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Madhya Pradesh High Court Clarifies Non-Requirement of Judicial Proceedings for Pregnancy Terminations Beyond 24 Weeks

Madhya Pradesh High Court Clarifies Non-Requirement of Judicial Proceedings for Pregnancy Terminations Beyond 24 Weeks

Court Directs Health Authorities to Implement Guidelines in Compliance with Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971...

Delhi HC receives bomb threat via email ahead of Independence Day

Delhi HC receives bomb threat via email ahead of Independence Day

Police source said dog squad, bomb disposal squad, fire department and many other security agencies are conducting check...

Odisha: Man gets life imprisonment for raping girl last year

Odisha: Man gets life imprisonment for raping girl last year

It also directed the authorities concerned to pay Rs 7 lakh compensation to the victim under the provisions of the POCSO...

Delhi HC upholds conviction of man for sodomising 11-yr-old rag picker

Delhi HC upholds conviction of man for sodomising 11-yr-old rag picker

"The evidence on record reveals that PW1 was a homeless child living on the streets and earning his livelihood by rag-pi...

Bank account freeze must be proportionate to suspected proceeds of crime: Allahabad HC

Bank account freeze must be proportionate to suspected proceeds of crime: Allahabad HC

The bench directed that a copy of the order be sent to the RBI for circulation to banks and financial institutions, so t...

Allahabad High Court Quashes Gangster Act Proceedings Due to Procedural Lapse

Allahabad High Court Quashes Gangster Act Proceedings Due to Procedural Lapse

Non-compliance with Rule 16 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Rules, 2021 Results in...

'Sand mafia' Tulu Mondal moves Cal HC seeking quashing of FIR against him

'Sand mafia' Tulu Mondal moves Cal HC seeking quashing of FIR against him

The police had, in the last week of July, seized 15 kg of gold and a large amount of cash from an alleged hideout of Mon...

Allahabad High Court Grants Interim Relief to Contractual Teacher; Questions State on Regularization

Allahabad High Court Grants Interim Relief to Contractual Teacher; Questions State on Regularization

Teacher's Contract Non-Renewal Sparks Legal Scrutiny on Long-Serving Contractual Employees...

Cal HC says stay on OBC reservations to 114 classes revived as govt withdrew plea challenging it

Cal HC says stay on OBC reservations to 114 classes revived as govt withdrew plea challenging it

The high court had in May, 2024 struck down the Other Backward Classes (OBC) status of several classes in West Bengal gr...

HC summons top UP officials over Hindalco being charged for drawing water from Rihand river

HC summons top UP officials over Hindalco being charged for drawing water from Rihand river

The court's earlier order had noted that minutes of government meetings held in 2013 and 2017 appeared to indicate that ...

K'taka HC dismisses Darshan's plea against trial court order on co-accused turning approver

K'taka HC dismisses Darshan's plea against trial court order on co-accused turning approver

The court dismissed Darshan's petition, observing that the order passed in the Yogeshgouda murder case relating to grant...

Allahabad High Court upholds UP govt’s transfer policy for primary school teachers

Allahabad High Court upholds UP govt’s transfer policy for primary school teachers

The court further held that teachers have no inherent statutory right to transfer, and that their entitlement arose only...

Can marital dispute between colleague couple be brought within ambit of POSH, Allahabad HC seeks to examine

Can marital dispute between colleague couple be brought within ambit of POSH, Allahabad HC seeks to examine

The committee also recommended disciplinary action against both spouses for allegedly failing to disclose their marital ...

Kerala HC sets aside police protection order in Orthodox-Jacobite church property dispute

Kerala HC sets aside police protection order in Orthodox-Jacobite church property dispute

In a statement, it said the High Court had recommended that claims over rights in the church properties be decided by a ...

Jharkhand: Court sentences five men to 25 years in jail for gang-raping woman out with fiance

Jharkhand: Court sentences five men to 25 years in jail for gang-raping woman out with fiance

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on each of the convicts, all of whom belong to Katiguttu village in the Mufas...

TISS ex-student moves HC for pre-arrest bail in case over incendiary slogans at GN Saibaba event

TISS ex-student moves HC for pre-arrest bail in case over incendiary slogans at GN Saibaba event

The sessions court, while rejecting Das' pre-arrest bail plea had noted books published by members of the banned outfit ...

Does reputation flow generationally Delhi HC on Aaradhya Bachchan's lawsuit

Does reputation flow generationally Delhi HC on Aaradhya Bachchan's lawsuit

The counsel appearing for the plaintiffs submitted that if goodwill is intact, any attempt to propagate fake information...

'Overwhelming incriminating material' to suggest accused formed syndicate to leak, circulate NEET paper: Delhi court

'Overwhelming incriminating material' to suggest accused formed syndicate to leak, circulate NEET paper: Delhi court

"Besides, by their aforesaid act, they have also prima facie committed criminal misconduct (by a public servant) in term...

