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HC NewsDelhi High Court Clarifies Scope of Section 42 POCSO Act in Relation to IPC Section 354
The Delhi High Court has held that a trial court erred by not imposing a separate sentence for an offence under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code when the same act also attracted provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, observing that Section 354 IPC is not among the IPC offences covered by Section 42 of the POCSO Act.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Holds Election Petition Filed After Court Vacation Not Time-Barred
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that an election petition challenging the election of a Corporator under the U.P. Municipal Corporation Act, 1959, filed on the reopening of the District Court after the summer vacation, is within the period of limitation because the thirty‑day limitation expired during the vacation and no notification permitting filing during the vacation was issued.
HC NewsMP High Court Permits Minor Girl to Reside with Father Amid POCSO Allegations
The Madhya Pradesh High Court allowed a minor girl to live with her father and elder sister after she stated that the father had been falsely implicated in a POCSO case at the instance of her mother.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Delivers Key Rulings on Habeas Corpus, Census Duties, and PIL Maintainability in June 2026
The Allahabad High Court issued several notable orders in June 2026, clarifying the limits of habeas corpus relief after cognizance, affirming the engagement of LIC employees in census work, and declining to entertain a PIL seeking investigation into a political outfit.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: Key Observations on Land Disposition and Evidentiary Safeguards
The Allahabad High Court delivered two notable pronouncements during the week of July 6 to July 12, 2026, one concerning the State’s ability to characterise land as a pond without contesting a century‑old sale deed, and the other addressing the mandatory disclosure of viscera reports to an accused under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
HC NewsDelhi High Court Clarifies Requirements for Written Grounds of Arrest in NDPS Case
The Delhi High Court has refused bail to an accused charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, holding that there is no statutorily or judicially prescribed format for communicating written grounds of arrest and that substantial compliance with the constitutional requirement is sufficient.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Grants Status Quo in Dispute Over 150‑Year‑Old Methodist School Land
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, sitting specially on a Sunday, directed the State Government to maintain the existing position on a contested parcel of land claimed by Methodist Mission Girls Junior High School, Sitapur, pending further hearing.
HC NewsCalcutta High Court Holds Punjab National Bank Liable to Compensate Farmers for Crop Insurance Failure
The Calcutta High Court has held Punjab National Bank liable to compensate a group of farmers who were deprived of benefits under the West Bengal Government's Bangla Shasya Bima crop insurance scheme due to the bank's failure to complete the mandatory process for issuance of insurance policies.
NewsTrinamool Congress Seeks Permission for Martyrs' Day Rally
The Mamata Banerjee‑led Trinamool Congress has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to hold its annual July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally at Victoria House in central Kolkata after the Kolkata Police declined permission for the proposed venue. The matter was mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya on Monday by Senior Advocate and Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee, who urged the court to intervene.
SC NewsSupreme Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail to Professor in Kerala Student Suicide Case
The Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta dismissed the special leave petition seeking anticipatory bail for Dr Kondanda Ram, Head of Department at a dental college, who is accused of abetment of suicide and uttering casteist slurs against a Scheduled Caste student.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Clarifies Maintenance Entitlement Under Section 125 CrPC When Prior Marriage Subsists
The Allahabad High Court has held that a woman who enters into a relationship without obtaining a divorce from her first husband cannot claim maintenance from her partner under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, even if the parties have undergone a ceremony and have a child together.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Sets Aside North Eastern Railway’s Rejection of Konkan Railway’s Bid
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has quashed the North Eastern Railway’s repeated rejection of Konkan Railway Corporation Limited’s financial bid, holding that the objections raised were curable defects and amounted to a mala fide attempt to exclude a legitimate participant.