News Delhi High Court orders prosecution under Section 340 CrPC after finding forged Term Sheet used to seek ₹490 crore relief against Fortis, holding conduct amounts to “serious fraud on the Court” and deliberate falsehood on matters of substance RawlawJanuary 22, 20264 min read
News Delhi High Court invokes inherent jurisdiction to end 498A and dowry prosecution after parties amicably settle, divorce by mutual consent through Talaq-e-Hasan, and confirm settlement was voluntary, complete, and without coercion RawlawJanuary 22, 20265 min read
News Delhi High Court sets aside Railway Claims Tribunal order, allows compensation for death in train fall incident, “Mere absence of a ticket will not negate the claim of a bona fide passenger.” RawlawJanuary 22, 20267 min read
News Delhi High Court flags ‘suspicious’ Will, freezes Rajouri Garden property amid decades-old title dispute, “Ownership rights in immovable property cannot be substituted by an indemnity bond” RawlawJanuary 22, 20267 min read
News Delhi High Court upholds ₹1 lakh compensation for Safai Karamchari terminated without notice after prolonged absence, “Reinstatement is not automatic even where termination is illegal” RawlawJanuary 22, 20267 min read
News Delhi High Court upholds POCSO conviction for sexual assault on three minor girls, reduces sentence for criminal intimidation, “Solely on account of defects or shortcomings in investigation, an accused is not entitled to get acquitted” RawlawJanuary 21, 20267 min read
News Delhi High Court grants bail in POCSO and trafficking case, holds failure to supply grounds of arrest renders custody illegal, “Any infringement of Article 22(1) would vitiate the process of arrest and remand” RawlawJanuary 21, 20267 min read
News Delhi High Court grants bail to 20-year-old accused in stabbing case, extends benefit of parity with co-accused, “There is no cogent reason to deprive the accused parity” RawlawJanuary 21, 20266 min read
News Delhi High Court quashes FIR for rash and negligent driving after compromise and noting minor injury “It would be in the interest of justice not to push the parties through trial” RawlawJanuary 21, 20265 min read
News Delhi High Court grants bail in ₹2.5 lakh knife-point robbery case citing violation of Article 22(1),“Failure to furnish the ‘grounds of arrest’ vitiates the arrest and remand, irrespective of the gravity of offence” RawlawJanuary 21, 20266 min read