Delhi HC upholds teacher's imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor student in school

Delhi HC upholds teacher's imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor student in school

The high court's verdict came while dismissing an appeal of a drawing teacher who was convicted by a trial court for sub...

What illegal act done by suspended teacher Kerala HC poser on Savarkar quiz issue

What illegal act done by suspended teacher Kerala HC poser on Savarkar quiz issue

The controversial question was there in one of the questionnaires prepared as part of the school-level Social Science Cl...

J-K High Court dismisses contempt court notice against Shopian deputy commissioner

J-K High Court dismisses contempt court notice against Shopian deputy commissioner

Earlier, the judicial magistrate had directed Shah to pay Rs 4,30,000 as maintenance arrears to wife Ufaira Gulzar and d...

Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on plea by Central Secretariat Club against de-recognition

Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on plea by Central Secretariat Club against de-recognition

The petition argued that the de-recognition order dated July 14 and eviction order dated July 17 were "ex facie arbitrar...

Dismiss CBI's challenge to discharge in excise case: Kejriwal, Sisodia to Delhi HC

Dismiss CBI's challenge to discharge in excise case: Kejriwal, Sisodia to Delhi HC

In its revision petition, the CBI has said that the discharge order was patently illegal, perverse and suffered from err...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Ansad Badruddin and Co-Accused Due to Delay in Trial

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Ansad Badruddin and Co-Accused Due to Delay in Trial

Prolonged incarceration without trial progress prompts bail under Article 21's right to a speedy trial...

Punjab: HC stays appointment of 454 pharmacy officers till September 17

Punjab: HC stays appointment of 454 pharmacy officers till September 17

The probe revealed that the cheating racket charged desperate candidates exorbitant sums ranging between Rs 3.5 lakh and...

T''gana HC orders interim stay on ‘Kalyana Lakshmi’ , ‘Shaadi Mubarak’ schemes

T''gana HC orders interim stay on ‘Kalyana Lakshmi’ , ‘Shaadi Mubarak’ schemes

The scheme 'Kalyana Lakshmi' was launched in 2014 by the Telangana government with the aim of alleviating financial dist...

Allahabad HC orders probe against police officers for not lodging FIR on digital rape complaint

Allahabad HC orders probe against police officers for not lodging FIR on digital rape complaint

After her release, she lodged a report with the police station at Wave City alleging molestation, digital rape and crimi...

Allahabad HC questions UP govt over denial of contract renewal to teacher after 16 years

Allahabad HC questions UP govt over denial of contract renewal to teacher after 16 years

The court noted from the instructions submitted by the authorities that three teachers had been transferred from differe...

HC asks Centre's appellate panel to decide plea to remove 'objectionable' videos against Sai Baba

HC asks Centre's appellate panel to decide plea to remove 'objectionable' videos against Sai Baba

After detailed complaints to YouTube under the Grievance Redressal Mechanism in the Information Technology Rules did not...

Delhi HC agrees to hear PIL to make sexual offences under BNS gender neutral

Delhi HC agrees to hear PIL to make sexual offences under BNS gender neutral

In the absence of a provision like section 377 IPC, there is no "equality before law and the equal protection of law" fo...

Allahabad HC grants bail to 'PFI members' booked in UAPA over slow trial

Allahabad HC grants bail to 'PFI members' booked in UAPA over slow trial

The investigators have alleged that Badruddin and Khan, said to be linked to the now-banned PFI, travelled to Uttar Prad...

Rape survivors don't require court nod to terminate pregnancies up to 24 weeks, says MP HC

Rape survivors don't require court nod to terminate pregnancies up to 24 weeks, says MP HC

The minor had approached the court seeking authorisation to terminate an 18-week pregnancy resulting from sexual assault...

Court approval not required for rape victim's termination of pregnancy up to 24 weeks: MP HC

Court approval not required for rape victim's termination of pregnancy up to 24 weeks: MP HC

He said that the minor girl does not want to continue the pregnancy resulting from the rape as she is experiencing immen...

Allahabad HC directs UP police body to produce results of exam for promotion as head constable

Allahabad HC directs UP police body to produce results of exam for promotion as head constable

Initially, the authorities had informed the court that only two candidates were found using mobile phones and no unaut...

Delhi HC halts processing of IT-returns of Supreme Court, high court judges

Delhi HC halts processing of IT-returns of Supreme Court, high court judges

The petitioner has contended that the CBDT's Officer September 2025 Memorandum is contrary to law, and "nothing short of...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Urges Swift Action for Child with Rare Disease

Madhya Pradesh High Court Urges Swift Action for Child with Rare Disease

Court Directs Details of Crowdfunding Efforts and Government Assistance for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Treatment...