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Calcutta High Court Upholds Conviction in Dacoity and Murder Case

Calcutta High Court Upholds Conviction in Dacoity and Murder Case

Appeals Dismissed; Conviction Based on Circumstantial Evidence and Recovery of Stolen Items...

Delhi High Court Quashes CBSE's Retrospective Policy Change on Additional Subject Examination for 2025 Batch

Delhi High Court Quashes CBSE's Retrospective Policy Change on Additional Subject Examination for 2025 Batch

Court Upholds Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation, Directs CBSE to Allow Affected Students to Register for Additional Sub...

Calcutta High Court Enhances Compensation in Motor Accident Claim to Rs. 500,000

Calcutta High Court Enhances Compensation in Motor Accident Claim to Rs. 500,000

National Insurance Co. Ltd. directed to pay and given liberty to recover from the insured after due process....

Allahabad High Court Upholds Charge-Sheet in Rape Case, Dismisses Appeal

Allahabad High Court Upholds Charge-Sheet in Rape Case, Dismisses Appeal

Allegations of Character Assassination Deemed Irrelevant; Upholds Victim's Right to Dignity and Privacy...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Acquittal in High-Profile POCSO Case

Karnataka High Court Upholds Acquittal in High-Profile POCSO Case

Lack of Cogent Evidence Leads to Dismissal of State's Appeal Against Acquittal of Accused in Alleged Sexual Assault...

Delhi High Court Modifies Life Sentence to 10 Years for Convicted Child Sexual Offender

Delhi High Court Modifies Life Sentence to 10 Years for Convicted Child Sexual Offender

Court considers mitigating factors such as age, incarceration period, and family hardship in altering the sentence under...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Objection to Arbitral Award Enforcement, Reaffirms Res Judicata

Delhi High Court Dismisses Objection to Arbitral Award Enforcement, Reaffirms Res Judicata

Court Imposes Costs on Objector for Frivolous Objections, Reinforces Legal Finality of Prior Judicial Decisions...

Calcutta High Court Upholds Continuation of Criminal Proceedings Against Dr. Pradip Kumar Ghosh

Calcutta High Court Upholds Continuation of Criminal Proceedings Against Dr. Pradip Kumar Ghosh

Court Denies Petitioner's Request to Quash Proceedings Under West Bengal Inland Fisheries Act and Land Reforms Act...

Delhi HC asks Jaideep Sengar to surrender in Unnao custodial death case

Delhi HC asks Jaideep Sengar to surrender in Unnao custodial death case

It observed that the interim bail granted to Jaideep Sengar in July 2024 was last extended in April 2025 and since then,...

Chhatrasal Stadium murder case: Delhi HC seeks police's stand on wrestler Sushil Kumar's bail plea

Chhatrasal Stadium murder case: Delhi HC seeks police's stand on wrestler Sushil Kumar's bail plea

Noting that the Supreme Court had cancelled the bail granted to Kumar by the high court in August last year, the judge r...

HC issues notice to producers of ‘The Kerala Story 2’, CBFC on plea to quash certification

HC issues notice to producers of ‘The Kerala Story 2’, CBFC on plea to quash certification

The petition stated that it approached the court after being aggrieved by the grant of certification to the film titled ...

Employer liable if insurance policy terms breached with its knowledge: Uttarakhand HC

Employer liable if insurance policy terms breached with its knowledge: Uttarakhand HC

According to the case details, petitioner Bhakti Ram stated that his 22-year-old son, Manish Kumar, was employed as a tr...

Allahabad HC grants bail to YouTuber Mani Miraj booked on rape charge

Allahabad HC grants bail to YouTuber Mani Miraj booked on rape charge

Miraj was booked at Khoda Police Station in Ghaziabad on the charge of rape on the pretext of marriage....

Coal mine blast: Meghalaya HC asks East Jaintia SP, predecessor to appear during hearing next week

Coal mine blast: Meghalaya HC asks East Jaintia SP, predecessor to appear during hearing next week

The bench noted that a status report submitted by the state respondents in compliance with its February 9 order had been...

Madras HC dismisses VFI plea challenging arbitral award

Madras HC dismisses VFI plea challenging arbitral award

Refusing to interfere with the arbitral award directing the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) to pay Rs 4 crore as lo...

Allahabad HC sets free man convicted for murder in 1989

Allahabad HC sets free man convicted for murder in 1989

"In the instant case before the trial court, there are three accused, one is convicted, and two others are acquitted on ...

Think about 'geographical restriction': Delhi HC to NIA on Engineer Rashid's bail plea

Think about 'geographical restriction': Delhi HC to NIA on Engineer Rashid's bail plea

Emphasising that Rashid neither misused the bail conditions nor were there any complaints against him, the senior lawyer...

Delhi HC seeks lawyer's stand on TMC MP Mahua Moitra plea over shared custody of pet dog

Delhi HC seeks lawyer's stand on TMC MP Mahua Moitra plea over shared custody of pet dog

In her appeal in the high court, the TMC leader said that in the interim order passed in November 2025, the district cou...

