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MP HC | It is true that alternative remedy is not an absolute bar to a writ petition, but it is equally well settled that if there is an alternative remedy HC should not ordinarily interfere

Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.A. Dharmadhikari, J., dismissed the instant petition filed under Articles 226 and 227. The facts of the case

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Kar HC | Police officer who defaulted in registering FIR in a cognizable case was directed to clean the front of his police station for 1 week; Laid emphasis on FIR and Zero FIR

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of S. Sunil Dutt Yadav and P. Krishna Bhat, JJ., emphasized on the importance of jurisdictional

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Madras HC | When in circumstances registration of case is itself an abuse of process of law, Court can exercise inherent powers

Madras High Court: R. Pongiappan, J., addressed the Criminal Original Petition seeking to quash the First Information Report of first respondent police as

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FIR is not a detailed chronicle of all intricate and minute details of an offence: Supreme Court [Read what a valid FIR is]

Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has held that the true test of a valid FIR is only whether

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[Medical Negligence] Del HC | Person performing surgery on pregnant women leading to death of the patient: Court rejects bail for offence under Ss. 315, 304 IPC

Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J., denied bail to the petitioner who is accused of commission of offence under Section 315 (act

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SC refuses to quash FIRs for remarks on Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti but Amish Devgan not to be arrested pending investigation

Supreme Court: The 2-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has refused to quash the FIRs registered against News18 Journalist

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1991 Balwant Singh Multani disappearance| SC grants anticipatory bail to Punjab’s former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in a fresh FIR alleging murder

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah*, JJ has granted anticipatory bail to Punjab’s former

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‘Law should not become a ruse for targeted harassment’; SC reminds Courts of their duty to ensure human liberty

“Liberty survives by the vigilance of her citizens, on the cacophony of the media and in the dusty corridors of courts alive to the rule of (and not by) law. Yet, much too often, liberty is a casualty when one of these components is found wanting.”

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Anvay Naik Suicide| High Court abdicated it’s duty by failing to make prima facie evaluation of FIR. Here’s why SC granted interim bail to the accused

“The remedy of bail is the solemn expression of the humaneness of the justice system.”

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All HC | Right to choose partner irrespective of caste, creed, religion is integral part of right to life and personal liberty under Article 21

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Naqvi and Vivek Agarwal, JJ., observed that, Right to live with a person of his/her

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Chh HC | S. 320 CrPC is no bar to the exercise of power of quashing of FIR in matrimonial matters; Petition allowed

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal J., allowed the petition based on the settled principle of law. The present writ petition has

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Guj HC | Rape charges on boy filed by minor wife quashed; Costs imposed on parents for ruining childhood of minors

Gujarat High Court: A.S. Supehia, J., quashed a rape case against a boy which was filed by his minor wife. The FIR

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Ker HC | No blanket order should be passed under S. 438 CrPC to prevent accused from being arrested when there is no crime registered against him; Court quashes order granting anticipatory bail

Kerala High Court: P. Somarajan J., allowing the present criminal miscellaneous case, clarified the law related to anticipatory bail under Section 438

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Guj HC | Successive bail application can only be entertained when there is a change in circumstance; Court dismisses bail plea

Gujarat High Court: A.C. Rao, J., dismissed a bail application in connection with an FIR registered for the offences under Sections 302,

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MP HC | Delay in lodging of FIR is no ground to discard the prosecution’s case in its entirety, medical corroboration not an absolute necessity in cases of gang rape

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Akhil Kumar Srivastava, J., dismissed the appeal under Section 14-A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention

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Guj HC | High Court cannot exercise its inherent jurisdiction to quash the proceedings unless it is found that, allegations do not disclose the commission of cognizable offence

Gujarat High Court: Ilesh J. Vohra, J., heard a matter related to offences alleged under Sections 376 (2) (n), 377, 406, 498(A),

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Kar HC | ‘In certain cases the first duty of police officer is to arrest accused and collect evidence, and not registration of FIRʼ; Court dismisses bail application pleading procedural irregularities

Karnataka High Court: Sreenivas Harish Kumar, J., while dismissing a criminal petition for enlargement on bail, said, “There are prima facie materials

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Kar HC | Discussing the legal proposition in the offence committed under S.153A IPC, Court rejects the application for quashing of FIR exercising Inherent powers

Karnataka High Court: B.A. Patil, J., dismissing the present petition, observed, “Taking into consideration the peculiar facts and circumstances under which the

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J&K HC | Parity cannot be the sole ground for granting bail, however, desirability of consistency may; Court allows bail application

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Javed Iqbal Wani, J., while allowing the instant bail application, made significant observations pertaining with conditions to

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Kar HC | Exercising power under S. 482 CrPC, Court quashes chargesheet against arrayed accused in absence of any prima facie case

Karnataka High Court: Ashok G. Nijagannavar, J., allowing the present petition, quashed the chargesheet filed and made significant observations with respect to