The Bombay High Court has expressed deep frustration over repeated instances of police failing to maintain case diaries as required by law. Despite directives from the Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) to all police stations, compliance remains poor. A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Neela Gokhale, while hearing a petition to quash a case, highlighted…
A customer has zero liability when an unauthorized transaction occurs due to a third-party breach where the deficiency lies neither with the bank nor the customer but somewhere in the system, the Bombay High Court ruled on Thursday. The court directed Bank of Baroda to refund ₹76 lakh fraudulently debited from a company’s bank account. Justices Girish Kulkarni and…
The Allahabad High Court acquitted a man accused of raping a woman under the pretext of marriage, stating that while laws on sexual offences rightly protect women, it does not mean the male partner is always at fault. A division bench of Justices Rahul Chaturvedi and Nand Prabha Shukla emphasized that the burden of proof lies on both the…
The Madras High Court has ruled that a woman’s marital status should not be a decisive factor in her child’s adoption process. Justice GR Swaminathan highlighted that the proviso to Section 9(2) of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, which requires the other parent’s consent, does not apply if the other parent is absent. Justice Swaminathan noted that…
The Supreme Court held that without an administrative enquiry recommendation, cases against public servants for dereliction of duty under the SC/ST Act cannot proceed. The Supreme Court ruled that an administrative enquiry recommendation is essential before initiating legal proceedings against a public servant for dereliction of duty under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989….
The Bombay High Court has expressed deep…
A customer has zero liability when an…