Final report can be filed in Sabarimala gold loss case by Mar 31: SIT to Kerala HC

Final report can be filed in Sabarimala gold loss case by Mar 31: SIT to Kerala HC

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) told the High Court that it has collected a total of 36 samples in connection with ...

Criticising govt not disaffection against India: Delhi HC told on challenge to UAPA

Criticising govt not disaffection against India: Delhi HC told on challenge to UAPA

"We are more specifically concerned as journalists … So basically, journalist articles, which criticise a particular pol...

Can't change 'Supreme Court' metro station to 'Sarvoch Nyayalaya' in Hindi: DMRC to HC

Can't change 'Supreme Court' metro station to 'Sarvoch Nyayalaya' in Hindi: DMRC to HC

The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Umesh Sharma objecting to the name of the metro station as '...

Bhojshala dispute: MP HC asks Indore bench to club all related petitions, hear from Feb 23

Bhojshala dispute: MP HC asks Indore bench to club all related petitions, hear from Feb 23

Hindus consider Bhojshala a temple dedicated to Vagdevi (Goddess Saraswati), while the Muslim community claims the 11th-...

Investigating agencies cannot be high-handed in freezing bank accounts: Allahabad HC

Investigating agencies cannot be high-handed in freezing bank accounts: Allahabad HC

"Various writ petitions before us disclose that banks have frozen the accounts and when the customers approach them, the...

Delhi HC rejects ex-WB chief secy's plea concerning CAT proceedings

Delhi HC rejects ex-WB chief secy's plea concerning CAT proceedings

The judgement had held that the transfer order was passed within the four corners of the law as the cause of action aros...

Delhi HC seeks Kuldeep Sengar's stand on Unnao rape survivor's plea in custodial death case

Delhi HC seeks Kuldeep Sengar's stand on Unnao rape survivor's plea in custodial death case

In her appeal, the survivor said Sengar and other convicts should be held guilty under Sections 302 of the IPC for murde...

'Systemic failure' in land acquisition cases; resolve them on mission-mode: HC to govt

'Systemic failure' in land acquisition cases; resolve them on mission-mode: HC to govt

Its remarks came on a plea filed by a bunch of residents in Beed district whose lands were acquired by the irrigation di...

National Herald case: Delhi HC to hear on Mar 9 ED plea against Gandhi

National Herald case: Delhi HC to hear on Mar 9 ED plea against Gandhi

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), objected to the request made by the coun...

DM's certificate under Transgender Act conclusive proof for gender change: Allahabad HC

DM's certificate under Transgender Act conclusive proof for gender change: Allahabad HC

The court passed the order on February 10 while disposing of a petition filed by Khush R Goel, who had challenged a June...

Plea in Kerala HC seeks to halt pineapple farming in Athirappilly over ecological concerns

Plea in Kerala HC seeks to halt pineapple farming in Athirappilly over ecological concerns

The public interest litigation by wildlife activist Angels Nair claimed that the pineapple cultivation was being carried...

Delhi High Court Grants Temporary Injunction Against Use of 'Lotus Splash' in Trademark Infringement Case

Delhi High Court Grants Temporary Injunction Against Use of 'Lotus Splash' in Trademark Infringement Case

Court restrains Dpka Universal Consumer Ventures from using 'Lotus Splash' due to infringement of Lotus Herbals' registe...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi

Karnataka High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi

Court rules that BJP's complaint lacked proper authorization and failed to meet procedural requirements....

Andhra Pradesh High Court Upholds Maintenance for Wife and Child Under Section 125 Cr.P.C.

Andhra Pradesh High Court Upholds Maintenance for Wife and Child Under Section 125 Cr.P.C.

Court Emphasizes Maintenance as a Recurring Right, Dismisses Procedural Objections...

Major deficiencies in TDB system governing sacred offerings at Sabarimala: Kerala HC

Major deficiencies in TDB system governing sacred offerings at Sabarimala: Kerala HC

The SIT, comprising officers of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), told the bench that it has registered a...

MP HC sends back Bhojshala dispute case to Indore bench for hearing

MP HC sends back Bhojshala dispute case to Indore bench for hearing

Hindus consider Bhojshala a temple dedicated to Vagdevi (Goddess Saraswati), while the Muslim community claims the 11th-...

Acts preceding actual partial penetration without ejaculation is attempt to rape: Chhattisgarh HC

Acts preceding actual partial penetration without ejaculation is attempt to rape: Chhattisgarh HC

Additional Sessions Judge, Dhamtari (Camp-Raipur), had convicted Vasudeo Gond on April 6, 2005, under section 376(1) of ...

U'khand HC voids PITCUL managing director's appointment

U'khand HC voids PITCUL managing director's appointment

The petition filed by chief engineer Rajiv Gupta and others challenged the government order issued on September 10, 2022...