assets

Orissa High Court Dismisses Plea for Discharge from Disproportionate Assets Case Against Wife of Public Servant; Holds Income Tax Returns Cannot Be Sole Ground for Discharge at Framing of Charge Stage “Even a strong suspicion founded on material on record is sufficient to frame a charge”

Court’s Decision The Orissa High Court dismissed the criminal revision challenging the trial court’s refusal to discharge the petitioner from prosecution under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(e) of the…
attempt to murder

Orissa High Court Declines Third Anticipatory Bail Plea in Attempt to Murder Case Despite Chargesheet, Directs Expeditious Consideration of Bail by Magistrate and Higher Forum on Same Day “Taking into account the nature of allegations, this Court is not inclined to entertain the application”

Court’s Decision The Orissa High Court dismissed a third anticipatory bail plea filed by the petitioners in a case involving serious offences including attempt to murder under Section 307 of…
wife's plea quashed to ask husband pay penalty

Bombay High Court Refuses Wife’s Plea to Direct Husband to Pay Pending Installments for Under-Construction Flat Booked Jointly, Clarifies Shared Household Under Domestic Violence Act Requires Existing, Possessed Premises for Relief

Court’s Decision The Bombay High Court dismissed the wife’s petition seeking directions to her husband to pay pending installments to the developer for an under-construction flat booked jointly, holding that…