High Court
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Smita Das De held that empanelment does not confer an indefeasible right to appointment, and a candidate has no vested right to be engaged merely by being placed on a merit list. Background Facts The applicants applied for appointment to the post of Anganwadi Helper under Joynagar-II...
Gen Z Lingo Lands Student In Criminal Case: Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Over Instagram DM Calling Classmate Beautiful
The Karnataka High Court has held that a private Instagram chat between two classmates, in which a male student complimented his female classmate using what the Court described as “Gen Z lingo”, does not attract the offences of stalking, voyeurism or outraging the modesty of a woman. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 259]A single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna, while quashing the FIR...
Supreme Court Upholds Husband's Conviction For Wife's Murder, Finds Extra Marital Affair Motive Established
The Supreme Court on Monday (July 20) upheld the conviction of a husband for the murder of his wife, holding that the substantial number of call exchanges with his lover constituted valid circumstantial evidence establishing both the existence of an affair and the motive to remove the wife as a barrier to their relationship.A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra...