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Supreme Court Allows Wife's Appeal, Quashes Transfer of Criminal Case from Sangareddy to Hyderabad -- Bias Allegations Based on Relatives in Judiciary and Police Found Inconsequential -- Case Directed to be Transferred Back to Sangareddy

The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's order transferring a criminal case from Sangareddy to Hyderabad, initiated by the wife against her husban...

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Bombay High Court Allows Termination of 23-Week Pregnancy Due to Fatal Cardiac Anomaly - Medical Board Opinion of Substantial Risk of Serious Handicap Justifies Abortion Under Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.

The petitioners, a married couple, sought termination of the first petitioner's pregnancy of approximately 24 weeks (later determined as 23 weeks by t...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Husband's Petition Challenging Interim Maintenance to Wife Under Domestic Violence Act. Court upholds maintenance order holding that wife's earning does not absolve husband's obligation to maintain under Section 20 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

The petitioner, Akhtar Jafar Bagwan, challenged the order of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Cantonment Court, Pune, dated 27 March 2017, which d...

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Bombay High Court Allows Parole to Convict for Mother's Medical Treatment Despite Prison Escape History. Parole Granted Under Maharashtra Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959 for Compassionate Grounds, Subject to Conditions.

The petitioner, Abdul Rouf Abdul Samad, a convict serving life imprisonment for murder, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court at...

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Gujarat High Court Allows Transfer of Family Suit from Ahmedabad to Thasara in Wife's Favor Under Section 24 CPC. Convenience of Wife with Minor Child Given Primacy Over Husband's Choice of Forum in Matrimonial Dispute.

The applicant-wife, Manishaben Ravi Patel, filed a Miscellaneous Civil Application under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, seeking tran...

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High Court Grants Bail to Accused in POCSO Case Due to Non-Compliance with Section 35 Mandate for Victim Examination. The court held that failure to examine the victim within 30 days under Section 35 of the POCSO Act entitles the accused to bail under Section 439 CrPC.

The petitioner, Sri Krishna V, filed a criminal petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking bail in Crime No.33/2019 r...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Attempt to Suicide Case Against Accused in Absence of Ingredients of Section 309 IPC. Alleged suicide attempt by consuming poison not proved as medical evidence showed no poison detected and complainant's version was inconsistent.

The applicant, Jignesh Girishbhai Makwana, filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of C...

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Madras High Court Allows Writ Appeal by Villagers Challenging Restraint on Construction of Anganwadi Centre. Land classified as private temple, not private patta; patta obtained by misrepresentation cannot defeat public purpose.

The present writ appeal was instituted by three villagers (appellants) challenging the order dated 20.12.2021 passed by a learned Single Judge in W.P....

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Bombay High Court Allows Maintenance Under DV Act Despite Prior Order Under Section 127 CrPC — Section 20(1)(d) of DV Act Permits Additional Maintenance

The petitioner, Shahid Sheikh, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court challenging the maintainability of a maintenance claim unde...