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Bank Cannot Unilaterally Withdraw Funds from Joint Account to Recover Loan Owed by One Account Holder: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court, in a significant judgment delivered on October 17, 2025, held that a bank cannot unilaterally deduct money from a joint account to recover a loan owed by only one of the account holders. The ruling came in the case Bharat Chandra Mallick VERSUS Branch Manager, State Bank of India, where Justice…
Offence Deemed Purely Personal; POCSO Case Against Man Who Married 17-Year-Old Girl Quashed: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has quashed a criminal case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) against a young man accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl. The order was passed by Justice N. Sathish Kumar, who observed that the offence was personal in nature and continuing the…
Recording of Evidence of US-Based Witness via Video Conferencing Permitted in Official Secrets Act Case: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on 29 October 2025 permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to record the testimony of a US-based prosecution witness through video conferencing in the high-profile Official Secrets Act, 1923 case involving businessman Abhishek Verma. The order was passed by Justice Sanjeev Narula, who…
Domestic Violence Act Case | Interim Maintenance Order for Wife and Child Upheld: Delhi Court
A Delhi District Court, presided over by Shri Puneet Pahwa, Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge (NDPS), North East District, Karkardooma Courts, has dismissed the appeal of Nitin Sharma against his wife Ruchi Sharma in Criminal Appeal No. 122/2025, under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.…
15 FIRs Registered Against BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari Quashed: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court on October 24, 2025, delivered a significant judgment in the case Suvendu Adhikari VERSUS State of West Bengal & Ors., where the Court quashed fifteen First Information Reports (FIRs) filed between 2021 and 2022 against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Leader of the Opposition in West…
Divorce Upheld as Prolonged Denial of Marital Relations and Parental Alienation Constituted Mental Cruelty in Marriage: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court, in a judgment delivered in October 2025, upheld a Family Court’s order granting divorce to a husband who alleged that his wife subjected him to prolonged mental cruelty. The Division Bench observed that the couple had not shared any marital intimacy since 2008 and that the wife had deliberately…
Separate Investigations by CID and ACB Directed into Alleged Theft of Money Offered to Tirumala Temple: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the Crime Investigation Department (CID) and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to conduct detailed investigations into the alleged theft of offerings made to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). Justice G.R. Prasad, while hearing Writ Petition No.1294 of 2025 (M.…
Change of POCSO Victim’s Clothes Before Medical Examination Does Not Weaken Prosecution Evidence: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has clarified that changing the clothes of a minor rape victim before medical examination does not undermine the credibility of prosecution evidence in cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed that the act of a mother changing…
Exclusion of Army Personnel’s Wards from Nagaland’s Central Pool MBBS Quota Upheld: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court recently refused relief to Vatsala Panghal, a medical aspirant, who sought admission to an MBBS seat allocated to Nagaland under the Central Pool quota, despite qualifying the cut-off marks. The petition challenged the Nagaland government’s 2021 notification, which excluded her from one of the…
Denial of Job to Candidate Who Signed in Capital Letters Upheld: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently upheld the decision of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to reject the appointment of Vikki Kumar as a constable due to his failure to comply with the prescribed application requirements. The ruling was delivered by Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul, who found that the…
