High Courts

Allahabad High Court Upholds "Equal Pay for Equal Work" for Special Teachers under IEDC Scheme

Special Teachers entitled to parity in pay scales and service benefits with regular teachers, rules court...

Allahabad High Court Denies Maternity Leave for Fourth Child

Court Upholds Financial Hand Book Guidelines; Emphasizes Proper Filing of Writ Petitions...

Allahabad High Court Upholds Co-Extensive Liability of Guarantors in Loan Recovery

High Court dismisses petitions challenging simultaneous recovery from guarantors and principal borrower under Section 12...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Upholds Denial of Bail in Case Involving Alleged Harassment Leading to Suicide

Court Finds Strong Prima Facie Evidence Against Accused Under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act...

Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Liberalized Family Pension for Widow, Grants Arrears from 1996

Court rules pension is a property right, not subject to curtailment due to delayed claims....

Delhi High Court Rejects Sushil Kumar's Bail Application Citing Lack of Change in Circumstances

Court emphasizes societal influence, gravity of offense, and potential witness tampering as reasons for dismissal...

Allahabad High Court Upholds Land Acquisition Award in Varanasi Dispute

Court dismisses challenges, affirms compliance with Supreme Court's directives in long-standing land acquisition case....

Punjab and Haryana High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail in Cross-Border Arms Smuggling Case

Custodial interrogation deemed necessary for effective investigation into organized arms smuggling network involving sop...

HC stays arrest of Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari in firearm purchase, sale cases

The police lodged the cases after allegedly uncovering missing official records, irregularities in weapon transactions a...

Calcutta HC allows Jamiat rally on August 11

Imposing conditions for holding the rally, the court directed the petitioner to share names and mobile phone numbers of ...

Bombay HC directs Amazon to hand over expired goods to FDA for disposal

Amazon Retail India moved the HC after the FDA took action against its warehouse in Bhiwandi, Thane district, for allege...

Surat demolition probe will be 'farce' if senior officers remain in posts: Gujarat HC

The bench passed the order on a plea filed by 26 displaced residents challenging the demolition at Nasirnagar....

Delhi HC seeks stand of The Caravan in defamation case by Nitin Gadkari's son

The application, which forms part of a lawsuit by Nikhil Gadkari and his company Cian Agro Industries and Infrastructure...

Girls wearing jeans corrupt boys' mindset troubling, unacceptable: Delhi HC

In the judgement, the court took exception to the girl's character assassination in the "line of cross-examination and a...

Cal HC to hear PIL on use of loudspeakers in mosques on Aug 13

Claiming that loudspeakers have been removed from mosques in West Bengal on oral instructions by authorities, Banerjee h...

Delhi High Court prematurely releases two rape convicts on life sentence

The court passed the judgement on petitions by the two convicts challenging the decision of the Sentence Review Board (S...

HC asks authorities to inquire how many private schools running in Kolkata, Howrah sans affiliation

The court also directed the state respondents to file a report, affirmed by the deputy secretary of the Fire and Emergen...

Delhi HC gives Kejriwal 4 weeks to respond to ED pleas against acquittal in two cases

The bench also said it was likely to list in September the ED's 2024 petition challenging a trial court order granting b...

Pleas against Maharashtra Special Public Security Act frivolous: Govt to HC, seeks their dismissal

The petitions claimed that the law confers "wide-ranging, arbitrary and excessive powers" on the executive to ban organi...

Calcutta High Court Overturns Lower Court's Dismissal of Mutual Consent Divorce Application

Court Emphasizes Mediation Cannot Be Forced in Mutual Consent Divorce Cases...

Gauhati High Court Enhances Compensation for Deceased Driver's Family

Court Finds Initial Judgment Perversely Ignored Admitted Salary Evidence...

Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Modified Arbitral Award, Reinforces Limited Judicial Scope Under Section 34

Trial Court's Overreach in Modifying Arbitral Award Reversed, Case Remanded for Fresh Consideration...

Gujarat High Court Quashes Family Court's DNA Test Order in Maintenance Suit

The Court emphasizes privacy rights and procedural fairness in maintenance cases involving adult children....

Allahabad High Court Overturns Judgment: Fraudulent Caste Certificate Leads to Termination of Service

Appointment Secured by Forged Documents Declared Void; Court Affirms "Fraud Vitiates All Solemn Acts"...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Accused in Dowry Death Case, Clarifies Legal Definition of "Husband"

Court rules that a man in a void second marriage does not qualify as "husband" under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, ...

Kerala High Court Upholds Disability Pension for Veteran; Emphasizes Beneficial Interpretation of Military Pension Regulations

Court Dismisses Union of India's Appeal, Affirms Tribunal's Order Granting Pension for Service-Related Health Deteriorat...

Karnataka High Court Upholds FIR in Alleged Extortion Case