High Courts

In a noteworthy judgment, the Bombay High Court held that merely making allegations of ‘adultery’ against a woman does not disentitle her from claiming a share in her deceased husband's family pension under the Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982 (MCSR). A division bench of Justice Manish Pitale and Justice Yanshivraj Khobragade, therefore, declined to […]

In a striking verdict, a division bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Justice Anjan Moni Kalita and Justice Michael Zothankhuma overturned a trial court’s three-year-old rape conviction, acquitting Sudip Biswas after DNA evidence conclusively proved he was not the biological father of the child born to the complainant. This development emerged despite Biswas initially

The Bombay High Court’s Division Bench of Justice G. S. Kulkarni and Justice Arif S. Doctor, came down heavily on the Kulgaon-Badlapur Municipal Council (KBMC) and a private developer for gross lapses in urban planning and civic administration that led to untreated sewage being discharged into agricultural land in Thane district. In a strongly worded

The Delhi High Court has directed that action be taken against two judicial officers who stayed the arrest of an accused in a cheating and forgery case, even though both the High Court and Supreme Court had already refused his anticipatory bail pleas. The controversy stems from the sale of a Prashant Vihar property in

The Madhya Pradesh High Court’s division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Pradeep Mittal, has taken suo motu cognizance of certain critical observations made by Single Bench Judge, Justice Rajesh Kumar Gupta, concerning an order passed by Additional Sessions Judge Vivek Sharma. Background: Such a controversy stems from paragraph 12 of the Single Bench

The Orissa High Court’s bench of Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra, clarified an important issue about how the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) works with the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The Court ruled that a person accused under the POCSO Act can file a discharge application under Section 250(1) of the BNSS

Justice PB Balaji of the Madras High Court recently delivered a crucial observation on mutual divorce cases. The court stated that when both parties have mutually agreed to part ways, insisting on the mandatory cooling-off period only intensifies their suffering and should therefore be waived. After examining multiple Supreme Court precedents and judgments from other

The Bombay High Court bench of Justice Sarang V. Kotwal and Justice Shyam C. Chandak has set aside a conviction of the Appellant under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and acquitted him of murder charges. Factual Background The prosecution case rested on the allegation that on 16 April 2015 at about 11:15

In a noteworthy decision the Delhi High Court quashed two cross-FIRs stemming from a neighbourhood dispute but imposed an unusual condition. Justice Arun Monga directed the warring parties to perform community service by serving meals to the children and staff of a government-run childcare centre. Background Two separate First information reports – FIR Nos. 220/2025

The Bombay High Court recently rejected an anticipatory bail application by practicing advocates accused in an investor fraud case, holding that promises of abnormally high profits in share trading (10-15% per month) indicate a prima facie dishonest intention from the very outset. Justice Amit Borkar observed that such guarantees, being unrealistic in any genuine or