A ₹1.9 crore production dispute ended in a settlement, and with it the cheating case against Nivin Pauly: the Kerala High Court has quashed the FIR after recording that the producer who complained no longer wishes to pursue it. Kochi: Allowing a petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, the Kerala High […]
Two rival complaints, one apartment corridor and a pile of garbage: the Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Cross-Cases, holding that contested accounts and medical records call for a trial and that physical violence is never an acceptable way to settle a neighbourhood dispute. Bengaluru: Two sets of criminal proceedings born of a quarrel over […]
The Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Case Against Police Sub-Inspector accused of fabricating vaccination records to alter his date of birth, holding that a civil court decree correcting the date does not bar an investigation into the alleged forgery on which it rests. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a criminal […]
Karnataka High Court directs crackdown on unauthorised SIM activation, asking the Director General of Police, Cyber Command, and telecom operators to tighten verification, while refusing to quash a criminal case against a Jio promoter accused of holding SIM cards activated in other people’s names. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition to quash […]
“Undoubtedly abusive and intemperate” words were not enough: the Karnataka High Court has held that mere abusive language is not criminal intimidation or intentional insult under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) unless the complaint discloses the statutory ingredients of those offences. Bengaluru: A landowner accused of abusing and threatening his neighbour over a phone call […]
Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR against the administrator of an X account for reposting a news report on an alleged stalking incident in Puttur, and directs the police to stop mechanical registration of FIRs and arrests over social media posts. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed an FIR registered under Section 353(2) of the […]
Pending criminal cases without conviction cannot alone justify denial of bail, the Delhi High Court has ruled while granting regular bail to an undertrial who has spent about 16 months in custody. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has held that the previous involvement of an accused in cases that have not ended in conviction […]
A conjugal rights plea under Muslim law cannot, by itself, wipe out a wife’s cruelty FIR, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has held, even as it freed the husband’s mother and two sisters from the case. Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash a cruelty and dowry harassment FIR against a husband […]