The Bombay High Court quashed a Magistrate’s order summoning in-laws, with Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe stressing issuing process is a “serious matter” requiring judicial application of mind to facts, allegations, and supporting evidence.
A Delhi court dismissed a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Delhi Law Minister Kapil Mishra over the 2020 Delhi riots. The Rouse Avenue Court held that grounds were insufficient to order an FIR under Section 156(3) CrPC.
The Supreme Court declined to interfere with the Bombay High Court ruling that Rule 10 of the Information Technology Rules, 2009 does not empower a Magistrate to order blocking of online content, holding that no inherent jurisdiction exists to issue such directions.
