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Punjab and Haryana High Court Sets Aside Adverse APAR; Orders Review of Promotion for ITBP Officer

Punjab and Haryana High Court Sets Aside Adverse APAR; Orders Review of Promotion for ITBP Officer

Court Expunges Biased APAR Grading, Directs Re-evaluation of Promotion Prospects with Full Benefits...

Mahad poll violence: Sena Minister Gogawale's son surrenders before police

Mahad poll violence: Sena Minister Gogawale's son surrenders before police

Clashes broke out between supporters of Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the NCP, headed by Ajit Pawar, during the civic ...

HC judges recuses self from hearing Karti Chidambaram's plea in Chinese Visa case

HC judges recuses self from hearing Karti Chidambaram's plea in Chinese Visa case

The CBI FIR, which contained findings of the investigating officer who undertook the preliminary inquiry, alleged that a...

Bombay HC grants bail to two activists in Elgar Parishad case

Bombay HC grants bail to two activists in Elgar Parishad case

At least 16 people, including prominent lawyers, activists, and academics, were booked in connection with allegedly prov...

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Injunction Against Unauthorised Use of Akira Desai's Persona

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Injunction Against Unauthorised Use of Akira Desai's Persona

Court Restrains Defendants From Exploiting Public Figure's Likeness Through AI-Generated Content Without Consent ...

Karnataka High Court Affirms Right to Operate Bike Taxi Services; Directs State to Register Motorcycles as Transport Vehicles

Karnataka High Court Affirms Right to Operate Bike Taxi Services; Directs State to Register Motorcycles as Transport Vehicles

Division Bench Rules Motorcycle-Based Taxi Services Fall Within Motor Vehicles Act Framework, Invalidating State's Blank...

Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Activists with Strict Conditions

Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Activists with Strict Conditions

Sagar Tatyarama Gorkhe and Co-Accused Released on Bail, Ordered to Comply with Stringent Conditions by Court...

Delhi High Court Upholds Government's DBT Policy for School Uniforms

Delhi High Court Upholds Government's DBT Policy for School Uniforms

Court endorses monetary assistance over physical distribution, citing operational constraints and policy prudence....

Allahabad HC seeks relevant security rules for retired HC judges

Allahabad HC seeks relevant security rules for retired HC judges

"Minimum security even a retired judge needs to have while he moves out in public. A constitutional post holder at least...

Allahabad HC quashes proceedings in theft case over cognisance taken after limitation period

Allahabad HC quashes proceedings in theft case over cognisance taken after limitation period

In its order dated January 19, the high court also directed the Judicial Training and Research Institute, Lucknow to imp...

Allahabad HC disposes of SP's plea Samajwadi Party against vacating its Sitapur office

Allahabad HC disposes of SP's plea Samajwadi Party against vacating its Sitapur office

Taking notice on record, the Lucknow bench of the high court disposed of the SP's plea, permitting it to challenge accor...

Is Maharashtra CM so helpless that he can't say anything against minister, asks HC

Is Maharashtra CM so helpless that he can't say anything against minister, asks HC

The court was hearing a pre-arrest bail application of Vikas Gogawale, son of Shiv Sena minister Bharat Gogawale. Vikas ...

Educated adults can't invoke rape law to criminalise failed relationship: Delhi HC

Educated adults can't invoke rape law to criminalise failed relationship: Delhi HC

The prosecutrix also alleged that the petitioner made a caste-related remark before forcibly establishing a physical rel...

MP HC seeks govt response on Everest conqueror's plea regarding Vikram award

MP HC seeks govt response on Everest conqueror's plea regarding Vikram award

Patidar argued that, based on his seniority in the field of mountaineering, he should be awarded the 2023 Vikram Award i...

1984 anti-Sikh riots: DSGMC to challenge Sajjan Kumar’s acquittal in High Court

1984 anti-Sikh riots: DSGMC to challenge Sajjan Kumar’s acquittal in High Court

The DSGMC stated that a copy of the judgment would be obtained and examined in detail, following which the decision woul...

Shouldn't be forced to participate in 'unconstitutional penalty regime' before CCI: Apple to HC

Shouldn't be forced to participate in 'unconstitutional penalty regime' before CCI: Apple to HC

The US-based company assured that its intention or purpose was not to delay or stall the ongoing proceedings before the ...

Bombay HC restrains singer Kumar Sanu's ex-wife from making defamatory remarks against him

Bombay HC restrains singer Kumar Sanu's ex-wife from making defamatory remarks against him

The court restrained Bhattacharya and the independent media houses from writing, posting or publishing any further defam...

December flight chaos: Delhi HC asks IndiGo to file affidavit on refund, compensation

December flight chaos: Delhi HC asks IndiGo to file affidavit on refund, compensation

On being informed that the voucher has a validity of 12 months, the bench asked the IndiGo counsel to clarify what would...

