The Bombay High Court ruled that human teeth aren’t dangerous weapons under IPC Section 324. A property dispute-based assault case against a family of five was dismissed.
Kerala: Today, 17th March, The Kerala High Court has quashed the Kerala government’s decision to appoint an inquiry commission to examine the rights of around 600 families facing eviction from Munambam land, which has been declared as waqf (an endowment under Islamic law for charitable or religious purposes).
NEW DELHI: On February 10, 2025, the Supreme Court of India declared the 2010 recruitment process conducted by the Jharkhand government for Class-IV employees to be “illegal” and “unconstitutional”. The Court quashed the entire recruitment process, ordering the state government to issue new advertisements for these positions within six months.
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Supreme Court will hear Today (Dec 9) an appeal filed by the Bengal government challenging the May 22 decision of the Calcutta high court that scrapped the state’s decision to extend reservation in vacancies and admissions to 77 communities in the state within the 17% quota for OBC category. An overwhelming majority of these communities were Muslim.
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The Kerala High Court, led by Justice A. Badharudeen, quashed criminal proceedings against a mother for failing to report her 17-year-old daughter’s pregnancy, citing her emotional trauma as the cause for her delay. The Court emphasized that her actions were not intentional and further prosecution would be unjustified.
The Kerala High Court ruled that Section 52A of the Waqf Act, effective from November 2013, does not apply retroactively. Justice P V Kunhikrishnan stated that prosecution requires evidence of unauthorized transfers, which the petitioners did not engage in. Consequently, the cases against them were quashed as the law cannot be applied retroactively.
Today(on 6th May), The Gujarat High Court granted permission to former BJP MP Dinu Solanki and six others to appeal against their conviction in the murder case of RTI activist Amit Jethwa. The court noted biased investigation and quashed the CBI court’s life imprisonment sentence, raising doubts about the integrity of the entire process. The case has seen legal scrutiny since 2010.
