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October 29, 2025

Consensual Relationships Initiated Through Dating Apps Cannot Be Criminalised As Rape Absent Clear Evidence Of Coercion: Karnataka High Court Quashes Rape FIR

By: sayum

“A Relationship Born of Mutual Volition, Even If It Founders in Disappointment, Cannot Be Transmuted into a Criminal Offence”— In a judgment that squarely addresses the intersection of modern dating...

October 29, 2025

Security Cheques Can’t Be Misused To Launch Criminal Prosecution: No Offence Under Section 138 NI Act If No Enforceable Debt Exists: Delhi High Court

By: sayum

“Cheques You Are Insisting For Audit Purpose, For Showing To Banker And Security Purpose And Not For Depositing Into Bank”— In a significant ruling that reiterates the legal boundaries of...

October 29, 2025

Revenue Receipts Are Not Title Deeds: Andhra Pradesh High Court Sets Aside Decree Declaring Ava Tank Poramboke Land as Ryoti

By: sayum

“The plaintiffs utterly failed to prove title, possession or even the right to sue” – Andhra Pradesh High Court setting aside the 2001 judgment of the Subordinate Judge, Kakinada, which...

October 29, 2025

Nominee Is Merely a Trustee, Not a Successor in Law: Delhi High Court Affirms Equal Succession Rights in Family Property Dispute

By: sayum

“Even Where Section 10 CPC Doesn’t Apply, Courts Can Stay Proceedings Under Inherent Powers of Section 151 to Avoid Conflicting Outcomes” - In a significant ruling Delhi High Court, speaking...

October 29, 2025

138 NI Act | Double Presumption of Innocence Shields Accused Where Complainant Fails to Establish Legally Enforceable Debt: Kerala High Court in Cheque Dishonour Case

By: sayum

“The complainant has not succeeded in proving the offence under Section 138 of the N.I. Act against the accused… the view taken by the trial court is a possible view”...

October 29, 2025

Withholding Increments for Pending FIR Without Chargesheet Is Punishing Without Trial: Punjab & Haryana High Court Slams Arbitrary Denial of Service Benefits

By: sayum

“Probation Can't Be an Endless Wait – Deemed Confirmation Follows Completion of Maximum Period” – In a detailed and precedent-reinforcing judgment Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside the employer's...

October 29, 2025

Natural Inheritance May Be a Moral Right, But Testamentary Intention Rules the Law: Delhi High Court Upholds Will Favoring One Heir

By: sayum

“A Will Is Not a Democracy—Testator's Wishes, Not Heir's Expectations, Govern Succession”, In a judgment that firmly upholds the sanctity of testamentary freedom under Indian succession law, the Delhi High...

October 28, 2025

Police FIR Based on Hearsay Can't Override Eyewitness Accounts and Confession of Driver: Himachal Pradesh High Court Upholds Insurer’s Liability

By: sayum

In a recent judgement Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed the insurer’s attempt to evade liability by invoking a breach of policy defence based on alleged misidentification of the driver. Justice...

October 28, 2025

NRI Status Not a Jurisdictional Shield in Divorce Proceedings: Telangana High Court Allows Matrimonial Trial to Proceed Despite Foreign Domicile Claims

By: sayum

“Citizenship does not oust jurisdiction if cause of action and last cohabitation are within India” – In a crucial ruling reconciling global mobility with domestic matrimonial law, the Telangana High...

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