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'S.125 CrPC Is Meant To Ameliorate Agony & Financial Suffering Of Woman'; Jharkhand High Court Flags Delay In Deciding Maintenance Case
The Jharkhand High Court has reiterated that proceedings under Section 125 of the CrPC are summary in nature and are intended to prevent vagrancy and destitution. It also held that a wife is legally entitled to maintenance enabling her to live with dignity and in a manner similar to the standard of living she would have enjoyed in her matrimonial home. However, in the facts of the present...
Mother's Right To Higher Education, Personal Development Can't Be Curtailed Due To Custody Disputes: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a mother's right to personal development, dignity and autonomy, including the pursuit of higher education abroad, is an intrinsic facet of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution, and cannot be curtailed merely because custody and visitation proceedings are pending.Justice Saurabh Banerjee held that the fact that a mother...
'Scurrilous Remarks Against Constitutional Functionary': Orissa High Court Criticizes DSP For Casting Aspersions On Advocate General
In an unusual development, the Orissa High Court has criticized an officer in the cadre of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) for casting aspersions on the professional ethics of the Advocate General for the State. The Bench of Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy went a step ahead in restraining media from reporting the contents of the affidavit through which the DSP had made...
Calcutta High Court Upholds ₹3.56 Lakh Compensation To Family Of Railway Contractor's Worker Killed After Being Hit By Train
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal by the Eastern Railway challenging a compensation award to the family of a worker who died in a workplace accident. The judgment was delivered by Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury.The case arose from an accident on December 23, 2006, in which Allarkha Mirja, a worker employed through a contractor, was fatally struck by the 2509 up...
Documents Produced With Writ Petition Must Be Marked With Description In Statement Of Facts Or In Grounds: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently clarified that while filing writ petitions, it is necessary to mark documents with description either in the statement of facts or in the grounds.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan, while considering a writ petition, noticed that the exhibits produced in it were not marked as copy of the original documents with description but were shown in brackets after stating...
Madras High Court Directs POCSO Accused To Pay ₹25K Cost To Victim After Advocate Names Her In Cause Title
The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) recently imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on the accused booked under the POCSO Act after finding that the name of the survivor/victim was explicitly mentioned by their counsel in the cause title of the criminal petition. A bench of Justice L Victoria Gowri strongly condemned the conduct of the petitioners' counsel and further directed that the said amount...
Providing Public Utility Is Fiduciary Trust, Not Administrative High-Handedness: Calcutta HC Quashes WBSEDCL's Excess Electricity Bills
The Calcutta High Court has held that the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. (WBSEDCL) cannot recover a supplemental electricity bill of Rs. 55.8 lakh from Jyotish Chandra Rice Mill. A division bench of Justices Rajarshi Bharadwaj and Uday Kumar found that the demand was based on an unproven “polarity reversal” in the transformer and speculative average billing,...
Decades Of Possession Doesn't Create Ownership Or Compensation Rights On Encroached Land: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that illegal encroachers of Government land cannot claim compensation and invoke the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, despite acquiring the land from their ancestors or having possession of the same for decades.Justice Harinath N was dealing with a batch of petitions...
Bombay High Court Denies Emergency Parole To Abu Salem Over Brother's Death After He Declines To Pay Police Escort Charges
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused permission to underworld gangster Abu Salem to travel to his native place in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, to mourn the death of his brother, Abu Hakim Ansari.A division bench comprising Justices Ajay Gadkari and Shyam Chandak upheld the order of the Appellate Authority which had allowed Salem emergency parole only on the condition that he pays Rs 17.60...
Authorised Representative Without Direct Knowledge Of Transaction Can't Sustain Cheque Bounce Case: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that a company that prefers a complaint for cheque dishonour can be represented by a power of attorney holder only if he/she witnessed the transaction or had direct knowledge of it.Justice P.V. Balakrishnan observed:“The company, being a juristic person, cannot act on its own and it must necessarily function through a human agency. A company is competent...
'Criminal Justice System Will Be Clogged': Karnataka High Court Raps Bank For Filing FIRs Over NPAs
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (February 5) stayed investigation against a borrower booked in a cheating FIR, registered against various accused on a complaint by State Bank of India, after the borrower's account was declared a Non-Performing Asset due to failure to pay loan. In doing so the court questioned the bank for registering a criminal case instead of availing other...
Insurance Company Cannot Recover Compensation Without Hearing Vehicle Owner On Alleged Policy Violation: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court recently ruled that a motor insurance company cannot recover compensation from a vehicle owner without giving them an opportunity to be heard regarding alleged violations of the insurance policy. The judgment was delivered by Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury on February 4, 2026, in F.M.A. 1003 of 2025, involving National Insurance Co. Ltd. vs. Lirasa Bibi & Anr.The...