Madhya Pradesh HC: Forcing Wife to Quit Job Amounts to Cruelty, Grants Divorce
“Forcing the wife to leave the job and live as per his wish and style, amounts to cruelty’’ stated the division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadikhari of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Setting aside the judgment of the family court of Indore the bench granted the decree of […]
Bombay HC Quashes Conviction in NDPS Case, Orders Retrial
In a recent judgement, the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, presided by Justice G.A. Sanap addressed procedural flaws in the conviction of two appellants under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act). The appellants, Kailas s/o Bajirao Pawar and Raju Motiram Solanke, had been convicted for offences punishable under Section 8(c) read […]
Punjab & Haryana HC: Cautioned Special PMLA Court Acting as an ‘Extended Arm’ of ED.
Judicial officers assigned to Special PMLA courts have been cautioned by the Punjab and Haryana high Court not to act as an ‘extended arm’ of the Central Investigating Agency, the Enforcement Directorate(ED), after they passed remand orders against a suspect as a matter of course. Noting thus, Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu in his order set […]
Bombay HC Orders State to Pay Rs. 1 Lakh for Unlawful Arrest by Police
Expressing deep frustration over serious police misconduct and the indifference in handling cases which are often dismissed or treated with callousness, the division bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande, ordered the State to pay Rs 1 Lakh as compensation to a woman from Mumbai for the unlawful arrest of her husband and […]
Bombay HC Rejects Petition Challenging Nomination Rejection in Maharashtra Polls
Courts can only intervene to help the election process move forward: Bombay High Court dismisses candidate's petition over rejected nomination in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections. The Bombay High Court Division Bench comprising Justice Arif S. Doctor and Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan, disposed of the petition challenging the rejection of nomination submitted by the petitioner to run […]
Delhi HC Sentences a Lawyer to 4 Months of Imprisonment for Contempt of Court
A contempt case was filed against the lawyer for making derogatory remarks about judges in the chat box during a virtual court hearing on WebEx. In a Criminal Contempt Matter involving a lawyer, the Delhi High Court bench, consisting of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Amit Sharma, issued an order for simple imprisonment of […]
Delhi HC Dismisses Plea to Quash Second FIR Against KJS Cement Company Directors
In a Criminal Miscellaneous Petition involving accusations of cheating and forgery, filed before the Delhi High Court's Single Judge Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad rejected the petition to quash a second FIR filed against the directors, former directors and Managing Director of KJS Cement (I) Ltd. The factual background of the case was that Respondent […]
Allahabad HC: ABA Can’t be Entertained in Cases in UP Wherein the Offence is Punishable by Death
"The Courts cannot entertain anticipatory bail application in cases where the State amendment prohibits it." The Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court recently observed that Anticipatory Bail Applications cannot be entertained in cases in Uttar Pradesh where the offence is punishable by death. The bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Narendra Kumar Johari […]
Delhi HC Issues Show Cause Notice to Lawyer After Interrupting Proceedings Despite Warning for Contempt of CourtÂ
Delhi HC issued a show cause notice to a lawyer, questioning why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for persistently interrupting court proceedings despite repeated warnings. Justice Girish Kathpalia was presiding over a case filed by petitioner Shalini Singh, represented by Advocate Ravi Kumar, in a plea against United Insurance Company (UIC) Limited. […]
Delhi HC Orders Delhi Govt. to Implement Online Registration for Muslim Marriages
The Delhi High Court recently directed the Delhi government to create an online registration option for marriages solemnised under Muslim law on its e-portal. Justice Sanjeev Narula noted that despite a similar order issued in July 2024, the Delhi government had failed to implement a system for registering Muslim marriages as mandated under the Delhi […]