High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
A Division Bench led by Acting Chief Justice Ghuge set aside an exit permit that had threatened to uproot a Taiwanese national mid-way through his LL.B. studies, finding no breach of any visa condition.
Justice Aniruddha Roy dismissed two review applications by a school and district inspector who had allowed a writ petition to be decided ex parte, directing full pension and retiral benefit release within eight weeks.
The Jharkhand High Court held that a father taking his own minor child cannot constitute kidnapping, and that a bare "maar peet" allegation without bodily injury does not make out an offence under Section 323 IPC.
The Jharkhand High Court dismissed a first appeal by a husband seeking divorce on grounds of mental illness and cruelty, finding his case rested entirely on oral allegations without any medical evidence.
The Chhattisgarh High Court held that jailing a man arrested under BNSS Section 170 despite his compliance with a bail bond violated Article 21, awarding Rs 25,000 compensation payable within 30 days.
The Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench bars coercive action on a woman's RKSY-I ration card after her name was deleted from the electoral roll and her Form 6 application left pending for months.
A Division Bench quashed a Section 87 BNS FIR lodged by the bride's father against two educated adults who had married by choice, and imposed costs on police officers and the father.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that a MACT can award compensation only against an insurer, owner, or driver, and that an insurance company cannot compel the claimant to implead NHAI or a road contractor.
Himachal Pradesh High Court confirmed anticipatory bail for Tripta Devi after finding that 15 grams of chitta recovered from her house bore her daughter's name on the envelope.
Sixteen Durg shopkeepers running businesses for two decades challenged pre-eviction notices tied to a proposed BCCI stadium lease; the High Court halted coercive action for four months and ordered fresh hearings on rehabilitation.
Justice Rajesh S. Patil disposed of a seven-year-old writ petition, permitting a tenant to produce residential property documents before the Small Causes Court appellate bench while excluding landlord-owned commercial premises from bona fide requirement consideration.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court rejected a challenge to the detention of a man identified as a Bangladeshi national, finding documents unreliable and drawing adverse inference after petitioner withheld parents' burial locations.
The High Court of Chhattisgarh has directed the Chief Secretary and NHAI's Regional Officer to file affidavits on black spot rectification and road safety after alarming accident data revealed 6,967 fatalities in 2025 alone.
The High Court of Kerala directed that Bail Application No. 4201 of 2026, arising from Crime No. 762/2026 of Museum Police Station, be listed alongside three related bail applications on 30 July 2026.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court modified death sentences against two accused in a double murder within weeks of marriage, finding no material to foreclose possibility of reformation and rehabilitation.
The Uttarakhand High Court reversed an ex parte order against a wife who appeared before the Family Court but was denied time to file her written statement in divorce proceedings.
The High Court of Chhattisgarh quashed POCSO Section 21 proceedings against a radiologist, holding that conducting a routine sonography cannot substitute for the statutory knowledge requirement under Section 19.
The Jharkhand High Court, finding reunion impossible after the husband remarried, fixed Rs 30 lakh permanent alimony under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act for an unemployed wife aged 28.
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav refused to issue a writ of mandamus where the petitioner furnished no identity particulars or prima facie material to substantiate allegations of illegal migrants in Delhi.
Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand quashed a Special Court's rejection of a supurdagi application, holding that a vehicle owner not charge-sheeted in an NDPS case is entitled to interim custody of the seized vehicle.
A Division Bench dismissed a contempt petition alleging illegal arrest, holding that no court had previously recorded any finding of wrongdoing by the police.
The Chhattisgarh High Court set aside Collector orders voiding registered sale deeds in three connected petitions, holding that only Civil Courts can cancel registered instruments of transfer.
The Allahabad High Court held that a District Judge may transfer a suit filed before a court lacking pecuniary jurisdiction, rejecting the argument that return of the plaint is the only remedy.
Justice Irshad Ali quashes a 1997 appellate order that applied res judicata to block fresh surplus land proceedings, holding Section 38-B bars any pre-1975 finding from operating as res judicata.
