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The ex-wife of cricketer Mohammed Shami, lodged FIR under Sections 498A, 328, 307, 376, 325, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code against Shami and his family members.
“In common parlance, for a particular place to be a public place, the members of the public must have an absolute, unqualified and unconditional right of free access thereto of their own free will and volition without any restriction whatsoever.”
The Court observed that since the jurisdiction of the District Magistrate under Section 14 of the Act, is not ministerial and not adjudicatory, such defects cannot be cured retrospectively or assumed to be merely procedural.
The Court observed that the transgender identity card of the petitioner shall be taken into account at the time of consideration of the petitioner’s application for passport.
The Court observed that it was explicit that the expressions ‘Government of West Bengal’ and the ‘Government’ meant the State of West Bengal in discharge of its legislative functions.
The judiciary upholds a strong commitment to justice, fairness, and social equity. In complex cases involving competing rights, courts must sometimes innovate guided not by whim but by enduring principles of equity and good conscience. This ensures a balanced, equitable resolution.
The deliberate suppression of such a crucial and material fact concerning one’s marital history at the solemnization of marriage, especially when it involved a contentious prior dissolution and criminal proceedings (a 498A IPC case), constitutes profound and inexcusable mental cruelty to the wife.
The Court observed that the report submitted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation lacked crucial particulars and failed to meet the substance and spirit of the earlier inspection order.
Calcutta High Court observed that the impugned order appears to have been issued in oversight of the directions issued in the case of Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar, (2014) 8 SCC 273.
Sharmistha Panoli, a law student, was booked for allegedly making blasphemous remarks against Prophet Mohammad on social media.
Some of the words used by the Trial Judge are entirely ‘de hors’ the pleadings of both the parties and creates a ‘Deja vu’ in the mind of the court, since the Court have come across the same phrases in other matrimonial judgments as well, authored by the same Judge.
The interaction of patent laws and ethics is an uncomfortable relationship and has always produced difficulties. In such circumstances, section 3(b) ought not to be interpreted to deal with all subjective concerns of morality, public order or health regardless of any scientific or technical evidence or any cogent reasoning.
The wife published two notices in a local newspaper without her husband’s knowledge, claiming ignorance of the informant’s identity and failing to ascertain the name of the girl allegedly involved with him despite diligent efforts.
“The evidence of the victim girl and the medical examination report prima facie do not indicate that there was any penetration or rape committed by the petitioner on the victim girl nor that he attempted to penetrate.”
The Court permitted the petitioners to visit Dhuliyan, Suti, and Samsherganj, subject to a condition of giving at least 24 hours’ prior intimation to the jurisdictional Superintendents of Police.
In the report prepared by the Inspector General of Police it is reflected that the Lady constable was smacking on the head of the petitioner and pushing her. Further the petitioner was found to be out of coverage for 3 hours 52 minutes.
The Government of India, Ministry of Railways, by a notification permitted the IRCTC to have a flexibility and customize the menu by including regional cuisines/preferences, seasonal delicacies, festival food, baby food, diabetic food, health food options.
The Memo of Arrest Served on the petitioner records that the arrest is based on the alleged wrongful availment of Input Tax Credit (ITC) amounting to ₹37.29 crores purportedly based on invoices raised without actual supply of goods
The petitioner, by way of this PIL, sought a direction to the Election Commission of India to ensure complete citizenship verification of candidates contesting elections. It was alleged that foreign nationals were illegally acquiring Indian citizenship and participating in the electoral process. The issue was flagged as especially critical ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections.
Although interim bail is granted due to exigency or humanitarian or compassionate ground but in NDPS cases Courts may exercise that discretion in the event the Court is of the view that trial cannot be completed within a short period.