Adverse Entry For Specific Period Won't Bar Selection Grade Based On Subsequent Unblemished Service: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where an adverse entry against a government servant is confined to a specified period, the service he renders after that period counts towards the ten years of satisfactory service required for grant of selection grade. It further held that a selection grade falling due on the day immediately after superannuation remains admissible to him.The bench...

Police Can Freeze Bank Accounts During Investigation Under Section 106 BNSS: Karnataka High Court In Jar Gold Case

The Karnataka High Court has held that investigating officers are empowered to freeze bank accounts during investigation under Section 106 of the BNSS and are not required to invoke Section 107 for attachment of property in every case. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 288]The single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna made the ruling while allowing criminal petitions filed by the State of Karnataka...

Rajasthan High Court Flags 'Menace' Of Fake Birth Certificates In Habeas Corpus Cases, Orders Steps To Prevent Illegal Issuance

The Rajasthan High Court has flagged the growing "menace" of forged and illegally issued birth certificates being produced in habeas corpus petitions to portray missing minor girls as majors, directing the State Government to ensure that such certificates are not issued without due verification of facts and in violation of statutory provisions.The division bench of Justice Mahendra Kumar...

24 Knife Wounds On One Victim Made Sole-Assailant Theory Doubtful: Patna High Court Orders Further Probe Into Double Murder

The Patna High Court has directed the Bihar Police to conduct further investigation into the 2023 murder of two retired professors, observing that the nature of the injuries suffered by the victims indicated a strong possibility that more than one person was involved in the crime.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Jitendra Kumar passed the direction while hearing a writ petition filed by...

Breach Of Promise To Marry Not Cheating Unless Proved To Be Dishonestly Made At Inception: Orissa High Court Reiterates

The Orissa High Court has held that a man cannot be convicted of the charge of cheating under Section 417 of the IPC in an alleged case of sex on false promise of marriage, if it is not proved by the prosecution that his initial promise of marriage was dishonest or fraudulent and the same induced the victim to submit herself to the intercourse. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 91]Clarifying the...

'Identical Eyewitness Accounts Bear Imprint Of Tutoring', Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal Of 20 Persons In Murder Case

The Supreme Court recently upheld the acquittal of twenty persons in a murder case, after finding that the conviction was based on the strikingly similar nature of the eyewitness accounts, which the Court deemed improbable given that the incident involved a large number of persons being witnessed by several individuals positioned differently. “It is a settled principle that an identical...

Can A Sessions Court Hold A Joint Trial Despite Separate Committal Orders? Supreme Court Explains

The Supreme Court has clarified that committal orders do not determine whether a trial would be conducted jointly or separately, holding that the decision rests exclusively with the trial court. “…the committal order/s is/are not determinative of whether the trial is single/separate/joint; which is at the exclusive discretion of the Court.”, observed a bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar...

S.101(2) JJ Act | Not Mandatory For Court Hearing Appeal Against JJB Order To Take Child Psychologist Assistance : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has recently clarified that the mandate to seek the assistance of a child psychologist expert while undertaking a preliminary assessment of a child in conflict with law would not apply mutatis mutandis to Section 101(2) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. As per the proviso to Section 15(1), while deciding whether the child in conflict with...

Acid Attack Victims Must Be Compensated Irrespective Of Fine Imposed On Offender: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently gave relief to acid attack victims by holding that victims must be given compensation whether or not a fine has been imposed on the offender. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 432]Justice Jobin Sebastian clarified that compensation payable as per the Victim Compensation Scheme in accordance with Section 357A Cr.P.C. is in addition to the fine awarded to the offender under...

Telephone Interception Cannot Be Retrospectively Validated By MHA Confirmation Order: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a confirmation order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the Telecommunications (Procedure and Safeguards for Lawful Interception of Messages) Rules, 2024 is only confirmatory in nature and cannot retrospectively validate or enlarge the scope of an interception authorisation. The Court observed that Telephone interception is an exception to...

Preventive Detention | Failure To Inform Right To Represent Fatal; It's Not Cured Even If Detenu Sends Representation: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that a preventive detention order would be rendered illegal if the detaining authority fails to inform the detenu of his right to make a representation before it, even if the detenu independently submitted such a representation. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta set aside the detention under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic...

AP High Court Upholds Preventive Detention Despite Invalidity Of One Ground, Cites Severability Clause U/S 6 PIT-NDPS Act

Relying on the severability clause under Section 6 of thePrevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act, the Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a habeas corpus petition holding that failure to satisfy the mandatory triple-test in respect of one of six grounds of detention does not invalidate the detention order as a whole. [2026 LiveLaw...