High Courts
Delhi High Court Upholds Bail to Ex-NSE Officials Sanjay Pandey and Chitra Ramakrishna in CBI Case
Court says bail granted by Special Judge was not mechanical, and prior PMLA bail order could be considered as a relevant...
Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Minimum Pay Scale for Long-Serving Part-Time Class-IV Employee
Court says Chandigarh Administration cannot deny benefit to one similarly placed worker while continuing it for others; ...
Rajasthan High Court Declines to Rule on BOT Toll Project Challenge, Calls Case Infructuous
Full Bench says road project and 125-month concession ended long ago; no live dispute survives, so referred legal questi...
Punjab and Haryana High Court Cracks Down on “Paper Compliance” in Arrest Safeguards Cases
Court says mere SOPs and affidavits are not enough; directs police chiefs and station house officers to produce original...
Rajasthan High Court Rejects Bid to Change Category After Result in Class-IV Recruitment
Court says candidate who missed correction windows cannot seek alteration of category post-result; selection process mus...
Orissa High Court Refuses Victim’s Plea to Introduce Pen Drive Evidence Mid-Trial
Court says electronic material not part of charge-sheet cannot be added during trial at the instance of the informant; d...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Rejects Clubbing of Partition Suit with Firm Accounts Cases
Court says suits involving different causes of action, reliefs and evidence cannot be consolidated merely because one fa...
Kerala High Court: Income Tax Appeals Cannot Be Thrown Out for Non-Appearance Alone
Court quashes appellate order under Section 250(6) of the Income Tax Act, holding that the first appellate authority mus...
Bombay High Court Condones 30-Day Delay in Filing Form 10B, Restores Charity’s Section 11 Exemption
Court says bona fide misunderstanding over amended due date during COVID-19 period amounted to reasonable cause and genu...
Karnataka High Court orders SIT probe into KPSC recruitment scam allegations, declines routine CBI transfer
Court says recruitment irregularities strike at the Constitution itself; de novo investigation ordered into Crime Nos. 7...
Kerala High Court Seeks Report on POCSO Court Gaps, Infrastructure Shortfalls and Exclusive Prosecutors
Bench directs State to file affidavit on additional POCSO courts needed, identify non-conforming courts, and consider Su...
Karnataka High Court backs long-serving “stipendiary nurses” as contractual staff, upholds equal pay and continued service
Court says label was misleading; nurses who worked for years in Mysore Medical College and Research Institute must get w...
Kerala High Court refuses criminal prosecution in Sabarimala ghee sales loss case, orders sweeping reforms in Devaswom administration
Court accepts Vigilance finding that no individual criminal liability could be fixed in alleged misappropriation of Adiy...
Jharkhand High Court Refuses Divorce, Says Wife’s Visits to Parental Home and Demand for Gharjamai Living Do Not Amount to Cruelty
Court upholds Family Court order, holding that husband failed to prove “grave and weighty” conduct necessary for divorce...
Jharkhand High Court Appoints Retired Judge to Monitor SIT Investigation Amid Complaints of Harassment in Recruitment Case
Court allows petitioners to file rejoinder, says summoning is not harassment by itself, but orders independent oversight...
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Upholds Preventive Detention of Alleged Drug Trafficker Under PITNDPS Act
Court rejects challenge to detention order, finding repeated NDPS involvement, prior detention, and full compliance with...
Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Over WhatsApp Status on Election Result
Court says post lacked intent to incite violence and did not amount to publication or circulation under Section 505(2) I...
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: SPOs Not Civil Servants, But Stigmatic Disengagement Needs Notice
Court quashes disengagement order of Special Police Officer over alleged fake verification report, says authorities must...
High Court Upholds Amendment of Ejectment Suit to Add Mesne Profits Claim
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court says amendment was sought before trial began, arose from same transaction, and c...
HC Rejects Medical Bail Plea of NDPS, Cites Section 37 Bar and Ongoing Treatment at SKIMS
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court says commercial quantity case cannot be ignored on medical plea; directs jail auth...
Delhi High Court issues notice on plea to protect Qadeemi Masjid amid Krishi Bhavan redevelopment
Petitioners say they are not opposing the Central Vista project, but seek retention of the historic mosque or a nearby a...
Gauhati High Court Stays Land Possession Order, Rules Appeal Rights Cannot Be Rendered Illusory
Court directs Assam Government to expeditiously decide appeal of Mouchak Agro LLP against requisition of 211 Bighas of l...
Delhi High Court Sets Aside Bail Cancellation in Bank Fraud Case, Says Bail Cannot Rest on Loan Settlement
Court holds that neither grant nor cancellation of bail can be based solely on monetary compromise or promise to repay; ...
Delhi High Court Rejects Plea to Force Narco Test on Accused in 2017 Murder Case
Court holds consent is mandatory for narco analysis; victim’s right to fair investigation cannot override accused’s cons...
Delhi High Court allows government doctor to pursue super speciality DNB course despite earlier study leave bond
Court says right to higher education cannot be lightly curtailed; directs grant of extraordinary leave and NOC on furnis...
Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Jeweller, Calls Police Case False and Concocted
Court finds allegations of assault, intimidation and abuse against police constable “prima facie unbelievable”; mobile r...
Delhi High Court Says Full Court Fee Refund Is Automatic in Settled Cases
Court holds that parties who amicably settle a suit, counter-claim or appeal are entitled to a certificate for full refu...
Bombay High Court Grants Provisional Admission to ST Student Pending Appeal Against Tribe Invalidation
Court says benefits under caste certificate cannot be withdrawn until 30 days after rejection of appeal, and directs CET...
Delhi High Court Refuses to Quash POCSO FIR Despite Compromise With Victim’s Family
Court holds that allegations of aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a child are heinous offences with serious socie...
Delhi HC denies anticipatory bail to YouTuber in SC/ST Act case
The FIR was registered under provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,...
Bombay High Court orders MCGM to fix accountability over garbage dumping, foul odour from Kanjurmarg site
Court directs ward-wise action, strict prosecution against littering, source segregation, and better complaint redressal...
Delhi HC asks woman lawyer, scribe to explore settling issue amicably in defamation suit
The issue relates to some anonymous social media posts by two women accusing the journalist of grave offences, including...
Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Commercial Dispute After Full Settlement, Imposes Rs. 25,000 Cost
Court says criminal law cannot be used as a recovery tool; directs payment to charity and warns of recall if cost not pa...
Allahabad High Court Questions SBI’s Deduction from Widow’s Insurance Proceeds for Husband’s Loan Dues
Court says bank’s set-off and lien clause may not extend to life insurance money credited to beneficiary’s account; orde...
Allahabad High Court questions 30-day limit on anticipatory bail, extends protection to accused
Court says anticipatory bail should not ordinarily be curtailed after charge-sheet and cognizance without special reason...
Punjab and Haryana High Court Cancels Bail of Murder Accused for Threatening Complainant on Social Media
Court says accused misused liberty after release, sent abusive messages and fresh threats to complainant’s family, viola...