[S. 292 IPC] A person watching an obscene video in his private time without exhibiting it to others does not amount to an offence. – Kerala High Court The Court reasons that it is his private choice and interference with the same amounts to an intrusion of his privacy. However, as a parting note cautioned that the parents should never hand over mobile phones to minor children to make them happy and thereby allow unsupervised use of mobile phones by children. Aneesh v. State of Kerala Hon...

Apology is not just a word and fake apologies should not be accepted by the court and allow a person who has no regard for the Majesty of law to get away from the legal consequences. – Supreme Court The Court upholds the Order of the High Court passed against the appellant contemnors for committing civil contempt by willful breach or disobedience of an assurance in the form of an undertaking given by a counsel / advocate on behalf of his client to the court. Balwantbhai Somabhai Bhandari ...

The penal consequence of dishonour of the cheque should have to be suffered by the person who issued the cheque and the same cannot be delegated to another person, in any manner. –– Kerala High Court [S. 138 NI Act] Place where the cheque is presented is decisive to determine the question of jurisdiction. Kerala High Court dismissed the Writ Petition filed challenging the jurisdiction of Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Alappuzha to entertain the case where the cheque was pre...

Advocates or lawyers should not, while acting as counsel or advocates undertake or volunteer to solemnize marriages. – Supreme Court The Court while considering the issue of certification of marriage by advocates under Section 7A of Hindu Marriage Act introduced via Tamil Nadu Amendment Act commented that it will result in Advocates chambers or offices turning out to be matrimonial “establishment”- a consequence never intended- or perhaps never contemplated by law. The Court f...

No Special Leave Petition can be filed against the administrative order of a Court. – Supreme Court Nimmanapalli Surya Reddy v. Honorable Chief Justice The High Court Of Telangana Hon’ble Justice K.V. Viswanathan Decided on 4th September, 2023 For full textclick here