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Karnataka High Court Halts Cruelty FIR Against Husband, Notes Similar Case Over Allegedly Restricting Wife's Beauty Parlour Visits Was Stayed
The Karnataka High Court on Friday (July 17) stayed the investigation and inquiry in a cruelty case registered against a husband, noting that the allegations in the FIR were a "translated version" of an earlier domestic violence complaint that had already been stayed by the Court.A single-judge Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the interim order in a petition filed by a BESCOM...
Split Verdict On 'Bulldozer Justice': Allahabad High Court Judges Differ On 2-Year Ban On Razing Houses Of Accused Post-FIR
In a significant development concerning the demolition action across the state, a division bench of the Allahabad High Court today delivered a split verdict on whether the State can be barred from taking any action to demolish the house of an accused for a period of two years from the date of registration of an FIR. While Justice Atul Sreedharan observed that a 2-year hiatus must be put...
Police, Professionals Appearing Before Court As Witness Should Come In Prescribed Uniform, Maintain Discipline: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently emphasised that police officers, medical practitioners, or any professional appearing before the court to depose as a witness should come in prescribed uniform and maintain integrity, discipline and devotion to duty. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 328] “It is brought to the notice of this Court that the police personnel attending the Courts for deposing...
Can A Woman Act On Promise Of Marriage Made By Two Different Men Simultaneously? Delhi High Court Stays Rape Trial
The Delhi High Court has stayed proceedings in a rape case after observing that the complainant had made similar allegations of entering into sexual relationships on the false promise of marriage against two different individuals during the same period, raising a prima facie doubt as to whether she could have acted on both promises simultaneously. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 666]Justice Prateek...
Kerala High Court Restrains Coercive Action Against Ex-DGP Sreelekha Booked For Disclosing POCSO Victims' Names
The Kerala High Court on Monday (July 13) passed an interim order directing the investigating officer to desist from taking any coercive action against former Director General of Police (DGP) and Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Councillor Sreelekha R. IPS who is booked for allegedly disclosing the the names of victims in three rape cases through her YouTube channel and blog.Justice Jobin...
Uttarakhand High Court Transfers Corruption Trials Against Former Jim Corbett Director & Senior Forest Officials To Special CBI Court
The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the transfer of two vigilance cases against a former Director of the Corbett Tiger Reserve and other senior forest officials to the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, CBI, Dehradun, holding that the designated CBI Court alone has jurisdiction to try cases investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The Court observed that once the CBI had...
Hit-And-Run Cases Often Put On Back Burner Unless They Draw Media Attention: Kerala High Court Directs Formation Of Special Squads
The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the State Police Chief to constitute special squads in every district to trace offending vehicles and offenders involved in hit-and-run accidents, observing that such cases are often pushed to the back burner unless they attract media attention. The Court also urged the Union Government to overhaul the compensation framework for hit-and-run victims...
Police Negligence Delays Bail Hearing, Leaves Man In Jail For 15 Extra Days: Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On UP Govt
The Allahabad High Court last week imposed a cost of Rs 1,00,000 on the Uttar Pradesh government for negligence on the part of certain police officials, which delayed the disposal of a bail application and left a man in jail for an extra 15 days. A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal directed that the amount so imposed be paid to the bail applicant. However, the State Government...
Major Unmarried Daughter Can Seek Educational Expenses For Post-Graduation Under Domestic Violence Act: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a father is obligated to bear the educational expenses of his unmarried daughter pursuing postgraduate medical studies under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, even after she has attained majority, observing that the parental obligation to provide education does not cease merely because the child has become an adult. [2026...
Andhra Pradesh High Court Upholds 1-Year Bar On Officer's Promotion After Censure, Says Punishment Without Consequence Would Normalize Wrongdoing
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a government servant awarded minor penalty of censure can be denied promotion for one year under G.O.Ms.No.53, as the Government Order has the force of law and validly supplements the Andhra Pradesh Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1991. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 140]In doing so, the Court refused to direct the immediate promotion...
No Violation Of RTE Act In Asking EWS Student To Repeat Class V After Failing Re-Examination: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with a private school's decision to detain an Economically Weaker Section (EWS) student in Class V after he failed to clear the annual examination as well as the re-examination. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 665]Justice Jasmeet Singh observed that Section 16 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) needs to be read in...