High Courts
Allahabad HC grants bail to YouTuber Mani Miraj booked on rape charge
Miraj was booked at Khoda Police Station in Ghaziabad on the charge of rape on the pretext of marriage....
Coal mine blast: Meghalaya HC asks East Jaintia SP, predecessor to appear during hearing next week
The bench noted that a status report submitted by the state respondents in compliance with its February 9 order had been...
Madras HC dismisses VFI plea challenging arbitral award
Refusing to interfere with the arbitral award directing the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) to pay Rs 4 crore as lo...
Allahabad HC sets free man convicted for murder in 1989
"In the instant case before the trial court, there are three accused, one is convicted, and two others are acquitted on ...
Think about 'geographical restriction': Delhi HC to NIA on Engineer Rashid's bail plea
Emphasising that Rashid neither misused the bail conditions nor were there any complaints against him, the senior lawyer...
Delhi HC seeks lawyer's stand on TMC MP Mahua Moitra plea over shared custody of pet dog
In her appeal in the high court, the TMC leader said that in the interim order passed in November 2025, the district cou...
Final report can be filed in Sabarimala gold loss case by Mar 31: SIT to Kerala HC
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) told the High Court that it has collected a total of 36 samples in connection with ...
Criticising govt not disaffection against India: Delhi HC told on challenge to UAPA
"We are more specifically concerned as journalists … So basically, journalist articles, which criticise a particular pol...
Can't change 'Supreme Court' metro station to 'Sarvoch Nyayalaya' in Hindi: DMRC to HC
The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Umesh Sharma objecting to the name of the metro station as '...
Bhojshala dispute: MP HC asks Indore bench to club all related petitions, hear from Feb 23
Hindus consider Bhojshala a temple dedicated to Vagdevi (Goddess Saraswati), while the Muslim community claims the 11th-...
Investigating agencies cannot be high-handed in freezing bank accounts: Allahabad HC
"Various writ petitions before us disclose that banks have frozen the accounts and when the customers approach them, the...
Delhi HC rejects ex-WB chief secy's plea concerning CAT proceedings
The judgement had held that the transfer order was passed within the four corners of the law as the cause of action aros...
Delhi HC seeks Kuldeep Sengar's stand on Unnao rape survivor's plea in custodial death case
In her appeal, the survivor said Sengar and other convicts should be held guilty under Sections 302 of the IPC for murde...
'Systemic failure' in land acquisition cases; resolve them on mission-mode: HC to govt
Its remarks came on a plea filed by a bunch of residents in Beed district whose lands were acquired by the irrigation di...
National Herald case: Delhi HC to hear on Mar 9 ED plea against Gandhi
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), objected to the request made by the coun...
DM's certificate under Transgender Act conclusive proof for gender change: Allahabad HC
The court passed the order on February 10 while disposing of a petition filed by Khush R Goel, who had challenged a June...
Plea in Kerala HC seeks to halt pineapple farming in Athirappilly over ecological concerns
The public interest litigation by wildlife activist Angels Nair claimed that the pineapple cultivation was being carried...
Delhi High Court Grants Temporary Injunction Against Use of 'Lotus Splash' in Trademark Infringement Case
Court restrains Dpka Universal Consumer Ventures from using 'Lotus Splash' due to infringement of Lotus Herbals' registe...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi
Court rules that BJP's complaint lacked proper authorization and failed to meet procedural requirements....
Andhra Pradesh High Court Upholds Maintenance for Wife and Child Under Section 125 Cr.P.C.
Court Emphasizes Maintenance as a Recurring Right, Dismisses Procedural Objections...
Major deficiencies in TDB system governing sacred offerings at Sabarimala: Kerala HC
The SIT, comprising officers of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), told the bench that it has registered a...
MP HC sends back Bhojshala dispute case to Indore bench for hearing
Hindus consider Bhojshala a temple dedicated to Vagdevi (Goddess Saraswati), while the Muslim community claims the 11th-...
Acts preceding actual partial penetration without ejaculation is attempt to rape: Chhattisgarh HC
Additional Sessions Judge, Dhamtari (Camp-Raipur), had convicted Vasudeo Gond on April 6, 2005, under section 376(1) of ...
U'khand HC voids PITCUL managing director's appointment
The petition filed by chief engineer Rajiv Gupta and others challenged the government order issued on September 10, 2022...
Patna HC slams Bihar govt for ‘failing’ to implement prohibition law
The court noted an “alarming trend” of minors and young adults, including those who have just turned 18 or 19, being use...
Allahabad HC seeks UP govt's response to PIL on institutions with suspended recognition
The petitioner's counsel, Ashok Pande, said the registrar of UP Board of Madarsa Education had recommended that grant-in...
Child raised exclusively by mother cannot be compelled to carry father's surname, caste: HC
A society that claims to be developing cannot insist that a child's public identity must be anchored to a father who is ...
Allahabad HC asks UP govt to form high-level panel into woman's death during treatment
The court said that this committee will be chaired by the principal of the medical college and will have members from di...
`Were you sleeping?': Bombay HC slams Navy over high-rise near INS Shikra
Installations such as naval air stations are of paramount importance for the country's security, the HC said, adding, "T...
Can't say when I'll return to India; legally barred from leaving UK: Mallya tells Bombay HC
The businessman, in his statement to HC, said he cannot give a definite date for his return as he does not have his Indi...
Bombay HC chides Navy for `sleeping' over construction of high-rise near INS Shikra
Installations such as naval air stations are of paramount importance for the country's security, the HC said, adding, "T...
HC seeks Delhi govt stand on plea over audit of private school accounts
"It is a matter of record that even after conducting inspections of over 1,624 private unaided schools, the Respondent N...
Fill vacant posts in DCPCR by mid-April: HC tells Delhi govt
The Delhi government filed an affidavit to state that the process of appointment of the chairperson and members was like...
'Policing should be left to police': Delhi HC rejects PIL seeking dedicated cell for missing person cases
"The NCT of Delhi has become a 'transit hub' and 'destination' for the inexplicable disappearance of its residents. Offi...
Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on plea challenging provisions of data protection law
“The DPDP Act and DPDP Rules together enable broad state surveillance, long-term storage of personal and behavioural dat...
Uttarakhand High Court Acquits Two in High-Profile Sexual Assault Case Citing Insufficient Evidence
Forensic and Electronic Evidence Fails to Establish Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt; Convictions Under IPC Sections 376(2)...