[ High Courts ]
The Allahabad High Court has stayed complaint proceedings against Reliance Bio Energy Limited before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hapur, after the company deposited the full penalty and was permitted to resume operations.
2026-05-21 · 4 min read
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Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj quashed a 24-year-old proclaimed offender declaration, finding the petitioner's absence stemmed from ignorance of ongoing proceedings, not wilful evasion.
2026-05-20 · 4 min read
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The Himachal Pradesh High Court quashed a Section 500 IPC complaint against a news reporter and a complainant, holding that FIR contents and police complaints are protected from defamation liability.
2026-05-19 · 7 min read
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The Srinagar bench dismissed a habeas corpus petition challenging a Public Safety Act detention order, rejecting arguments on mechanical application of mind, non-supply of material, and the constitutional validity of PSA adaptations post-reorganisation.
2026-05-18 · 9 min read
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Patna High Court set aside cognizance taken by a Special SC/ST Court, finding the FIR was lodged by a domestic caretaker at her landlord's behest to wreck vengeance on the accused family.
2026-05-18 · 7 min read
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Justice L. Victoria Gowri at the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has quashed a POCSO prosecution against a school teacher, holding that a classroom scolding cannot be converted into a sexual offence and that the child herself, examined in camera, denied any sexual abuse.
2026-05-12 · 5 min read