When Can a High Court Interfere With an Acquittal? Scope of Appellate Powers Reaffirmed in Criminal Appeals Against Acquittal

High Court upholds the principle that interference with acquittal is permissible only when the trial court judgment is perverse, based

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November 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

When May Courts Dispose of Writ Petitions on Statement of Non-Prosecution Without Examining Merits? — Practical Clarification on Withdrawal of Proceedings

Where a petitioner conveys lack of interest in continuing with writ proceedings due to subsequent events, and the respondent raises

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November 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Can Criminal Proceedings for Minor Accident Offences (Sections 279, 337, 338 IPC) Be Quashed on the Basis of Compromise? — Clarification and Exercise of Inherent Powers under the BNSS

The Himachal Pradesh High Court affirms that FIRs registered under Sections 279, 337, and 338 IPC may be quashed when

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November 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Under What Circumstances Can an Appellate Court Interfere with a Judgment of Acquittal?—Reaffirming Limits on Appellate Reappreciation of Evidence in Criminal Appeals

The judgment reiterates that interference with acquittal is permissible only if the trial court’s decision is perverse, based on misreading

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November 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Can Criminal Courts Take Cognizance of Alleged Offences by Notaries Without a Complaint from an Authorized Government Officer? — Himachal Pradesh High Court Affirms Statutory Bar Under Section 13 of the Notaries Act

The Himachal Pradesh High Court interprets Section 13 of the Notaries Act, 1952 to reaffirm that no court can take

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November 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Can a Resident Be Objected to Laying a Sewerage Connection Through a Neighbour’s Property When Exercising Statutory Rights Under the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act? — Precedent Clarifies Entitlement and Limits of Rights

The Himachal Pradesh High Court affirms that, while an individual has no right to connect to another’s private sewerage line,

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November 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Can a Complaint under Section 138 NI Act Be Dismissed as Premature When There is No Proof of Service Date of Statutory Notice and the Complainant Fails to Prove Financial Capacity?

The Himachal Pradesh High Court reaffirms that, in the absence of proof of the date of service of the statutory

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November 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Can an Affidavit/Undertaking by a Deceased Vicim Bar Claims by Dependents for Motor Accident Compensation? — Clarification and Affirmation of Dependents’ Statutory Right Under the Motor Vehicles Act

A High Court judgment reaffirms that an affidavit by the deceased relinquishing future compensation does not extinguish the statutory right

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November 2, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Does Withdrawal of a Writ Petition Leave the Underlying Legal Questions Open for Future Adjudication?

The court permitted the petitioner to withdraw the writ petition before any adjudication on merits, thus leaving all substantive legal

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November 2, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Does the “Rigors of Section 37 of the NDPS Act” Bar Grant of Bail When Accused is a Foreign National and Trial Is Nearing Completion? — Himachal Pradesh High Court Upholds Existing Precedent

The Himachal Pradesh High Court reiterated that where commercial quantity of contraband is involved, Section 37 of the NDPS Act,

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November 2, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Does the Moratorium under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Stay Criminal Proceedings under Section 138 NI Act against Company Directors? Existing Precedent Upheld — Clarification for Continuation of Quasi-Criminal Trials Against Natural Persons

The High Court of Himachal Pradesh has reaffirmed that the moratorium under Sections 14(1) and 101 of the Insolvency and

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November 2, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Does Consideration of Prior Judicial Decisions Mandate Administrative Action on Contractual Service Regularisation in Light of Existing Precedents?

The judgment directs authorities to consider and decide a service regularisation claim in accordance with an earlier High Court precedent,

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November 2, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh