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FIR Quashing Dismissed Chandigarh HighCourt

September 21, 2025

Note: This story has not been edited by LegalSeva and is generated from a news syndicate feed. HC dismisses petition seeking quashing of FIR against ex-minister. CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed a petition seeking quashing of criminal proceedings against former Haryana minister Subhash Choudhary, his wife Kusum Rani, Choudhary’s brother Ashok…
Summon Bank Officials in Maintenance Case- Family Court

September 16, 2025

Observing that it is not uncommon for husbands to suppress their real income in order to avoid paying maintenance to their wives, the Delhi High Court has held that a wife can seek to summon bank officials as witness to the husband’s actual income/ assets. Justice Ravinder Dudeja thus allowed Petitioner-wife’s plea against a Family…
Sarfaesi, Tenancy, Mortgage and Eviction – Supreme Court

September 15, 2025

In a key ruling favouring secured creditors, the Supreme Court held that a tenant cannot resist eviction under the SARFAESI Act unless the tenancy is established before the mortgage creation. The bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi allowed the appeal filed by PNB Housing Finance Ltd., overturning a Calcutta High Court decision that…
Promise to Marry 4 Test Step for HighCourt -SC

September 11, 2025

Note: This story has not been edited by LegalSeva and is generated from a news syndicate feed. Rape vs consent: SC frames 4-step test for high courts. NEW DELHI: There exists a “clear distinction between rape and con-sensual sex”, the Supreme Court held on Wednesday as it ruled that courts must carefully assess allegations of…
Anticipatory Bail in SC/ST Case- Supreme Court

September 10, 2025

The Supreme Court observed that a grant of anticipatory bail is impermissible under the SC/ST Act unless is prima facie shown that no offence under the Act is made out. “where on the face of it the offence under Section 3 of the Act is found to have not been made out and that the…