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Calcutta High Court Upholds Arbitral Award in Jute Contract Dispute

Calcutta High Court Upholds Arbitral Award in Jute Contract Dispute

Agarpara Jute Mills Ltd.'s Petition Challenging Arbitral Decision Dismissed; Court Affirms Limited Scope of Judicial Rev...

Orissa High Court Mandates Action for Optimal Mineral Utilization

Orissa High Court Mandates Action for Optimal Mineral Utilization

State Government Directed to Enforce Mining Obligations to Protect Public Interest and Revenue...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses Premature Petition Against ED's Search and Seizure Under PMLA

Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses Premature Petition Against ED's Search and Seizure Under PMLA

Court Upholds Statutory Remedies for Petitioner to Challenge Legality of Proceedings Before Competent Authority...

Allahabad High Court Quashes Decades-Old Criminal Proceedings, Emphasizes Right to Speedy Trial

Allahabad High Court Quashes Decades-Old Criminal Proceedings, Emphasizes Right to Speedy Trial

In a landmark judgment, the court highlights the importance of eliminating futile litigations to preserve judicial resou...

Karnataka High Court Permits Interim Sharing of Property Profits in Partition Suit

Karnataka High Court Permits Interim Sharing of Property Profits in Partition Suit

Court redefines maintenance claims as profit-sharing in an ongoing partition dispute involving married sisters and their...

Delhi High Court Upholds Corruption Conviction in Baldev Singh Case

Delhi High Court Upholds Corruption Conviction in Baldev Singh Case

Court Affirms Conviction of Former ASI for Bribery, Dismisses Appeal Citing Credible Evidence...

Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Cheque Dishonour Case

Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Cheque Dishonour Case

High Court emphasizes lack of evidence proving liability or involvement under Section 138 of the NI Act...

Allahabad High Court Quashes Summoning Order in Cheque Bounce Case Against Rajesh Kukreja

Allahabad High Court Quashes Summoning Order in Cheque Bounce Case Against Rajesh Kukreja

Court Rules Lack of Locus Standi in Filing Complaint Under Negotiable Instruments Act...

Bombay High Court Denies Claims for Shares and Debentures, Upholds Industrial Court's Limited Jurisdiction

Bombay High Court Denies Claims for Shares and Debentures, Upholds Industrial Court's Limited Jurisdiction

Adil Patel's petition seeking enforcement of rights beyond the Industrial Court's mandate dismissed; seniority placement...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Deputy Commissioner's Decision on Mutation Dispute

Karnataka High Court Upholds Deputy Commissioner's Decision on Mutation Dispute

Court Affirms Revenue Authorities Lack Jurisdiction Over Will-Based Claims, Emphasizes Need for Civil Court Adjudication...

Gauhati High Court Quashes Interim Compensation in Cheque Bounce Case

Gauhati High Court Quashes Interim Compensation in Cheque Bounce Case

Disputed Signature and Account Ownership Leads Court to Revoke Lower Court's Compensation Order...

Chhattisgarh High Court Overturns Permission for Probationary Employee's Full-Time Studies

Chhattisgarh High Court Overturns Permission for Probationary Employee's Full-Time Studies

Appeals Court Upholds Restriction on Regular Academic Pursuits, Citing Violation of Service Rules and Natural Justice...

Delhi High Court Upholds Termination of Probationer, Reinforces Right to Wages During Legal Proceedings

Delhi High Court Upholds Termination of Probationer, Reinforces Right to Wages During Legal Proceedings

The Division Bench clarifies the status of 'workman' under the Industrial Disputes Act, ensuring protection for employee...

Orissa High Court Upholds Inclusion of Temporary Service in Pension Benefits

Orissa High Court Upholds Inclusion of Temporary Service in Pension Benefits

Technical Resignation Enables Continuity of Service for Dr. Manoj Kumar Das...

Kerala HC grants anticipatory bail to expelled Cong MLA in first sexual assault case

Kerala HC grants anticipatory bail to expelled Cong MLA in first sexual assault case

While he was able to get protection from arrest in two of the three cases, he was arrested in the third and spent over t...

Will not hear plea against fugitive tag if Vijay Mallya does not return to India, warns HC

Will not hear plea against fugitive tag if Vijay Mallya does not return to India, warns HC

The government of India was contesting the proceedings initiated by Mallya in London against extradition and the same wa...

Arvind Kejriwal withdraws in HC plea against ED summonses in excise policy case

Arvind Kejriwal withdraws in HC plea against ED summonses in excise policy case

Observing that the accused was a serving chief minister and "he too enjoyed his fundamental right of movement", the tria...

Uttarakhand HC upholds compensation of Rs 29 lakh for family of deceased Army jawan

Uttarakhand HC upholds compensation of Rs 29 lakh for family of deceased Army jawan

The transport corporation claimed that the accident occurred while trying to save a cyclist and that the truck was parke...

