Court News Updates

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on August 18, observed that for issuance of proceeding under Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the investigating officer has to s...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the petition of a married woman, seeking protection for herself and her live-in partner, stating that the woman entered into an unholy alliance without taking legal divorce and also failed to produce substantial material....

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Pollution Control Board, Jabalpur to carry out inspection to check whether pollution caused by the private respondent from their mines is being maintained within the permissible norms.

The Allahabad High Court came down heavily on the District Administration of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh Police and the TB Sapru Hospital, over a 82-year-old Covid-19 patient, who got admitted to the hospital for treatment of Covid-19 and suddenly disappeared.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the District Judge, Anuppur to nominate one of the Counsels for undertaking the exercise of proceedings of elections of the District Bar Association, Anuppur.

The Delhi High Court bench dismissed the petition by a Commander in the Navy seeking anticipatory bail in relation to the FIR registered him on the complaint of the prosecutrix.

The Supreme Court has set aside the conviction and sentence of life imprisonment of three people, noting that investigation was faulty and not carried out with the intention of unearthing the truth, but for burying the same fathom deep, for extraneous considerations, while allowing the real culprits named in the FIR to escape.

The Allahabad High Court has come down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh police for dealing with the molestation case of a 15-year-old girl in a very casual and insensitive manner, stating that due to the careless attitude of Police, the victim committed suicide after five days of the incident.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on a petitioner for wasting the precious time of the Court by not inform it regarding the parallel proceedings going on in the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has observed that no sympathies can be shown to medical students, who have entered through the backdoor.