HC seeks cops' response to UK doctor-YouTuber's plea to quash FIR, LOC over post against BJP leaders

HC seeks cops' response to UK doctor-YouTuber's plea to quash FIR, LOC over post against BJP leaders

The court issued a notice to the police and directed them to file an affidavit in response to the petition, and posted t...

Punjab and Haryana High Court Denies Bail in POCSO Case, Cites Strong Evidence and Risk of Witness Tampering

Punjab and Haryana High Court Denies Bail in POCSO Case, Cites Strong Evidence and Risk of Witness Tampering

Petitioner's Plea for Liberty Dismissed Amidst Concerns for Victim Safety and Legislative Intent to Protect Children...

Google location is admissible in evidence - Extensive adaptability of Google Maps as scientific tool for investigation affirmed.

Google location is admissible in evidence - Extensive adaptability of Google Maps as scientific tool for investigation affirmed.

Anticipatory Bail Denied to Harmandeep Singh in Brutal Assault Case Punjab and Haryana High Court denies bail citing str...

Allahabad High Court Directs Comprehensive Measures for Destitute Rehabilitation in Uttar Pradesh

Allahabad High Court Directs Comprehensive Measures for Destitute Rehabilitation in Uttar Pradesh

Involving NGOs, Lawyers, and Public in Identifying and Assisting Destitutes through Dedicated Helplines...

Merely calling hypertension lifestyle disorder not enough to deny disability pension: Delhi HC

Merely calling hypertension lifestyle disorder not enough to deny disability pension: Delhi HC

The Centre opposed the grant of disability pension for hypertension and argued that the officer suffered the disability ...

Delhi HC upholds life term to father for raping minor daughter

Delhi HC upholds life term to father for raping minor daughter

The pregnancy was subsequently terminated, and the samples of the foetus were sent for testing to the forensic science l...

Allahabad High Court Quashes Illegal Arrest, Orders Release of Umang Rastogi

Allahabad High Court Quashes Illegal Arrest, Orders Release of Umang Rastogi

Habeas Corpus Petition Succeeds as Court Finds Violation of Constitutional and Procedural Safeguards During Arrest...

Kerala High Court Upholds Rights of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists Under NCAHP Act

Kerala High Court Upholds Rights of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists Under NCAHP Act

Court affirms that these professionals can use the prefix 'Dr' and provide specific healthcare services, but not prescri...

Allahabad HC asks UP govt to provide details of prisoners who have completed 14 years in jail

Allahabad HC asks UP govt to provide details of prisoners who have completed 14 years in jail

The bench also asked the state to clarify whether the prisoners who complete 14 years in jail are informed of their righ...

Jharkhand HC orders govt to formulate guidelines for identifying outsiders

Jharkhand HC orders govt to formulate guidelines for identifying outsiders

Though the minor has not been recovered, the police have been successful in recovering as many as nine children who were...

Uttarakhand High Court commutes life sentence of man convicted of killing police constable

Uttarakhand High Court commutes life sentence of man convicted of killing police constable

The High Court held that the murder was not premeditated. The accused was merely trying to escape, and during the scuffl...

Lawyers' strike in Maharajganj: Allahabad HC directs deputy director of consolidation to decide cases on merit

Lawyers' strike in Maharajganj: Allahabad HC directs deputy director of consolidation to decide cases on merit

"In this background of facts, this court cannot blame the officer concerned for not deciding the matter," the high court...

Plea in Allahabad HC challenges decision to reduce NEET-PG cut-off marks

Plea in Allahabad HC challenges decision to reduce NEET-PG cut-off marks

The petition has also pointed out that in the general (EWS) category, the cut-off has been reduced from 276 to 103, wher...

Sabarimala gold loss: Accused 'jointly looted' Lord Ayyappa's property, says Kerala HC

Sabarimala gold loss: Accused 'jointly looted' Lord Ayyappa's property, says Kerala HC

The court directed the hospital to constitute a medical board of expert doctors and file a report based on their opinion...

Compassionate appointment an exception to general process of recruitment: Allahabad HC

Compassionate appointment an exception to general process of recruitment: Allahabad HC

The bench allowed the plea and directed the university to reconsider petitioner's application without treating it as tim...

Sunjay Kapur's mother moves Delhi HC challenging family trust

Sunjay Kapur's mother moves Delhi HC challenging family trust

She has sought a direction to permanently restrain the defendants - her daughter-in-law Priya Kapur and others, includin...

'Belief of soldiers must not be shaken': Orissa HC orders job for CRPF's jawan's wife

'Belief of soldiers must not be shaken': Orissa HC orders job for CRPF's jawan's wife

The bench criticised the government’s handling of the case, observing that the approach was "akin to the bureaucratic ap...

Delhi HC refuses registration of FIR over staffer's death by suicide

Delhi HC refuses registration of FIR over staffer's death by suicide

"We have no doubt in our mind that a course of action shall be evolved within the shortest span of time and adequate ste...