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Calcutta High Court Denies Industrial Dispute Referral After 13-Year Delay

Calcutta High Court Denies Industrial Dispute Referral After 13-Year Delay

Court dismisses writ petition citing unreasonable delay and prior adjudication, aligning with Supreme Court precedent...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Sk. Enamul Hossain

Calcutta High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Sk. Enamul Hossain

Allegations of theft and dishonest possession dismissed; procedural lapses by police and tax authorities highlighted....

Rajasthan High Court Orders Reinstatement of CRPF Constable, Quashes Desertion Charges

Rajasthan High Court Orders Reinstatement of CRPF Constable, Quashes Desertion Charges

Court Finds Procedural Violations and Proportionality Issues in Disciplinary Action; Orders Notional Benefits Without Ba...

Delhi High Court Upholds Tribunal's Decision Denying Pay Parity to MCD Laboratory Technicians

Delhi High Court Upholds Tribunal's Decision Denying Pay Parity to MCD Laboratory Technicians

The court rules educational qualifications and recruitment criteria as valid grounds for differential pay scales between...

Allahabad HC quashes case against 2 students booked for reading namaz at restricted site

Allahabad HC quashes case against 2 students booked for reading namaz at restricted site

Counsel for the applicants submitted that the two were merely students with no prior criminal record and had been implic...

Kerala HC stops Christmas bumper lottery first prize disbursement over winning ticket ownership

Kerala HC stops Christmas bumper lottery first prize disbursement over winning ticket ownership

The court issued notices to the Kerala government, the Directorate of State Lotteries, the Piravom police station, and D...

Allahabad HC seeks UP govt's stand on traffic management near schools

Allahabad HC seeks UP govt's stand on traffic management near schools

On the suggestion of handing over traffic management to the schools, the court asked the state to examine the feasibilit...

Allahabad HC directs UP govt to frame norms for custodial death compensation, says state custodian of prisoners

Allahabad HC directs UP govt to frame norms for custodial death compensation, says state custodian of prisoners

The court suggested that while framing the guidelines, the state may consider parameters such as age, income and depende...

HC orders DVAC to file FIR against TN minister in bribery case

HC orders DVAC to file FIR against TN minister in bribery case

The bench noted that while the ED’s complaint was vague, it had submitted voluminous material indicating a prima facie c...

MP HC asks Centre to clarify NRAI's status after govt. says its ammunition license is cancelled

MP HC asks Centre to clarify NRAI's status after govt. says its ammunition license is cancelled

Directing the counsel for the petitioner to implead the Union home ministry as a party in the case, the court also sough...

Private schools can't collect unregulated fee from April 1: Delhi govt to HC

Private schools can't collect unregulated fee from April 1: Delhi govt to HC

"My case is that schools cannot charge anything other than the approved fee under the Act [Delhi School Education (Trans...

Delhi HC allows skiier Manjeet to initiate contempt proceedings against IOA officer

Delhi HC allows skiier Manjeet to initiate contempt proceedings against IOA officer

In a January 30 order, the High Court came down heavily on the IOA and described its selection criteria for the ongoing ...

Advocate files plea in HC against Maharashtra govt decision to cancel 5 per cent Muslim quota

Advocate files plea in HC against Maharashtra govt decision to cancel 5 per cent Muslim quota

The petition filed by advocate Syed Ejaz Abbas Naqvi challenged the government resolution of February 17 issued by the D...

Disturbing pattern in recent times where matrimonial prosecutions initiated as pressure tactic: HC

Disturbing pattern in recent times where matrimonial prosecutions initiated as pressure tactic: HC

In such cases, the court is not expected to be a mute spectator and is duty-bound to examine the circumstances and to as...

Allahabad HC fixes Mar 12 for next hearing of Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah mosque

Allahabad HC fixes Mar 12 for next hearing of Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah mosque

At the centre of the controversy is the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb-era Shahi Idgah mosque, which a section of Hindus has c...

Delhi HC grants bail to Thar driver who mowed down two in Chanakyapuri

Delhi HC grants bail to Thar driver who mowed down two in Chanakyapuri

The car of the 26-year-old accused allegedly ran down two persons around 6.30 am on August 10, last year near Gate Numbe...

High-rise near INS Shikra: HC raps Navy over ‘lapse’, 'intelligence failure'

High-rise near INS Shikra: HC raps Navy over ‘lapse’, 'intelligence failure'

The bench also questioned the Navy’s selective opposition to only this particular building when there are several other ...

Ancestral property not immune from attachment under PMLA: Delhi HC

Ancestral property not immune from attachment under PMLA: Delhi HC

The court passed the verdict on an appeal by a man against a 2025 order of the appellate tribunal under the PMLA, which ...

