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Supreme Court Strikes Down Caste-Based Discrimination in Prison Manuals as Unconstitutional. Prison Rules Dividing Labour and Segregating Barracks by Caste Violate Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions for the repeal of offendi...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Cyber Stalking Case: E-mails Lacking Sexual Content Do Not Attract Section 67 of IT Act or Sections 354, 509, 506 IPC. Court holds that vulgar language without lascivious intent or threat of injury does not constitute obscenity or criminal intimidation.

The Petitioner, Joseph Paul de Sousa, sought quashing of FIR No. 30 of 2009 registered with the Cyber Cell, Mumbai, for offenses under Sections 354, 5...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Drug Manufacturer for Lack of Sanction Under Section 32 of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. Prosecution for Alleged Violation of Sections 18(a)(i) and 17B(d) Held Invalid Without Prior Sanction.

The petitioners, including a pharmaceutical company and its directors/employees, challenged the criminal proceedings initiated against them in Spl.CC....

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Directors in Legal Metrology Cases for Lack of Vicarious Liability. Directors cannot be held liable for company's offences under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 without specific averments of their role in the offence.

The judgment involves multiple criminal petitions filed by directors of companies against whom proceedings were initiated under the Legal Metrology Ac...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Landlord's Revision in Rent Suit — No Willful Default or Bona Fide Need Established. Landlord failed to prove willful default in payment of rent and bona fide need for personal use under the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947.

The applicant, Surgonda Kalgonda Patil, was the original plaintiff who filed a suit for possession of suit premises and recovery of arrears of rent ag...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Process in Drugs and Cosmetics Act Case Due to Non-Compliance with Section 18A Notice Procedure. Failure to Provide Opportunity to Explain Before Filing Complaint Renders Prosecution Invalid.

The petitioners, Parenteral Drugs (India) Ltd and others, filed writ petitions challenging the order dated 24 September 2014 passed by the Chief Judic...