Latest Misuse of Law News & Updates

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court has flagged a “worrying trend” of rising vexatious litigation, particularly in matrimonial disputes, cautioning that criminal law is increasingly being misused as a tool to settle personal scores and exert pressure on opposing parties.A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan made these observations while quashing criminal proceedings initiated against a man and his family in a POCSO case, setting aside an Allahabad High Court order that had …