Quashing of FIR and Charge-sheet – Criminal Misc. Application under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. – Applicant seeks to quash cognizance order and charge sheet for offenses under Sections 376, 313 IPC and Sections 3, 4 POCSO Act – Compromise entered between applicant and victim subsequent to lodging of FIR and summoning by trial court – Applicant contends for quashing based on ...
Criminal Procedure – Delay Condonation – Delay of 275 days in filing criminal revision justified by affidavit and consented by parties – Delay condonation application allowed – [Para 3].
Family Law – Bigamy – No evidence of valid solemnization of second marriage according to Hindu rites, particularly the ‘Saptapadi’, essential for a valid Hindu ma...
Criminal Procedure – Quashing of Proceedings – Section 482 Cr.P.C. –High Court declined to quash the proceedings against the petitioner accused of offenses under IPC and Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002. [Para 1, 6]
Allegations of Illegal Relationship and Assault – Involvement of Petitioner – The petitioner was accused of being in a...
Constitutional Law – Equality Before Law – Petition challenging the ten-year limit for considering sports achievements for government job eligibility under the sports quota – Petitioner’s earlier sports achievements excluded by the impugned Government Order – High Court finds the ten-year restriction arbitrary, lacking rational basis, and violative of Article 14 of th...
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 – Eviction of son from property – Applicability of Section 4(3) – Obligation of children to maintain parents – Need-based maintenance – Quashing of eviction order.
Facts [Para 20-22]: The petitioner and his wife were living with the petitioner’s parents. Allegations were made that the petitioner...
Jurisdiction and Authority of Police to Reinvestigate – Criminal Jurisdiction – Writ of Certiorari to quash FIR – Andhra Pradesh High Court rules on the legality of police reinvestigation in FIR No. 72 of 2016 under Sections 365, 342, 84, 506, 109 read with 34 of IPC, following a previous investigation into similar allegations in FIR No. 378 of 2015 – Held, police lack auth...
Writ Petition – Quashing of Order – Quashing of order dated 20.10.2023 in Dhanbad Mahila P.S. Case No.30 of 2023 under section 82 Cr.PC – Petitioner, the husband in a case under section 498A IPC, had already complied with notice under section 41A Cr.PC and appeared before the investigating officer – Petitioner's non-pressing of prayer-(a) and focusing on prayer-(b) for ...
Criminal Proceedings – Quashing of Proceedings – Criminal proceedings against bank officials in a case involving missing jewelry from a bank locker quashed – Lack of evidence against petitioners, who were not sent for trial after police investigation – Alleged theft occurred, but no material implicating bank officials – Civil suit for the same incident pending. [Para ...
Criminal Proceedings – Quashing of proceedings and order taking cognizance – Petitioners seeking to quash the criminal proceedings including the cognizance order dated 14.06.2013 in connection with a complaint case alleging torture – Petitioners are the complainant's relatives residing in a different city from the alleged place of occurrence – Evidence suggesting allega...
Criminal Petition – Quashing of Proceedings – Section 482 of Cr.P.C. – Petition seeking to quash the charge sheet in C.C.No.14766/2021 for offence under Section 420 IPC – Allegation of furnishing false information in application for District Judge post – Petition dismissed. [Para 1, 14, 19]
Judicial Selection Process – Misrepresentation in Applicati...