High Courts
Allahabad High Court Upholds Conviction in Bribery Case Against Lekhpal
Appellant Mahesh Chand found guilty of accepting bribe; sentenced to rigorous imprisonment under IPC and Prevention of C...
Bombay High Court Affirms Arbitration Timeliness, Excludes Non-Signatories
Court upholds arbitration commencement within limitation period, but bars non-signatory respondents from proceedings....
Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition in Adivasi Land Transfer Case
Court Upholds Invalidity of 99-Year Lease Agreement Lacking Requisite Permissions...
Delhi High Court Upholds Grant of Pardon in Money Laundering Case
Co-accused Denied Right to Challenge Pardon, Court Emphasizes Trial as the Stage for Contesting Approver's Testimony...
High Court Upholds Trial Court's Decision, Dismisses Petitioner's Appeal with Costs
Petitioner’s Plea for Setting Aside Ex-Parte Proceedings Rejected; Court Imposes Costs for Misleading Conduct...
Madras High Court Upholds Insurance Liability for Pillion Riders Under Two-Wheeler Bundled Policy
Court affirms that insurance companies cannot deny compensation to pillion riders under bundled policies, setting aside ...
Patna High Court Revokes Bail in Murder Case, Cites Judicial Discipline and Propriety
High Court Cancels Bail of Suresh Yadav in Light of Serious Allegations and Lack of Changed Circumstances...
Patna High Court Orders Inquiry into Unlawful Road Construction on Private Land
District Magistrate Directed to Investigate and Ensure Legal Acquisition and Compensation...
Patna High Court Grants Bail to Juvenile, Emphasizes Rehabilitation Over Punishment
Court underscores the principle of "best interest of the child" in juvenile justice, directing welfare measures for the ...
Delhi High Court Upholds Contempt Order Against Jain Shikanji Pvt. Ltd. Director
Anubhav Jain faces arrest and property attachment over willful disobedience of court orders; exemplary costs reduced on ...
Allahabad High Court Quashes Administrative Orders Against Sunbeam School, Upholds Judicial Decisions
Upholding Natural Justice, the Court Protects the School's Right to Operate on Disputed Land...
Kerala High Court Grants Bail to Senior Police Officer Accused of Corruption
Despite Serious Allegations, Bail Granted Due to Lack of Criminal Antecedents and Unnecessary Further Custody...
Gauhati High Court Upholds Foreigners Tribunal Verdict Declaring Farjul Haque a Foreigner
Petitioner's Claim of Indian Citizenship Dismissed Due to Lack of Credible Evidence and Unsupported Mental Illness Claim...
Rajasthan High Court Transfers Matrimonial Case to Wife's Residence to Alleviate Hardship
Court Prioritizes Wife's Convenience in Matrimonial Dispute, Moves Case Closer to Her Residence in Jaisalmer...
Kerala High Court Upholds Mandatory RERA Registration for AWHO's Real Estate Project
Court dismisses Army Welfare Housing Organisation's plea for exemption under RERA, reinforcing the need for registration...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Cheque Bounce Case Against Former Director of Dissolved Company
Proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act deemed non-maintainable as the company had ceased to exi...
Calcutta High Court Awards Rs. 8 Lakh Compensation to Victim's Family in Railway Accident Case
Court Reverses Tribunal's Judgment, Citing Victim as Bona Fide Passenger in Untoward Incident...
PMLA cannot be invoked to exert pressure in purely commercial, civil disputes: Allahabad HC
The court said that the dispute essentially arose out of contractual obligations between a builder, a bank and flat buye...
Caught accepting Rs 300 bribe in 1977, Allahabad HC upholds ex-lekhpal's conviction after 40 years
Dismissing a 41-year-old criminal appeal, the high court upheld the one-year rigorous imprisonment sentence awarded to f...
Calcutta High Court Allows Amendment of Written Statement in Commercial Suit
Court Permits Defendants to Amend Written Statement Despite Previous Admissions, Citing Liberal Approach for Amendments...
Oral evidence key to punish govt employee in departmental proceedings: Allahabad HC
The Lucknow bench of the court on Monday noted that imposing a penalty solely based on documentary evidence, without exa...
Karnataka High Court Upholds Promotion Benefits for Government Employee on Day of Superannuation
Court Rules in Favor of Employee, Citing Fairness and Equality Principles in Service Law...
Rajasthan: MLA Ravindra Singh Bhati gets relief from HC
After hearing both sides, the single-judge bench granted interim protection to the legislator and observed that prima fa...
Allahabad High Court Dismisses Review Petition in EWS Reservation Case
Court rules procedural irregularities insufficient for review; affirms original decision based on candidate's applicatio...
Intimidatory speech case: Cal HC to hear Abhishek's challenge to lower court's order on voice sample
Additional Advocate General Rajdeep Majumdar, representing the state government, told the court that the protection was ...
Poll tribunal does not have jurisdiction to declare a caste certificate forged: Allahabad HC
According to the petitioner, Gond belonged to the OBC and he had fraudulently obtained a Scheduled Caste certificate to ...
UP discom employee who died of Covid in 2021 was a 'Covid warrior': Allahabad HC
The high court passed the order while allowing a writ petition filed by Pushpa Devi. The bench quashed an order of Octob...
Assets derived from unknown sources may not be from scheduled offence: Allahabad HC
The court said that at the stage of considering bail, the prosecution had not sufficiently demonstrated identifiable pro...
Delhi High Court Upholds DNA Test Order in Paternity Dispute
Court Prioritizes Children's Right to Know Parentage Over Adult Reputational Concerns in Landmark Maintenance Case...
Allahabad HC raps UP govt over delay in minorities commission appointments
The bench noted that by its order dated April 24, 2026, it had directed the state government to place on record clear wr...
Stop blaming BMC alone for monsoon water-logging: HC; 'encroachments and clogged drains our creation'
We have an uncanny knack for grabbing lands. We put all the dirt and material inside, and we block the gutters. One smal...
DMK candidate files plea in HC against CM Vijay's election from Perambur Assembly constituency
Shekar has challenged the election of Vijay on a number of grounds which includes alleged use of children in campaigning...
2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts: HC upholds death sentence for 38 IM operatives, life term for 11
On July 26, 2008, a series of 21 bomb blasts ripped through Ahmedabad in a span of 70 minutes, killing 56 persons and in...
Delhi HC denies bail to Indian Mujahideen operative in 2008 serial blasts case
The bench said that although Peerbhoy has spent a "considerable period" as an undertrial, releasing him when cross-exami...
Cal HC grants conditional permission for TMC youth rally in Kolkata, sets aside police ban
The court also altered the rally timing from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm instead of the proposed 3 pm to 6 pm slot, forbade the u...
State can't force adult woman to return to parental home: Bombay High Court
These are matters of personal choice and a part of rights under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Neither her par...