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verdictum.in > madhya-pradesh-high-court > himmat-singh-v-the-state-of-madhya-pradesh-2026mphc-ind25401-preliminary-enquiry-forgery-1621915

Preliminary Enquiry Not Required When Forgery Committed Outside Court; Civil Court Can Direct Police To Register Case: Madhya Pradesh High Court

12+ hour, 43+ min ago   (315+ words) While observing that it is not required to conduct a preliminary enquiry as per Section 340 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) when forgery is committed outside of Court, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the Civil Courts…...


verdictum.in > bombay-high-court > shrinivas-ganesh-kulkarni-v-savitribai-phule-pune-university-2026bhc-as37589-db-retired-pune-universitys-data-entry-operator-1621857

Recovery From Class-III Employees Impermissible: Bombay High Court Quashes ₹40 Lakh Recovery Notice Against Retired Pune University's Data Entry Operator

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (296+ words) Justice G. S. Kulkarni, Justice Aarti Sathe, Bombay High Court The Court held that the case was squarely covered by the Supreme Court’s landmark precedents in State of Punjab & Ors. v. Rafiq Masih & Ors. 2015(4) SCC 334 and Syed Abdul Qadir v. State of…...


verdictum.in > allahabad-high-court > stays-fir-against-journalist-for-exposing-school-lapses-1621718

Tantamounts To Killing The Messenger: Allahabad High Court Stays FIR Against Journalist Allegedly For Exposing School Lapses

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (559+ words) The Allahabad High Court has stayed an FIR registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, against journalist Amit Yadav, who was allegedly targeted by authorities after reporting on the abysmal conditions and lack of basic amenities at Purva Madhyamik Vidyalaya…...


verdictum.in > supreme-court > contempt-proceedings-judicial-officer-shout-judge-1621705

Judicial Officer Cannot Shout At Judges In Court: Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Contempt Proceedings Initiated By Bombay High Court

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (591+ words) A judicial officer cannot shout at the judges in a court, the Supreme Court today said, while refusing to stay contempt proceedings initiated by the Bombay High Court against a judicial officer for his "unwarranted outburst". A bench of Justice…...


verdictum.in > gujarat-high-court > 2026-gujhc-55473-abatement-of-offence-ignoring-complaint-1621668

Ignoring Sexual Harassment Complaints Does Not Constitute Abetment Of Offence: Gujarat High Court

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (276+ words) Justice P.M.Raval, Gujarat High Court The Gujarat High Court has held that the negligence or carelessness on the part of the institutional head who ignored the sexual harassment complaints cannot be termed as abetment. The Court also observed that merely…...


verdictum.in > supreme-court > final-hearing-pleas-seeking-criminalization-marital-rape-1621644

It Is Creation Of An Offence Because Boundaries Of Culpability Are Being Changed: Supreme Court To Begin Hearing Of Pleas Seeking Criminalization Of Marital Rape

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (390+ words) The Supreme Court will set a schedule to finally hear the batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Marital Rape Exception contained in Exception 2 to Section 63 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and the corresponding provision in the erstwhile…...


verdictum.in > bombay-high-court > nikhil-vithal-jhaveri-v-chief-executive-officer-pune-cantonment-board-2026bhc-as36510-db-southern-command-hq-operation-sindoor-1621626

Apprehensions Of Future Resumption Can’t Defeat Subsisting Lease Rights: Bombay High Court Clears Pune Cantonment Leaseholders' Construction Near Southern Command HQ

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (318+ words) Senior Advocate Dr. Birendra Saraf appeared for the petitioners and Senior Advocate A.S. Khandeparkar appeared for the respondent. The petitioners hold leasehold rights in plots forming part of a larger parcel of defence land at Queen's Garden, Pune Cantonment, originally leased…...


verdictum.in > supreme-court > ms-gvv-constructions-private-limited-v-the-union-of-india-2026-insc-976-claim-arbitral-tribunal-1621600

Whether Particular Claim Falls Outside Excepted Matters Clause Of Work Contract Is Matter Within Arbitral Tribunal’s Competence U/S.16 A&C Act: Supreme Court

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (339+ words) Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe, Supreme Court The Supreme Court has held that the question whether a particular claim is covered by, or falls outside, an “excepted matters” clause of a works contract is a matter squarely…...


verdictum.in > amp > chhattisgarh-high-court > na-v-union-of-india-wpc-no-795-of-2022-idara-e-shariyas-talaq-declaration-marital-status-talaq-e-hasan-1621562

"Sharia Court" Has No Jurisdiction To Adjudicate Marital Status, Its Orders Not Binding Or Enforceable: Chhattisgarh High Court

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (402+ words) The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a self-styled "Idara-E-Shariya Islami Court" possesses no jurisdiction to adjudicate upon or determine the marital status of a Muslim woman, ruling that its order purporting to declare her divorced by Triple Talaq was…...


verdictum.in > delhi-high-court > v-v-state-2026dhc7579-release-in-2009-rape-case-with-minor-tattoo-on-her-chest-trip-to-manali-1621563

There Was No Misuse Of Power, Wealth, Status Or Age: Delhi High Court Directs Release Of Man In 2009 Minor's Rape Case, Cites Absence Of "Force Or Coercion"

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (261+ words) Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav, Delhi High Court Advocate Saahila Lamba appeared for the appellant and Raj Kumar, APP appeared for the respondent. The prosecutrix, then about 14 years of age, went missing from her home on June 15, 2009. An FIR under Section…...