Allegations In Suicide Note Alone Can’t Sustain Abetment Case : HC
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a First Information Report(FIR) registered against a woman for abetment of suicide under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), holding that there was no specific act on her part with a proximate nexus to her husband’s death. Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty, sitting at the Dharwad Bench, […]
Concealing Gambling Conviction Grounds For Dismissal : HC To Clerk
The Bombay High Court has upheld the cancellation of the appointment of a candidate selected for the post of Clerk-Typist in the City Civil & Sessions Court, Greater Bombay, after finding that he had suppressed material facts regarding his prior conviction under the 12A of Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887. A Division Bench of […]
Tihar’s ‘Pay For Perks’ Racket Under Scanner: HC Orders CBI To Dig Into Scandal
The Delhi High Court, led by Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register a First Information Report (FIR) over allegations of an extortion racket operating within Tihar Jail involving both prison officials and inmates.The bench was hearing a plea highlighting rampant illegal activities […]
Can Caste Scrutiny Committees Undo Fraudulent Orders?: Larger Bench Of Bombay HC To Decide
Can Caste Scrutiny Committees suo motu recall their own orders validating caste certificates on grounds of fraud, misrepresentation or suppression of material facts? This legal question has now been referred to a larger bench of the Bombay High Court. A division bench of Justice Manish Pitale and Justice Y.G. Khobragade noted the divergence in views […]
DHFL’s Ex-Boss Wadhawan Kingpin Of Colossal Fraud; To Remain In Jail: HC
In a significant development pertaining to banking fraud investigations, Justice Ravinder Dudeja of the Delhi High Court has declined to grant regular bail to Kapil Wadhawan, former CMD of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL), who stands accused of masterminding one of India’s largest financial scams. Facts: The case originates from a First Information Report […]
Vaccine Work Too Vital To Halt: HC Stays Conviction Of Scientist
The Uttarakhand High Court, presided over by Justice Ravindra Maithani, recently stayed both the conviction and the execution of a sentence of a vaccine scientist found guilty by a trial court for allegedly abetting his wife’s suicide. The Court noted that suspending the conviction was in the interest of greater public health, stressing the appellant’s […]
Bombay High Court : Kolhapur Becomes Fourth Seat
In a significant development, the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Alok Aradhe with the concurrence of the Governor of Maharashtra, has issued a notification designating Kolhapur as a place of sitting for the Judges and Division Benches of the High Court. The said notification shall come into effect from 18th August, 2025, upon […]
Friends Can’t Be Dragged Under 498A: Rules HC
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has clarified the legal interpretation of the term "relative" in the context of allegations of cruelty under the Indian law in its ruling. They determined that a friend does not fall within the legal definition of a "relative" as defined by the law. Accordingly, the friend of […]
Letter To Deputy CM Topples Valid Lease: HC Reverses Arbitrary Revocation
This is a brow raising case of a valid lease, granted in 2013, to one Rakesh and three others following a resolution by the Land Management Committee (subsequently approved on April 12, 2023), that was cancelled, solely on the basis of a private communication by an advocate, Sanjiv Kumar, practicing at Farrukhabad, who wrote a […]
Fainting Spell In Courtroom Sparks Controversy: What Really Happened
A recent incident in the Bombay High Court involving a Senior Judge whose resolute comments in the courtroom apparently caused a young lawyer to faint has caused much flutter in the corridors of justice. The incident has generated much talk in the bar and has even reached the higher echelons of the judiciary. The episode […]