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HC NewsAllahabad High Court Clarifies Ingredients of Section 396 IPC: Prosecution Must Prove Dacoity Was First Intention
The Allahabad High Court has held that a conviction under Section 396 IPC requires the prosecution to establish that dacoity was the first intention and murder occurred in its course, acquitting the sole surviving accused in a 1981 case due to lack of evidentiary nexus.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Directs SP Inquiry into Allegations of Illegal Detention and Jewellery Theft at Police Station
The Court has ordered the Superintendent of Police, Unnao to preserve CCTV footage and submit an inquiry report into claims of unlawful detention and theft of jewellery, cash and other items from a person at Police Station Hasanganj.
NewsICSI Institute of Insolvency Professionals Invites Applications for Managing Director Post at IBBI
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) Institute of Insolvency Professionals (IIP) has issued an official notification inviting online applications for the post of Managing Director at the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), with a last date of submission set for 5 September 2026.
HC NewsDelhi Tamil Advocates Association Appeals for Urgent Assistance to Trace Missing Former Madras High Court Judge
The Delhi Tamil Advocates Association has appealed to the Chief Justice of India and the Government of India to locate former Madras High Court judge and Senior Advocate Justice Veerasamy Sivagnanam (Retd.), who has remained untraceable in Nepal since August 26 following severe floods and landslides.
HC NewsJ&K High Court Rules Mens Rea Not Required in Departmental Proceedings Against Bank Employees
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that in departmental disciplinary proceedings against bank employees, the presence of mens rea is not a prerequisite to establish misconduct, and that an unauthorised act, even if done with good intentions, constitutes a violation of service rules.
HC NewsBombay High Court Imposes Rs 5 Lakh Costs on Son for Abuse of Process in Father's Mental Health Assessment Plea
The Bombay High Court dismissed an intra-court appeal filed by Jitendra Megh seeking to refer his 78-year-old father to the Mental Health Review Board under Section 105 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, and imposed exemplary costs of Rs 5 lakh on him for dragging his ailing father into frivolous litigation amid a property dispute.
HC NewsJ&K&L High Court Sets Aside Conviction, Holds Trap Witness May Be Treated As Interested Witness
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh acquitted the accused in a corruption appeal, holding that the testimony of a trap witness cannot be acted upon without corroboration unless the court is satisfied of his truthfulness, and found major contradictions in the prosecution’s case regarding the initial demand for bribe.
HC NewsAndhra Pradesh High Court Acquits Four Accused Despite Establishing Corpus Delicti and Homicidal Death
The Division Bench held that while the identity of the deceased and the homicidal nature of her death were established through exhumation and post-mortem findings, the prosecution failed to prove the circumstances linking the accused to the murder beyond reasonable doubt, leading to acquittal.
HC NewsJharkhand High Court Holds That Onerous Bail Conditions Defeat Purpose of Bail Grant
Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi observed that conditions inherently incapable of compliance render the grant of bail illusory.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Grants Bail to Mazdoor Bigul Dasta Member in Two FIRs Related to Noida Workers’ Protest
The Allahabad High Court granted bail to Himanshu Thakur, a member of the workers’ union Mazdoor Bigul Dasta, in two separate FIRs registered in connection with the April 2026 industrial protest in Noida.
HC NewsMadras High Court Holds Cockfights Illegal Under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, Sets Aside Earlier Permissive Orders
The Madras High Court has held that cockfights are illegal under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, and set aside a previous division bench order permitting such events subject to conditions, declaring it contrary to law and not to be treated as precedent.
HC NewsPunjab and Haryana High Court Rules War Injury Pension Arrears Cannot Be Restricted to Three Years, Citing Soldier's Sacrifice and Vested Rights
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has overturned an Armed Forces Tribunal order that limited war injury pension arrears to three years. The High Court affirmed that once a soldier's entitlement to war injury pension is established, arrears must be paid from the date the entitlement originally arose, emphasising that such benefits are a vested right and not a bounty.