HP HC | Undertrial prisoner requests bail in matter of S. 302 IPC at final stage while in custody for 6 years; Court allows petition
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Breakdown of marriage is not an end of parental responsibilities: SC
Supreme Court: Showing dismay over a case where two minors were forced to stay in a Boarding School due to an ongoing
UK SC | Welfare of child is paramount consideration in a custody battle – Israeli nationals’ daughter allowed to be retained with her mother in England for child’s welfare
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: A Full Bench of Lord Wilson, Lord Hodge, Lady Black, Lord Kitchin and Lord Sales upheld
J&K HC | Preventive detention quashed for non-supplying of the material relied upon by detaining authority
Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J. quashed the detention order of Masood Ahmad Bhat while directing for his release
Del HC | Earlier order of maintenance under DV Act is no bar for wife claiming maintenance under S. 24 of Hindu Marriage Act
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh, JJ. allowed an appeal filed by the appellant-wife against the order
Gau HC | Ordering custody of child to be given to mother is beyond jurisdiction of S. 97 CrPC, order to be confined to finding of “wrongful confinement”
Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumar Phukan, J. allowed a criminal petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby the petitioner-husband was
Raj HC | Court refuses temporary suspension of sentences; grants time for appellant to perform mother’s last rites
Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sandeep Mehta and Abhay Chaturvedi, JJ. refused an application for temporary suspension of sentences but
Ker HC | Assault on an injured person not pre-meditated; bail application granted
Kerala High Court: B Sudheendra Kumar J., allowed a bail application and relieved the accused person from the custody. In the instant
Malaysia CoA | Information received from an accused person in the custody of a police officer, as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered, may be proved
Malaysia Court of Appeal: A Full Bench of Mohtarudin Baki, Ahmadi Haji Asnawi, Abdul Rahman Sebli, JCA dismissed an appeal made against
Ker HC | Welfare of the child is of supreme consideration while granting custody
Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of K. Harilal and T.V Anil Kumar, JJ. dismissed an appeal made by the maternal grandparents
MP HC | Financial distress to family caused due to detention of accused in custody held to be valid condition for granting bail
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anand Pathak, J. directed release of the applicant on bail with sureties in the instant application filed under
HP HC | Owner of the uninsured vehicle in custody can deposit an amount or provide a security to meet the ends of justice
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J. set aside trial court’s order and remanded back the present application to decide afresh,
Del HC | Expenses of the child cannot be equally divided between parents; amount payable by husband under S. 125 CrPC towards maintenance of child increased
Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. partly allowed a revision petition against the order of the trial court passed under Section 125 CrPC
SL SC | Interest of child stands paramount while deciding questions of his custody
Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Three-Judge Bench of Sisira J de Abrew, Vijith Malalgoda PC and
Pak SC | Mother’s poverty not a ground to disentitle her from custody of her child – minor’s welfare is of paramount importance
Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Division Bench of Qazi Faez Isa and Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, JJ. dismissed a petition challenging assailing
Raj HC | Despite order of Canadian Court, HC refuses to allow the return of 10-year-old boy to Canada considering it would not be in his interest
Rajasthan High Court: The Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq and Goverdhan Bardhar, JJ. dismissed a habeas corpus Petition filed by the petitioner-husband
Eswatini HC | Long period of imprisonment not in interest of justice, youthfulness of accused considered while sentencing
Eswatini High Court: This matter was brought before a Bench of M. Langwenya, J. for judgment on sentence. Facts of the case
Appeal against an order allowed as the party obtaining the order gave up interest therein
Madras High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of N. Seshasayee, J., allowed an appeal on the ground that the respondent gave
Custody of a vehicle used in an offence can be handed over to the owner, pending trial, on an interim basis
Gujarat High Court: A Single Judge Bench of R.P. Dholaria, J., allowed a petition filed against the order of the lower courts,
Place of residence of mother to be considered while instituting a petition for guardianship of a minor child below 5 years of age
Punjab & Haryana High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Amol Rattan Singh, J., dismissed a petition filed against the order of