Delhi high court… Delhi High Court Settles the Law on Sanction Under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2018 Amendment 7 Aug 2026 Introduction A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja has delivered an important judgment clarifying the law on the requirement of prior…
Madhya Pradesh High Court… 12-Day Delay Cannot Defeat a Statutory Right of Appeal”: MP High Court Sets Aside Mechanical Rejection of Condonation Application in Cheque Bounce Case 29 Jul 2026 Introduction The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench, has set aside a Sessions Court order that dismissed a convict's first appeal solely on the ground of a 12-day delay in…
bombay high court… Bombay High Court Orders De Novo Probe by State CID After “Shocking” Lapses in POCSO Investigation 28 Jul 202628 Jul 2026 Introduction In a strongly worded order, the Bombay High Court's Kolhapur Bench has transferred the investigation into a POCSO case to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), directing a fresh,…
Gujarat high court… Gujarat High Court Quashes Defamation FIR: Mere Forwarding of Message Not Criminal 25 Jul 2026 Background The petitioner was accused in an FIR registered at Shaherkotda Police Station, Ahmedabad, under Sections 469, 500, 501, 120(B) and 114 of IPC for allegedly circulating a fake newspaper…
News Update… J&K High Court: Section 195 CrPC Bars Only Court Cognizance, Not FIR Registration or Investigation in Lockdown Violation Cases; Quashing Petition Dismissed as Premature 24 Mar 2026 The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that Section 195(1)(a)(i) of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not prohibit registration of an FIR or police investigation…
News Update… Supreme Court Quashes Copyright Infringement Case Against ‘Kahaani 2’ Director Sujoy Ghosh: Criminal Proceedings Under Section 63 Copyright Act Set Aside as Frivolous and Mechanically Issued 20 Mar 2026 The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the petition filed by national award-winning scriptwriter and director Sujoy Ghosh and quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against him under Section 63 of the…
News Update… Supreme Court Quashes Cheating Case: Mere Dishonour of Post-Dated Cheque Not Sufficient to Presume Dishonest Intention Under Section 420 IPC; Film Production Risk Cannot Be Criminalised 20 Mar 2026 The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code against a film producer, holding that dishonour of a post-dated cheque by itself does…
News Update… Supreme Court Partly Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Corporate Fraud Case 10 Jan 2026 In a significant ruling on corporate governance and criminal jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of India partly allowed appeals by Yerram Vijay Kumar and Rajeev Kumar Agarwal against a Telangana High…
Delhi high court… Delhi High Court Dismisses Writ Petition for Quashing Rape FIR After Charges Framed, Rules on Maintainability Grounds 30 Sep 2025 In a recent ruling, the Delhi High Court dismissed a criminal writ petition filed by Dharmender Kumar seeking to quash FIR No. 934/2016 registered under Sections 376/384/354A/354C/354D of the Indian…
News Update Supreme Court: Economic Offences Cannot Be Quashed Merely Based on Settlement 30 Dec 2024 The Supreme Court ruled that economic offences, which have wider societal and financial ramifications, cannot be quashed merely because the parties have arrived at a settlement. In dismissing the appeal…
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