Category Archives: Current Affairs

The Calcutta High Court recently quashed a cheating and fraud case against a woman, whose husband accused her of taking away valuable ornaments and cell phone [Mithu Dash @ Bhuiya vs State of Maharashtra]. Single-judge Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) noted that the petitioner-woman was married to the complainant-man since last 29 years and left her matrimonial house after […]

The Bombay High Court recently voiced its concern over the trend of estranged wives misusing the provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act to harass their husband and his family members including distant relatives (DV Act) [Dhananjay Mohan Zombade vs Prachi Dhananjay Zombade]. Single-judge Justice RM Joshi quashed proceedings under the Act against a woman’s […]

Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) noted that the petitioner woman was married to her husband in 2003 and that she was allegedly driven out of her matrimonial home in 2012 after 9 years of marriage. A man who is entitled to marry for the second time under personal law is duty bound to maintain his first […]

In Allahabad High Court, some bail pleas are heard by one judge who grants bail and the rest by another who does not. Why is it happening? The apex court asked today. The Supreme Court on Monday took exception to the Allahabad High Court listing bail applications arising out of the same criminal complaint before […]

Once a First Information Report (FIR) is quashed, the media should delete news articles reporting the lodging of the said FIR, as they could harm the reputation and goodwill of the person against whom the case was lodged, the Gujarat High Court observed on Wednesday. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice NV Anjaria was hearing […]

The Court held that, inability to bear a child is natural aspect of married life, and couples can consider adoption or other alternatives for having children. Inability to conceive a child is neither considered impotence nor a valid reason for dissolving the marriage, the Patna High Court recently held. [Sonu Kumar v Rina Devi] The […]

A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and YG Khobaragade was hearing a batch of petitions by farmers raising a grievance that they had not been compensated for lands acquired from them by the state. The Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court recently pulled up Maharashtra state revenue authorities for their apathy towards the plight […]

The Calcutta High Court Tuesday ordered the suspension of two police officers for disclosing the identity of a minor rape survivor by enclosing her photograph in the case diary, which was produced before the trial court [Anil Sardar vs State of West Bengal]. A division bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Ajay Kumar Gupta said the Supreme Court in the […]

Surveillance without procedural safeguards would offend an individual’s fundamental right to privacy, the Rajasthan High Court recently held while quashing three phone tapping orders passed by the State’s Home Ministry [Shashikant Joshi v. State of Rajasthan]. Justice Birendra Kumar noted that the Indian Telegraph Act provides for procedural safeguards to prevent arbitrary infringement of the right to privacy, […]

In order to allow breathing time to the Muslim party to move. Allahabad High Court, the apex court directed that the district court ordered will not be enforced till July 26. The Supreme Court on Monday ordered status quo till Wednesday on the scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises being carried out by the […]