Continuing case after divorce and remarriage abuse of law process: Uttarakhand High Court

Continuing case after divorce and remarriage abuse of law process: Uttarakhand High Court

The husband argued that the allegations were false and exaggerated. During the proceedings of the case, the husband file...

Ker HC orders probe into financial malpractice during Sabarimala pilgrimage season

Ker HC orders probe into financial malpractice during Sabarimala pilgrimage season

The enquiry, by the vigilance wing of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) also revealed that such remittances involved r...

Jharkhand HC slams Gumla SP for not taking action over assault of woman branded as witch

Jharkhand HC slams Gumla SP for not taking action over assault of woman branded as witch

However, since no significant action was taken by the police to recover her daughter, Urain filed a petition for habeas ...

No provision for MPs to attend Par session through virtual mode, Punjab and Haryana HC informed

No provision for MPs to attend Par session through virtual mode, Punjab and Haryana HC informed

According to the plea, Amritpal wanted to highlight various matters, including the 2025 floods in Punjab, the alleged ra...

Allahabad HC denies bail to advocate accused of forging Class 12 marksheet

Allahabad HC denies bail to advocate accused of forging Class 12 marksheet

"The court cannot afford to show leniency in matters of this nature and any misplaced sympathy would amount to compromis...

Kerala HC flags 'inconsistencies' in Global Ayyappa Sangam audit report; TDB to explain

Kerala HC flags 'inconsistencies' in Global Ayyappa Sangam audit report; TDB to explain

The court directed that the relevant inputs be obtained from the Kerala State Audit and the Travancore Devaswom Board (T...

Allahabad HC asks UP chief secretary to look into non-functional CCTV cameras in police stations

Allahabad HC asks UP chief secretary to look into non-functional CCTV cameras in police stations

Later, the police picked him up from his house on the night of September 6 last year, took him to the police station and...

MP HC refuses to interfere with implementation of Ladli Behna scheme

MP HC refuses to interfere with implementation of Ladli Behna scheme

"In a policy decision, it is for the State to decide the date of implementation and its continuation. The fixation of th...

Jharkhand HC grants permission to ex-minister's wife to travel abroad for treatment

Jharkhand HC grants permission to ex-minister's wife to travel abroad for treatment

In the order, the high court on February 3 held that since Singh has not been convicted as yet and is facing trial, she ...

Nitish Katara murder: Delhi HC dismisses Vikas Yadav's plea for release on furlough

Nitish Katara murder: Delhi HC dismisses Vikas Yadav's plea for release on furlough

Furlough is a temporary release from prison, not a suspension or remission of the entire sentence, and is typically gran...

IRCTC scam case: Lalu, Tejashwi can't evade trial because of lack of sanction, CBI tells HC

IRCTC scam case: Lalu, Tejashwi can't evade trial because of lack of sanction, CBI tells HC

On October 13, 2025, a trial court framed charges against Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav and 11 others in...

Why 'Supreme Court' metro station can't be 'Sarvoch Nyayalaya' in Hindi: HC asks DMRC

Why 'Supreme Court' metro station can't be 'Sarvoch Nyayalaya' in Hindi: HC asks DMRC

The petitioner submitted that as per the Official Languages Act and its rules, all manuals, signages and name plates in ...

Vedanta files petition in HC to quash TNPCB order rejecting nod for its 'green copper' proposal

Vedanta files petition in HC to quash TNPCB order rejecting nod for its 'green copper' proposal

Beyond this procedural illegality, the order does not reflect any genuine statutory evaluation of the "Green Copper" pro...

PIL in Delhi HC expresses concern on 'surge' in missing persons cases

PIL in Delhi HC expresses concern on 'surge' in missing persons cases

The critical "Golden Hour" following a disappearance is routinely ignored, the plea says, adding that complaints are met...

Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Liberalised Family Pension for Widow of Deceased Army Personnel

Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Liberalised Family Pension for Widow of Deceased Army Personnel

High Court dismisses Union of India's challenge against Armed Forces Tribunal order, affirms pension eligibility under "...

Bombay High Court Modifies Life Sentence to 12 Years in Child Sexual Assault Case

Bombay High Court Modifies Life Sentence to 12 Years in Child Sexual Assault Case

Acknowledging the appellant's age and lack of criminal history, the court offers a reduced sentence while upholding conv...

Cal HC makes exception, allows recross-examination of witnesses in POCSO case

Cal HC makes exception, allows recross-examination of witnesses in POCSO case

After taking note of the arguments by the parties, the Port Blair circuit bench of the Calcutta High Court said that it ...

Delhi HC seeks stand of Rani Kapur on perjury plea by Priya Kapur

Delhi HC seeks stand of Rani Kapur on perjury plea by Priya Kapur

A plea by Karisma Kapoor's two children challenging the authenticity of the purported will of their late father is also ...