High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
The Telangana High Court quashed a police notice under Section 94 BNSS to X/Twitter seeking user data of P. Rajgopal, finding the FIR made no reference to him whatsoever.
Three Hojai residents challenged the Deputy Commissioner's refusal to renew their gun licences; Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi dismissed the writ, holding that no person can claim renewal as a matter of right.
A Division Bench at Jodhpur has registered a suo motu PIL after IIT Bombay found the High Court building's Central Dome structurally compromised and at imminent risk of collapse, directing top officials to appear personally.
The Lucknow Bench found that petitioners suppressed a pending divorce case and a blood relationship to obtain interim police protection for their proposed marriage.
Justice Achal Sachdev dismissed a husband's criminal revision, holding that denial of maintenance forces a wife into destitution and offends the constitutional guarantee of dignity under Article 21.
A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha dismissed a petition seeking to quash an FIR, charge-sheet, and cognizance order in a SC/ST Act case arising from a social media post.
The Lucknow Bench set aside convictions under Section 306 and Section 498-A IPC, holding that a five-month gap in contact fatally undermined the instigation charge.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that denying Grant-in-Aid to a Drawing Master who taught in a government school for over 15 years amounted to constitutionally prohibited forced labour.
The Patna High Court set aside cognizance taken against a Gopalganj husband under Section 498A IPC, finding the complaint a malicious counter-blast after the complainant's family misidentified a corpse as hers.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a father's habeas corpus petition seeking enforcement of an ex parte Family Court custody order, holding the mother's address was fraudulently suppressed.
The Kerala High Court took stock of Kochi's flood preparedness on 6 August 2026, paid tribute to R.Rajesh who drowned saving another, and directed the District Collector's Committee to file a status report by 13 August.
The Bombay High Court held that equivalence proceedings cannot be initiated when two universities confer the identical Ph.D degree, and quashed Shivaji University's refusal to approve a professor's appointment.
Granting bail to three men accused of supplying illegal firearms for an organised crime syndicate, Justice Sanjay Vashisth directed Haryana's Home Department to file an affidavit on its policy response to gang networks in Palwal, Faridabad, and Gurugram.
The Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur held that picking up an accused from Haryana and transporting him across States without transit remand made the entire detention unconstitutional, vitiating the subsequent remand orders.
A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court held that no police officer, however senior, can direct further investigation in a pending trial without first obtaining the Court's permission.
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a writ challenging a State Information Commission order and imposed Rs 6.70 lakh in cumulative costs on the petitioner-in-person for abusing RTI processes and defying a court direction to appear in person.
Allahabad High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging a State Information Commission order and imposed over Rs 6.70 lakh in costs for RTI misuse and defiance of court directions.
Retired Sangam Dairy employees entitled to fresh consideration of higher pension claims; EPFO directed to verify its own records and not penalise employees for employer defaults.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court upheld the revision of a Junior Assistant's regularisation date to when he actually acquired his degree, rejecting his claim for regularisation from his earlier appointment date.
Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi allowed a writ petition, ruling that a second SAR case filed 19 years after a final 1988 order was barred by constructive res judicata and limitation under the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act.
Justice Prashant Kumar dismissed the RERA appeal of Aims Max Gardenia Developers and imposed Rs 2.5 lakh costs, finding seven successive proceedings an abuse of process against a flat buyer awaiting possession since 2013.
The Rajasthan High Court directed the State to appoint two Tribunal Members within one week after the Rajasthan Civil Services Appellate Tribunal remained non-functional for want of a Chairman and Members.
Patna High Court holds that unpaid electricity dues create only civil liability, not criminal theft under Section 135, when no meter tampering or disconnection is proved.
The High Court of Chhattisgarh struck down a CBI phone-tap authorisation for covering a period 27 days before the original order existed, while allowing the broader prosecution to continue.
