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Can school cancel child’s admission for missing induction programme? Here’s what court said

June 02, 2026 2:29 pm

The Meghalaya High Court was hearing the plea filed by a mother of 5-year-old seeking restoration of her son's admission to the kindergarten class.

The court underscored that rigid application of POCSO provisions in cases of consensual adolescent relationships can lead to serious injustice.

Meghalaya High Court permits quashing of POCSO cases in ‘Romeo-Juliet’ relationships

March 31, 2026 11:03 am

The court was examining whether POCSO cases can be quashed based on consent between the accused and the victim despite the law’s strict and overriding nature, in a case involving a consensual adolescent relationship.

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'Minor discrepancies do not affect core truth’: Meghalaya High Court affirms 7-year jail awarded to man for raping girl

March 23, 2026 10:52 am

The medical report revealed signs of sexual assault on the girl, the Meghalaya High Court noted, adding that the delay in filing the FIR has no negative impact on the case.

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A ‘confession’, life term, then freedom: 22 years after the murder of her husband and son, Meghalaya High Court acquits woman

March 20, 2026 7:45 pm

The prosecution's case rests mainly on a confession allegedly made by the accused woman herself and which was recorded by the magistrate, the Meghalaya High Court noted.

'Marital rape not crime, but other offences stand': Why Meghalaya High Court refused to quash 'entire FIR' against police officer

February 25, 2026 8:36 am

Meghalaya High Court refused to quash an FIR against a police officer, holding that marital rape exception cannot nullify other serious dowry and cruelty charges.

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‘Justice is not purchasable commodity’: Meghalaya High Court denies man who tried to "settle" rash driving death case

February 21, 2026 9:53 am

Meghalaya High Court rash driving case: There cannot be misplaced sympathy, based on a settlement between the legal heirs of the victim and the accused, the Meghalaya High Court observed.

‘Innocent until proven guilty’: Meghalaya High Court grants anticipatory bail in mob lynching case

January 06, 2026 5:31 pm

Mob Lynching Case 2025: While granting anticipatory bail to the accussed, Justice Diengdoh said that in the same case other accussed have been granted bail, only difference is that, in meantime, a charge sheet has been filed by the investigating officer.

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Meghalaya High Court grants bail to 24-year-old youth in POCSO case, cites ‘romantic relation’

January 06, 2026 1:06 pm

Meghalaya High Court Grants Bail in POCSO Case: Justice Diengdoh has granted bail to accused in the POCSO case referring the apex court's judgement that punishing an adolescent who enters relationship with minor girl by treating him as offender was never objective of Act.

The Meghalaya High Court in a recent ruling held that the State cannot insist on the Scheduled Caste (SC) and the Scheduled Tribes (ST) students to produce Aadhaar cards as a mandatory document for availing financial benefits under the post-matric scholarship scheme.

State can’t insist SC/ST students for Aadhaar card to avail post-matric scholarship scheme: Meghalaya HC

November 04, 2025 6:37 pm

Meghalaya HC Aadhaar Ruling, SC/ST Students scholarship scheme: Students from SC/ST category of Meghalaya claimed they were denied the benefits of post matriculation scholarship scheme for want of Aadhaar card.

Vaccination by force violates fundamental rights: Meghalaya HC

June 24, 2021 10:47 pm

The high court further observed that it was the responsibility of the state to disseminate and sensitise the citizens of the entire exercise of vaccination with its pros and cons.