High Courts
Rajasthan High Court Grants Parole to Convict Despite Proximity to Victim
Court Emphasizes Reformative Justice and Imposes Strict Conditions to Safeguard Victim's Rights...
Rajasthan High Court Quashes Arbitrary Rejection of Prisoner's Transfer Request to Open Air Camp
Court Emphasizes Need for Reasoned Administrative Orders in Accordance with Natural Justice Principles...
Telangana High Court Upholds Tender Process for KGBV Bunker Beds
Court dismisses writ petition challenging supplementary agreements, affirms discretion of tendering authority....
Patna High Court Acquits Accused in High-Profile Kidnapping and Rape Case
Inconsistencies in victim's testimony and lack of corroborative medical evidence lead to acquittal in a case under IPC S...
Bombay High Court Grants Relief to Legal Heirs of COVID-19 Deceased Government Employee
Court Overrules Cutoff Date in Government Resolution to Uphold Justice and Fairness for Public Servants' Families...
Bombay High Court Upholds Compensation for Train Accident Victim
Judgment Reverses Railway Claims Tribunal's Decision, Recognizes Death as "Untoward Incident"...
Cal HC sets aside appointment of assistant professors as presiding officers for Bengal polls
The counsel for the Election Commission submitted before the court that there are approximately 90,000 booths to conduct...
Allahabad HC quashes panel order on forest rights of Tharu tribe, directs fresh hearing
After hearing the case, the court observed that the district-level committee had failed to properly consider the intent ...
HC awards Rs 26.65 lakh compensation to man who lost both hands in childhood accident
Allowing the appeal, the Court ruled that the earlier judgment was unsustainable and held the electricity authorities re...
Allahabad HC orders FIR against Rahul Gandhi in alleged dual citizenship case
After having a detailed hearing, the bench found that the material on records showed that Gandhi had committed "cognizab...
Kerala HC allows pvt hospitals to take action against striking nurses as mediation fails
Nurses affiliated with the United Nurses Association (UNA) began an indefinite statewide strike in Kerala on March 11, d...
Delhi HC returns 3 rescued Pomeranian dogs to adoptive parents in custody case
During the proceedings, the original owner agreed to return the dogs to their adoptive parents with one condition: in ca...
Delhi HC closes POCSO case against man over consensual relationship
At the time of the alleged offence under section 64(1) (rape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 6 (aggravated p...
Allahabad HC stays demolition of 48 properties in Auraiya, seeks state's response
The court noted that an urgent mention was made before the Chief Justice on April 15 citing the imminent demolition of 4...
Gujarat High Court Calls for Robust Legal Framework to Combat AI-Generated Deepfakes
Court Urges Immediate Action to Address Legal Gaps in Regulating Synthetic Media Threats...
Allahabad High Court Declares U.P. Drug Inspector Qualification Rules Ultra Vires
State Government's Rule 8 Conflicts with Central Legislation, Future Selections to Adhere to Central Qualifications...
Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Harshvardhan Jain in Alleged Illegal Embassy Case
Court Cites Completion of Investigation and Assured Cooperation from Applicant as Grounds for Bail...
Bombay High Court Dismisses Abu Salem's Plea for Sentence Reduction
Court Upholds Sovereign Assurance, Denies Earned Remissions as Basis for Early Release...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Investigation in Alleged Unlawful Religious Conversion Case
Court Denies Petition to Quash FIR Alleging Allurement and Coercion in Religious Conversion Attempt...
EWS can't seek age relaxation, enhanced attempts like SC/ST/OBC: Delhi HC
Under UPSC's notice of examination dated February 19, 2019, candidates belonging to SC/ST categories were allowed age re...
Allahabad HC refuses to quash FIR against two students for alleged religious conversion
We must be alive to the situation that the Act of 2021 was enacted to curtail an emergent situation in society where cer...
Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Preventive Detention of Amritpal Singh Under National Security Act
Court affirms District Magistrate's power to issue preventive detention orders amidst allegations of terror links and pu...
Gujarat HC rejects Asaram trust’s appeals against takeover of ashram land
Sant Shri Asharam Trust, which manages the ashram, had moved an appeal in the division bench after a single bench judge ...
Actor Allu Arjun moves Delhi HC for protection of personality rights
Seeking the protection of Arjun's personality rights, senior counsel Swathi Sukumar, representing the actor, submitted t...
HC says approvals to applications for higher FAR in Goa subject to ruling in ongoing case
The bench said that if permissions are granted, the orders must clearly state that they are subject to the final outcome...
Punjab wants MP Amritpal Singh to remain in Assam jail; HC dismisses his plea against NSA detention
Last month, the high court dismissed the Khadoor Sahib MP's plea, seeking the quashing of the Punjab government's decisi...
U'khand HC directs Nainital admn to act against protests outside liquor shop
The petitioner argued that it is the responsibility of the State to ensure the safety of valid licence holders. He previ...
Haldwani violence case: Uttarakhand HC grants bail to main accused Abdul Malik
Violence had erupted in the area with reports of stone-pelting and arson. Several people were injured, and public proper...
Punjab govt moves HC seeking to retain Amritpal Singh in Assam jail after NSA expiry
In March, the high court dismissed Amritpal’s plea seeking quashing of the Punjab government's decision to reject his ap...
Skeletal samples to be sent for DNA matching in case of J’khand woman missing for 8 months
The special investigating team (SIT) which is probing into the case was also present in the court and produced documents...
Custodial death case: HC asks Unnao rape survivor to explain 1,940-day delay in filing appeal
On March 13, 2020, Sengar, along with his brother Jaideep Sengar alias Atul Singh, was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous...
HC seeks replies from 2 Indore councillors who refused to sing Vande Mataram at civic body meet
Another councillor, Rubina Iqbal Khan, who joined Congress after winning as an Independent, supported Aleem's stand and ...
Vitriolic online campaign being run against Justice Sharma by Kejriwal: CBI to Delhi HC
"If half-baked, selective, defamatory and contemptuous information is floated at the behest of respondent no. 18 Shri Ar...
HC reserves order on SpiceJet's plea to review Rs 144 cr payment order in dispute with Maran
In May 2024, the division bench of the high court set aside a single judge bench order which had upheld an arbitral awar...
Kejriwal virtually appears in Delhi HC, urges Justice Sharma to take affidavit on record
Describing the concerns raised by Kejriwal and others as "apprehensions of an immature mind", Mehta told the court that ...
You will get objective treatment, Delhi HC on Priyadarshini Mattoo case convict's premature release plea
Mattoo, 25, was raped and murdered in January 1996. Singh, a law student of Delhi University, was acquitted by the trial...