4 min readNew DelhiJul 15, 2026 11:21 AM IST Setting aside a 15-year-old FIR for theft, the Himachal Pradesh High Court observed that a man cannot be “condemned forever” just because a case had been lodged against him and never acted upon. The pending FIR had even led to the rejection of his passport application….
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has quashed charges under the IT Act against two brothers accused of leaking a question paper after one of them took pictures of the paper inside the exam hall and sent them to the other. The latter was sitting outside the hall. The events occurred during the 2018 GPSC exam.Police invoked…
Gujarat High Court at Sola in Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has quashed an FIR under IPC and a complaint under the Domestic Violence Act filed against an elderly couple as counterblasts after their NRI son divorced his wife.Quashing both the cases filed against the couple by their daughter-in-law, the HC said, “The petitioners…
Bengaluru: In a significant relief to the managing director, executive director and two employees of Malnad Alloys Casting Private Limited, Shivamogga, the Karnataka high court has quashed criminal proceedings registered against them under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015, and Sections 351(2), 352, 127(2) and 190 of the Bharatiya…
NewsClick and its editor-in-chief, Prabir Purkayastha (File photo, image enhanced with AI) NEW DELHI: In a major relief to digital news platform NewsClick and its founding editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha, Delhi high court Wednesday quashed an FIR registered by the eonomic offences wing (EOW) over allegations of illegal foreign funding, holding that the case disclosed no…
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has quashed a criminal case and proceedings against the in-laws of a woman, observing that to not react, or a refusal to actively take sides of daughter-in-law or being a passive spectator, cannot be the basis to invoke the law for offence of “cruelty to wife”.“A parent or relative, caug-ht…
Prayagraj: Cautioning against equating legal advice with criminal conspiracy, the Allahabad high court has held that lawyers cannot be subjected to criminal prosecution merely for discharging their professional responsibilities.“If an advocate is treated as part of a criminal conspiracy merely for carrying out a professional duty such as filing an appeal on behalf of a…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday quashed a first information report (FIR) and proceedings against former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey and other accused of trying to get the informant, Sanjay Punamiya, to falsely implicate chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, and retired IPS officer and former Mumbai police chief Parambir…
