High Courts
Allahabad High Court Acquits Man After 23 Years in Jail for Lack of Conclusive Evidence
Raees, accused of murdering his wife and three children, granted benefit of doubt as prosecution fails to provide credib...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs Expedited Trial for Bangladeshi Detainee; Denies Immediate Release
Court Orders Prosecution to Conclude Six-Year Pending Trial Within Six Months; Detention Continues for Safety...
Delhi High Court Quashes Passport Impounding Order; Upholds Right to Personal Liberty
Court rules that mere registration of FIR does not justify passport impounding unless a court takes cognizance...
Uttarakhand High Court Upholds Horizontal Reservation for Rajya Andolankari in State Services
Petition challenging reservation benefits post-selection dismissed; court emphasizes timely claim of reservation during ...
Rajasthan High Court Acquits Accused in High-Profile Sexual Assault Case
Prosecution Fails to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt Due to Inconsistencies and Lack of Evidence...
HC defers Delhi govt mandate to pvt schools to constitute fee regulation committees
The petitioners include Delhi Public School Society, Action Committee Unaided Recognised Private Schools, The Forum of M...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Compensation for Deceased Driver, Clarifies Insurer's Liability Under IMT-29
The court affirms that insurers are liable for employees traveling in employer's vehicles, including drivers, under IMT-...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Prescribed Authority's Election Decision, Dismisses Appeal
Court affirms that Assistant Registrar lacks jurisdiction to declare or cancel election results without Prescribed Autho...
Calcutta High Court Acquits Accused in Public Property Damage Case
Lack of Evidence and Procedural Lapses Lead to Acquittal of T. R. Rakesh Kumar...
Bombay High Court Quashes Recovery Order Against Kolte Patil Developers Ltd.
Court Rules Impugned Action by State Authorities as Ultra Vires Due to Expiration of Statutory Limitation Period and Lac...
Calcutta High Court Upholds Continuation of Criminal Proceedings in Forgery Case
Dismissal of Civil Suit Does Not Preclude Investigation into Allegations of Forgery and Criminal Conspiracy...
PIL against pineapple farming at Athirappilly estate: Kerala HC seeks response from Centre, state
According to Nair, the work was going on despite the 50-year lease agreement entered into by the Forest Department and t...
Uttarakhand HC summons principal secretary over non-compliance in PTCUL MD case
In its previous ruling, the high court had invalidated the appointment of Prakash Chandra Dhyani as the managing directo...
Kerala HC criticises state govt over elephant attack death at Aralam Farms
"Every loss of human life, due to human animal conflict, represents a failure of the administrative machinery of the sta...
I'm hungry, tired to dictate: Allahabad HC judge reserves judgement after long day of hearing
"However, keeping in view the order passed by Hon'ble the Supreme Court, hearing of this matter was commenced at 4.15 p....
HC orders Rs 50 lakh compensation to widow of MSRTC employee who died due to Covid-19
Jagtap was deployed at the BEST bus depot in Wadala to supervise traffic, and worked there from March 24 to March 28, 20...
Allahabad HC grants bail to man who posted 'Pakistan Zindabad' on Instagram
Considering the nature of offence, evidence, complicity of the accused and taking into account overcrowded jails and hea...
Bonnet case: Jharkhand HC orders release of advocate’s car
The court also noted that Tandon’s car had met with an accident at a busy junction around 10 am while he was on his way ...
Allahabad HC hears plea linked to Rahul Gandhi's dual citizenship row; next hearing on Mar 9
On January 28 this year, the MP-MLA Court in Lucknow rejected Vignesh's plea to order an FIR registration against Gandhi...
2017 actress assault case: Kerala govt files appeal in HC against actor Dileep's acquittal
According to the prosecution, the eighth accused (Dileep) conspired with the first accused (Sunil) and instructed him to...
Cordelia cruise case: Delhi HC gives nod to disciplinary action against Sameer Wankhede
Before the CAT, Wankhede filed an original application challenging the disciplinary inquiry against him by the Central B...
HC reserves order on Avimukteshwaranand's anticipatory bail plea in POCSO case, stays arrest
As the high court gave an interim relief to the seer, his disciples and supporters broke into celebrations at a Varanasi...
Delhi HC to pass order Saturday on schools' plea to stay mandate on creating fee regulation committee
In its response filed to the petitions, the Directorate of Education said if the Act was not allowed to be implemented f...
Kerala HC paves way for release of 'The Kerala Story 2' film
He had also contended that if the film's release was put on hold, it would "financially finish" the producers as the mov...
Calcutta HC allows BJP's 'Paribartan Yatra' rallies across Bengal on March 1-2 with conditions
The court directed that a sufficient number of police personnel be deployed in and around each venue in order to ensure ...
Kerala govt files appeal in 2017 actress assault case against actor Dileep's acquittal
In its appeal, the state is also seeking enhancement of the punishment awarded to the six people sentenced to 20 years o...
Kerala HC stays single judge order putting on hold release of 'The Kerala Story 2' film
The single judge had stayed the release of the film on the ground that prima facie there was a manifest non-application ...
Rajasthan HC issues notice to Governor Bagde on plea challenging appointment of RAJUVAS VC
It has been argued that according to UGC norms, the chairperson of the search committee should not be affiliated with th...
Tickets booked for 'The Kerala Story 2' being refunded, film not released: Lawyers
The court had further said that the content of the film's teaser has "a prima facie potential to distort public percepti...
Kerala HC extends till Mar 2, govt undertaking on CMO messages to officials
The petitioners claim to be aggrieved by a bulk messaging campaign from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), allegedly tar...
Right to hold passport, travel abroad integral facet of personal liberty: Delhi HC
"The right to hold a passport and to travel abroad is an integral facet of the right to personal liberty guaranteed unde...
Booking of tickets for 'The Kerala Story 2' going on despite stay: Kerala HC told
Later in the night, the producer -- Vipul Amrutlal Shah -- moved an appeal before a division bench of justices Sushrut A...
Reservation benefits cannot be claimed after completion of selection process: Uttarakhand HC
The recruitment advertisement had explicitly stated that horizontal reservation would be applicable as per government or...
Allahabad HC directs authorities to apprise it of measures taken to tackle monkey menace
Goel further submitted that a high-power committee has already been constituted under the SOP and that a detailed and ex...
After 23 years in jail, Allahabad HC acquits man in wife's murder case
"While it was a gruesome murder of a mother and her three children in the most brutal manner, the prosecution's evidence...
Allahabad HC warns against abusive social media posts targeting judiciary
The bench also considered his demeanour in court and said it was convinced that he is a well-groomed member of the Bar, ...