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State Duty-Bound To Timely Lift Paddy Stock From Procurement Centers To Avert Financial Loss And Natural Hazards: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court, in a significant ruling impacting procurement and food grain storage policy, directed the State of Chhattisgarh to immediately lift the paddy stored at Adim Jaati Sewa Sahkari Samiti Marayadit Kulhariya, the petitioner society, to avoid further financial burden on the society and prevent…
Farmers Shouldn't Be Forced Into 'Distress Sales', State Directed To Operate Procurement Centers For Two Extra Months: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court, in a landmark judgment, directed the State Government to establish at least one crop procurement center in each Taluka for two months beyond the procurement period fixed by the Government of India, aiming to protect farmers from distress sales. The decision came in Writ Petition No.12751 of…
Robust Policy and Regular Training Suggested to Protect Children from Sexual Exploitation: Gauhati High Court
In a significant move to address the growing concern of child sexual abuse, the Gauhati High Court has issued wide-ranging directives aimed at preventing sexual exploitation of children in the State of Mizoram. Justice Kaushik Goswami, while deciding a criminal appeal under the Protection of Children from Sexual…
Sabir, Gareeb Dasi cannot be deprived of settled rights by issuing 1944 land exchange orders: Jammu and Kashmir High Court
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld the enforceability of Government Order No. 60-C of 1944, protecting the vested property rights of landowners whose proprietary lands were acquired by the then princely state for tourism and forest conservation in Pahalgam. In exchange, the affected owners were…
Special Evening Sitting Held to Grant Bail to Film Director Falsely Accused of Rape: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to filmmaker Sanoj Kumar Mishra, who was arrested in a false rape case filed by a woman with whom he had a consensual live-in relationship. The woman later admitted before the court that she lodged the false complaint under pressure from rivals of the accused. The case was heard…
Mumbai Man Sentenced to Four Months in Prison After Pet Dog Bites Neighbor: Mumbai Court
In a notable ruling under Section 324 IPC and Section 289 IPC, a Mumbai Magistrate Court has sentenced a Worli resident to four months of rigorous imprisonment after his pet dog bit a neighbor inside a residential building lift. The Court held that the act was not only negligent but also showed disregard for the…
Husband Sending Draft Divorce Agreement to Wife Would Not Constitute Abetment of Suicide: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has ruled that a trial court erred in adding the charge of abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code against a husband whose wife allegedly committed suicide days after receiving a draft divorce agreement. Justice Kauser Edappagath, presiding over the case, found no material…
Magistrate Cannot Defer Ruling On Third Party Ownership Claims Under Section 84 CrPC Until After Property Attachment: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled that a Magistrate is legally bound to adjudicate objections filed under Section 84 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) by third parties before implementing an attachment order under Section 83 CrPC. The court condemned any postponement of such…
Family Courts Cannot Grant Judicial Separation When Petition Is Only For Restitution Of Conjugal Rights: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has clarified that Family Courts have no power under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, to grant a decree of judicial separation in a case where the original plea was for restitution of conjugal rights. The Court stated that such power is available only in a petition for divorce and not in petitions…
Fine Imposed on 84-Year-Old Man in Jail for Electricity Theft Reduced to ₹20K Citing 'Extreme Old Age': Andhra Pradesh High Court
In a criminal appeal concerning electricity theft, the Andhra Pradesh High Court upheld the conviction of an 84-year-old man for violating Section 135(1)(a)(b) of the Electricity Act, but significantly reduced the fine imposed on him from Rs.2,70,000 to Rs.20,000, citing his advanced age and impoverished condition.…
