Sansa Law Desk

The Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed an FIR registered against a government school teacher, Faizan Ansari, who shared a video of an Urdu nazm (poem) titled 'Be-haya' by poet Shoaib Kiani on his WhatsApp status. Justice B.P. Sharma, in his order in the case of Faizan Ansari v. State of Madhya Pradesh (2026 MPHC JBP 35211), held that sharing a poetic recitation without any additional commentary or intent to incite cannot be construed as promoting enmity or public mischief. The

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has constituted a Judicial Infrastructure Advisory Committee to prepare a comprehensive roadmap for strengthening judicial infrastructure across India. The committee's mandate includes identifying infrastructural constraints, recommending technology upgrades, and securing governmental support and funding in the range of Rs 40,000 crore to Rs 50,000 crore for courts nationwide. This initiative comes at a time when the Supreme Court's pendency

The Calcutta High Court, in its judgment in CRR 2270 of 2025 decided on May 8, 2026, quashed criminal proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act) against the wife of a sole proprietor. Justice Uday Kumar held that criminal liability for cheque dishonour cannot be imposed on a non-signatory spouse merely on the basis of vague allegations of "dominion and control" over the proprietorship firm. The ruling draws a clear boundary on vicarious lia