High Courts
Calcutta High Court Quashes Animal Cruelty Case Against Emon Roy
Lack of Intent and Evidence Leads to Dismissal of Charges in Alleged Stray Dog Incident...
Delhi High Court Grants Bail to Wahidur Rahman in Money Laundering Case
Court Cites Insufficient Evidence of Proceeds of Crime and Prolonged Incarceration as Key Factors...
Madras High Court Quashes Hate Speech Case Against MP Thol.Thirumavalavan
Final report filed beyond limitation period and without requisite sanction, proceedings deemed invalid...
HP HC grants interim stay on shifting of Kamala Nehru Hospital's gynaecology OPD to IGMC Shimla
The state government recently decided to shift the Gynecology OPD and certain other services of the 102-year-old Kamala ...
Allahabad HC imposes Rs 1 lakh cost on litigant for suppressing material facts of case
However, she had already filed a criminal revision petition against the same order before the sessions court in Sultanpu...
HC irked over oath not administered to Lucknow corporator, grants 1 week for compliance
Expressing displeasure, the court reiterated that the newly-elected corporator must be administered oath in compliance w...
Vadra moves Delhi HC against trial order summoning him in ED case
Vadra has been denying any wrongdoing, calling the case a "political vendetta" against him and his family, including for...
Delhi HC grants bail to married gym trainer accused of raping lawyer
With respect to her claim that the accused raped her in a hotel in Ghaziabad after intoxicating her in the gym in Dilsha...
Bank account can't be frozen in absence of FIR: Delhi HC
"His account is frozen and his money is stuck, but there is no accusation, no FIR, and no judicial order against him. Fr...
Allahabad HC seeks UP govt's reply on plea seeking permission to perform namaz near Idgah
The counsel for the petitioner submitted before the court that the DM is under a duty to grant necessary permission for ...
Delhi HC rejects PIL against tax exemption for agricultural income
The plea clarified that the petitioner was not seeking a "blanket imposition of tax on agricultural income" as there was...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Rajan's Application for Interim Suspension of Sentence
Court Denounces Repeated Attempts to Abuse Judicial Process in Gang Rape Case...
Telangana High Court Modifies Sentence in Culpable Homicide Case
Conviction Upheld but Imprisonment Reduced to Fine in Reshma v. State of A.P....
Gujarat High Court Condones 146-Day Delay in Filing Appeal for Default Bail Under NIA Act
Court acknowledges divergence of High Court opinions and upholds fundamental rights under Article 21 of the Constitution...
Calcutta High Court Upholds Conviction in Wife's Murder Case
Husband Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Strangulating Wife; Court Relies on Circumstantial Evidence and Medical Findi...
Delhi High Court Upholds Labour Court's Decision on Territorial Jurisdiction in Industrial Dispute
The Court affirms that the Government of NCT of Delhi is not the "appropriate Government" for referring the industrial d...
Calcutta High Court Dismisses Arbitration Petition by Malathy Constructions
Procedural and Jurisdictional Deficiencies Lead to Dismissal; Fresh Proceedings Allowed...
Jammu and Kashmir High Court Upholds Dismissal of Writ Petition Due to Delay and Laches
Repeated Representations Do Not Cure Delay in Challenging Seniority, Rules Court...
High Court Quashes Preventive Detention of Alleged Drug Peddler
Jammu and Kashmir High Court rules preventive detention under PITNDPS Act unjustified for minor contraband offenses...
Bombay High Court Upholds Scheduled Tribe Status in Landmark Ruling
Pre-Independence Documents and Affinity Test Key in Validating 'Halba' Tribe Claims...
'Breathtaking irony': Rajasthan HC on felling of Khejri trees for solar power project
He argued that the affected land was largely infertile and that Khejri trees were among the few species naturally suited...
Uttarakhand High Court Overturns Conviction in POCSO Case
Inconsistencies in evidence and failure to establish identification lead to acquittal...
Delhi HC refuses to entertain PIL to prevent suicides
The bench remarked that no directions were required to be issued in the matter and suggested that the petitioner open an...
Can't let entire generation be ruined by obscene content on mobile apps: Delhi HC
The plea, filed through advocate Lalit Valecha, added that Google and Apple were 'Significant Social Media Intermediarie...
Kerala High Court Quashes Provisional Attachment Notice Under BUDS Act
Court Rules Attachment Lapsed Due to Competent Authority's Non-Compliance with Statutory Timeline...
Allahabad High Court Denies Protection to Live-in Relationship Involving Underage Male
Court Emphasizes Statutory Restrictions on Marriage Capacity and Prohibits Indirect Sanctioning of Child-like Marriages...
HC asks UP govt if standing counsels can file proceedings against state
The bench then sought a response from the legal remembrancer on the issue whether AGAs or standing counsel on state reta...
Uttarakhand HC directs Haridwar SSP to produce woman 'confined' by parents
Petitioner's counsel Ajit Kumar Yadav contested this, stating the woman was under fear and pressure from her parents. Ya...
J'khand HC directs SPs posted in Gumla since 2018 to appear before court in missing girl case
After failing to find the girl despite repeated efforts, her mother registered an FIR in 2020 and later filed a writ pet...
HC grants 1 week to UP govt's law remembrancer to file response on insurance scheme for advocates
President of the Oudh Bar Association S Chandra had informed the court that a proposal to increase the amount of the fin...
Allahabad HC remits quota dispute in review officer recruitment exam to single judge bench
It was argued on behalf of the appellants that they belonged to the OBC category and had secured marks in the preliminar...
HC summons Lucknow mayor, municipal commissioner, DM over delay in oath of office to corporator
Shukla secured 4,972 votes, while Tiwari got 3,298 votes. However, the election tribunal held that Shukla had failed to ...
Allahabad HC strongly censures ADM for repeated inquiries against man who converted to Hinduism
According to facts, the petitioner, Anil Pandit (earlier known as Mohammad Ahashan), is an Assistant Professor at an ins...
Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora moves HC challenging his arrest by ED
The petitioner contended that his arrest was "illegal and unconstitutional", being in "complete violation" of the mandat...
Allahabad HC clears way for higher pension benefits to retired HAL employees
Allowing all the petitions, the court set aside the impugned orders and directed the regional provident fund commissione...
Bhojshala dispute: Hearing before MP High Court concludes, decision reserved
The dispute pertains to the religious nature of the Bhojshala complex, an Archaeological Survey of India-protected monum...