Today, On 25th February, The Supreme Court has stayed the ongoing trial in the money laundering case against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, granting temporary relief while examining key questions raised over procedural fairness and ensuring proper judicial scrutiny before further action.
The Jharkhand High Court dismissed the suo motu criminal contempt case against advocate Mahesh Tiwari after he apologised for his heated exchange with Justice Rajesh Kumar. The Court said its shoulders were broad enough and adopted a lenient view.
The Jharkhand High Court has stayed the police investigation in cross FIRs arising from a Ranchi road accident involving an advocate and a software engineer. The Court granted interim protection, citing concerns over fairness, parallel probes, and attempts to give the case “another colour.”
The Jharkhand High Court questioned the police for allegedly keeping two students in custody for 10 days without producing them before a magistrate. The Court termed the action “beyond the process of law” and directed the Chatra SP to file an explanation.
The Jharkhand High Court held that concealing a prior live-in relationship before marriage amounts to fraud under the Hindu Marriage Act. While upholding annulment, the Court enhanced permanent alimony from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 50 lakh to secure the wife’s future.
The Supreme Court disposed of advocate Mahesh Tewari’s plea challenging suo motu criminal contempt proceedings initiated by the Jharkhand High Court, granting liberty to file an unconditional apology and urging the High Court to consider it sympathetically.
The Jharkhand High Court directed the state government to frame clear guidelines for identifying persons originating from outside Jharkhand, stressing administrative clarity. The division bench made the observation while hearing a plea concerning a missing child from Gumla district.
The Jharkhand High Court observed that the state police raid on the Enforcement Directorate office in Ranchi appeared prima facie preplanned. The Court ordered the deployment of the CRPF for security and stayed the FIR against the ED officials.
The Jharkhand High Court ruled that accessing a wife’s private photographs without her consent and showing them to family members amounts to grave mental cruelty, as it humiliates her and destroys the trust and dignity essential to a marital relationship.
The Jharkhand High Court granted divorce to a woman subjected to repeated humiliation by her husband and in-laws over photographs from a relationship predating her marriage. The Bench found the husband accessed her Google Drive and shared objectionable images.
