The Kerala High Court has quashed a 2018 sexual harassment FIR after finding that the investigation stalled in 2019 because the complainant did not cooperate, while clarifying that delay alone is not an automatic ground to quash.
A child of tender age needs maternal affection, nurture and care, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has said in ordering the custody of six-year-old girl, who had been with her father’s family since October 2025, to be handed back to her mother. Chandigarh: On October 28, 2026, a six-and-a-half-year-old girl is to be brought […]
Trivial corrective measures used to keep order in a classroom do not call for criminal action unless they are inflicted with mala fide intent, the Kerala High Court has held, ending a case over a pulled hand. Kochi: A school teacher accused of corporal punishment will not face trial. The Kerala High Court has quashed […]
Married in January 2025, living apart from March 2025, FIR in May 2026: the Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash the dowry cruelty FIR, holding that the 14-month delay does not by itself make the wife’s complaint a counterblast. Jabalpur: Dismissing a petition by a husband and his parents to quash a dowry […]
Holding that the offence of sexual intercourse on a false promise of marriage under Section 69 BNS cannot be attracted against a woman accused on the allegations made, the Karnataka High Court has quashed that charge against a woman named as the second accused in an FIR, while allowing the investigation into the remaining allegations […]
Asking why its members were staying away from the Crime Branch probe into alleged irregularities in a State Planning Board recruitment exam, the Kerala High Court told the Public Service Commission that it was being called to give information, not as an accused. Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Monday questioned the Kerala Public Service […]
The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR for attempt to murder and Arms Act offences after the parties settled their dispute, directing the four petitioners to pay Rs 25,000 each to an environmental research and action group. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR registered under Sections 307, 506 and 34 […]
The Rajasthan High Court has permitted an accused couple to travel abroad for four months to be with their son ahead of his scheduled surgery, holding that parental concern cannot be measured by whether the medical advice was given on an outpatient basis. Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court has set aside an order of a […]
The Delhi High Court has quashed FIR No. 774/2015 of Police Station Dabri against Hari Govind under Sections 498A, 406 and 354 read with Section 34 IPC, holding that continuing the case would serve no useful purpose after the spouses settled for Rs 11.7 lakh through mediation, divorced by mutual consent and the complainant said she had no objection.