Kerala High Court Upholds Tribunal's Decision on Disability Pension Claim

Kerala High Court Upholds Tribunal's Decision on Disability Pension Claim

Rajendran P.'s petition dismissed due to lack of evidence linking disability to military service...

Delhi High Court Quashes FIR in High-Handed Harassment Case; Stresses on Women's Safety

Delhi High Court Quashes FIR in High-Handed Harassment Case; Stresses on Women's Safety

Court quashes FIR after victim's compromise but imposes costs on petitioner, highlighting concerns over women's safety....

Delhi High Court Upholds Interim Maintenance for Wife Amidst Allegations of Adultery

Delhi High Court Upholds Interim Maintenance for Wife Amidst Allegations of Adultery

Court affirms that unproven allegations of adultery cannot bar interim maintenance; directs expeditious trial in domesti...

Delhi High Court Enhances Maintenance for Schizophrenic Divorced Wife

Delhi High Court Enhances Maintenance for Schizophrenic Divorced Wife

Court Rules on Maintenance Enhancement, Directs Payment from 2011; Dismisses Frivolous Petition...

Allahabad High Court Rules Against Bank's Limitation on Ex-Gratia Claims

Allahabad High Court Rules Against Bank's Limitation on Ex-Gratia Claims

Internal Bank Circulars Cannot Impose Limitations Without Proper Communication to Legal Heirs, Court Directs Reconsidera...

Delhi High Court Upholds SSC's Examination Evaluation Process

Delhi High Court Upholds SSC's Examination Evaluation Process

Court Declines to Interfere in SSC's Final Answer Key, Emphasizing Judicial Restraint in Academic Evaluations...

Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Magistrate's Order in Cheque Dishonour Case

Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Magistrate's Order in Cheque Dishonour Case

Security Cheques Can Be Used to Discharge Legally Enforceable Liabilities, Rules Court...

Calcutta High Court Declares WBSEDCL's Supplemental Billing Demand Void

Calcutta High Court Declares WBSEDCL's Supplemental Billing Demand Void

Court Upholds Presumption of Meter Accuracy, Rejects Speculative Billing by West Bengal State Electricity Distribution...

Public urinal, open garbage next to house violates right to live with dignity: Delhi HC

Public urinal, open garbage next to house violates right to live with dignity: Delhi HC

The court passed the order while dealing with a lawyer's petition raising a grievance against the construction of an una...

Telangana High Court Directs Policy Formation for Regulating Sale of Meat Near Places of Worship

Telangana High Court Directs Policy Formation for Regulating Sale of Meat Near Places of Worship

In a landmark judgment, the Telangana High Court mandates the state to draft guidelines addressing the sale and consumpt...

Delhi High Court Allows Mother to Relocate Abroad for Education with Minor Child

Delhi High Court Allows Mother to Relocate Abroad for Education with Minor Child

Court Balances Parental Rights and Child Welfare in Landmark Judgment...

Calcutta High Court Orders Transparent Disclosure in Police Recruitment Process

Calcutta High Court Orders Transparent Disclosure in Police Recruitment Process

Marks and Categories of Constable Aspirants to be Published for Physical Tests...

Calcutta High Court Upholds Eviction of Encroachers from Port Authority Pathway

Calcutta High Court Upholds Eviction of Encroachers from Port Authority Pathway

The court ruled that encroachers occupying pathways do not qualify for protections under the Public Premises (Eviction o...

Bombay High Court Quashes Pune Municipal Corporation's Promotion Process for Superintending Engineer

Bombay High Court Quashes Pune Municipal Corporation's Promotion Process for Superintending Engineer

Court Mandates Implementation of 2024 Seniority List, Citing Violations of Natural Justice...

Bombay High Court Partially Acquits Appellants in Assault Case; Conviction Under IPC Section 324 Upheld

Bombay High Court Partially Acquits Appellants in Assault Case; Conviction Under IPC Section 324 Upheld

Court Remands Case for Consideration of Probation; Acquits Appellants of Charges Under IPC Section 504 and Goa Children'...

Bombay High Court Clarifies ESI Act's Applicability to Medicine Storage by Traders

Bombay High Court Clarifies ESI Act's Applicability to Medicine Storage by Traders

Storing Medicines in Refrigerators Not a "Manufacturing Process," Rules Court...

Gauhati High Court Reinstates Gaon Panchayat President Over Quorum Misinterpretation

Gauhati High Court Reinstates Gaon Panchayat President Over Quorum Misinterpretation

Court Finds District Commissioner's Order Invalid Due to Violation of Natural Justice and Misinterpretation of Quorum Re...

Calcutta High Court Upholds Compensation Award in Railway Worker Death Case

Calcutta High Court Upholds Compensation Award in Railway Worker Death Case

Tribunal's Beneficial Approach in Applying Employees Compensation Act, 1923, Affirmed by High Court...