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HC NewsTCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court Grants Bail to Accused Nida Khan
Additional Sessions Judge Kedar Joshi of the Nashik Sessions Court granted bail to Nida Khan, one of the accused in the TCS Nashik BPO sexual harassment and religious coercion matter, after hearing arguments from her counsel and the Special Investigation Team. The judge cited her pregnancy as a principal ground for allowing the bail plea, while the prosecution opposed the application.
HC NewsMadras High Court Clarifies Scope of Search Safeguards Under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has held that the procedural safeguards prescribed in Section 15(2) of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 apply only when the premises to be searched are residential in nature. For commercial establishments such as spas, the court observed that the mandatory requirements of prior notice and the presence of two independent witnesses are not obligatory.
HC NewsSupreme Court Declines to Interfere with Bombay High Court Order on Removal of Shivaji Maharaj Statue from Mormugao Port Land
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a challenge to the Bombay High Court’s direction requiring the removal of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj from land held by the Mormugao Port Authority, allowing the petitioners to withdraw the matter and granting them liberty to seek a variation of the High Court’s order before that court.
HC NewsKarnataka High Court Stays Proceedings Against Advocate in Murder Case
The Karnataka High Court has stayed criminal proceedings against an advocate who was named as an accused in a murder case after finding that the investigating officer’s conduct appeared to be a prima facie abuse of process.
HC NewsKarnataka High Court Allows Hereditary Priest with Vitiligo to Perform Rituals at Chamundeshwari Temple
The court directed the temple authorities to permit the priest to carry out his duties, holding that exclusion based on a non‑contagious skin condition amounts to discrimination under Article 14 of the Constitution.
HC NewsMP High Court Sets Aside POCSO Conviction Relying Solely on DNA Evidence
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 cannot be sustained on the basis of a positive DNA report alone when the age of the prosecutrix remains unproved.
HC NewsRajasthan High Court Highlights Intentional Police Lapse in Murder Investigation and Denies Bail to Juvenile Accused
The bench of Justice Ravi Chirania expressed concern over an alleged intentional lapse by the police in conducting the panchnama despite the complainant’s written refusal for a post‑mortem examination, and upheld the rejection of bail for a thirteen‑year‑old accused charged with murder.
HC NewsTrial Court Cannot Place Entire Burden of Proving Husband’s Income on Wife: Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Maintenance
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has set aside a trial court’s order that placed the entire burden of proving the husband’s income on the wife, holding that such an approach is contrary to the social welfare character of proceedings under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The bench, presided over by Justice Gajendra Singh, enhanced the maintenance awarded to the wife and the minor child.
HC NewsKarnataka High Court Denies Visitation Rights to Father Who Relinquished Them in Mediated Divorce Settlement
The single judge bench held that a father who voluntarily gave up his visitation rights in a mediated settlement during divorce proceedings cannot later seek visitation, especially when he avoided financial and emotional responsibility for the child.
HC NewsAndhra Pradesh High Court Upholds Government Order Reducing Faculty Posts at Sri Venkateswara University
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a challenge by job aspirants who sought to compel the State to retain teaching posts at Sri Venkateswara University for the purpose of recruitment. The Court held that candidates have no vested right to insist on the creation or retention of faculty positions and upheld the State's faculty rationalisation exercise as a valid exercise of executive power.
HC NewsKerala High Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Boby Chemmanur
The Kerala High Court has issued an interim stay on the criminal prosecution initiated against businessman Boby Chemmanur in a sexual harassment complaint filed by a Malayalam film actress.
HC NewsKerala High Court Clarifies Scope of Re‑Arrest After Illegal Detention
The Kerala High Court has held that a fresh arrest for the same offence is permissible after an initial detention is declared illegal on account of a violation of Article 22(1) or Article 22(2) of the Constitution, provided the subsequent arrest is not automatic and is preceded by judicial scrutiny.