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High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
[ Delhi Hc ]
Foreign sanctions must be proved like any other fact: Delhi HC orders SAP to restore Nayara's support
An Indian court cannot take judicial notice of an EU regulation, the Delhi High Court holds, and a software vendor cannot rely on one it has not proved to walk away from an Indian contract.
[ Delhi Hc ]
Arbitrators who had already construed the same clause: Delhi HC rejects SAIL's challenge to a 2018 award
A Division Bench dismisses SAIL's appeal over a coking coal shipping contract, holding a default clause aimed at supplier failure could not excuse a charterer's own shortfall.
[ Delhi Hc ]
An award reserved in 2021 and delivered in 2023: Delhi HC holds delay alone cannot set it aside
A Division Bench restores a unanimous arbitral award on a hotel fire claim, holding that delay in rendition vitiates an award only when it is unexplained and has affected the findings.
[ Calcutta Hc ]
A lease that ran out in 1975 and a suit filed in 1977: Calcutta HC undoes an eviction decree
A Division Bench holds the plaintiffs had lost their leasehold interest before they sued, sets aside both the eviction decree and mesne profits, and annuls every step taken under them.
[ Allahabad Hc ]
Three shots described, two cartridges recovered: Allahabad HC ends a government appeal filed in 2001
A Division Bench affirms the acquittal in a 1999 railway compartment murder, finding the only two eyewitnesses were relatives whose account the physical evidence did not support.
[ Karnataka Hc ]
An intimation is not an order: Karnataka HC blocks revision of a Rs 27 crore income tax refund
The Revenue cannot use Section 263 to reopen a refund processed under Section 143(1), the Court holds, because the intimation that allowed it is not an order at all.
[ Allahabad Hc ]
An account closed months before he joined the branch: Allahabad HC undoes a bank officer's dismissal
Finding the enquiry rested on an unproved assumption and withheld documents, the Court orders reinstatement with continuity of service twelve years after the dismissal.
[ Delhi Hc ]
Clauses 20 to 41, and the arbitration clause was 43: Delhi HC halts a London arbitration
A Division Bench holds that a signed Booking Note incorporating rider clauses 20 to 41 did not carry the arbitration clause at 43, and restrains the LMAA reference.
[ Calcutta Hc ]
A health warning covers 85% of the pack, which makes confusion more likely, not less: Calcutta HC
Squeezing a cigarette brand into the 15% a statutory warning leaves it sharpens the risk of deception, a Calcutta Division Bench holds, upholding an injunction protecting Gold Flake.
[ Calcutta Hc ]
The eyewitness the police never questioned: Calcutta HC sets aside a conviction from a 2008 assault
A witness produced at trial without any statement recorded under Section 161 CrPC deprives the defence of contradiction, the Court holds, and cannot anchor a conviction.
[ Allahabad Hc ]
Leave to appeal does not compel the record: Allahabad HC on dismissing an acquittal appeal summarily
Answering a preliminary objection raised by the State's own law officers, a Division Bench holds Section 385 CrPC governs only appeals that survive summary dismissal under Section 384.
[ Karnataka Hc ]
Twenty per cent interest for twenty-six years: Karnataka HC trims an award it declined to set aside
Using the power to modify recognised in Gayatri Balaswamy, a Division Bench ties the higher rate to the period the claimants were actually repaying their loans.
[ Punjab Haryana Hc ]
Knowing what exists is not the same as holding a copy: P&H HC on un-relied documents before charge
Applying the Supreme Court's decision in Sarla Gupta, the Court holds an accused has no right to copies of un-relied material at the charge stage, and departs from its own earlier view.
[ Jammu Kashmir Ladakh Hc ]
J&K High Court Declines to Quash Eco-Sensitive Condition on Manasbal Park Amusement Facilities, Directs Authority to Earmark Space Within Two Weeks
The Srinagar Bench refused to strike down Condition No. 40 governing amusement facilities at Manasbal, but directed the Wullar Manasbal Development Authority to designate a specific site within two weeks.
[ Delhi Hc ]
Delhi HC Warns State: Brief Your Prosecutor or Accused Walk Free, DCP Summoned in NDPS Bail Matters
Justice Girish Kathpalia directed the concerned DCP to personally appear and brief the prosecutor in two pending NDPS bail applications, warning that failure would be taken as the State's consent to release both accused.
[ Gauhati Hc ]
Manipur High Court Sets Aside NDPS Conviction Based on One-and-a-Half Line Order, Holds Trial Court Failed Mandatory Satisfaction Test Under Section 229 CrPC
The High Court of Manipur set aside an NDPS conviction entered on a guilty plea, ruling the Special Court's one-and-a-half-line order failed the mandatory subjective-satisfaction requirement of Section 229 CrPC.
[ Allahabad Hc ]
Allahabad HC Frees Adult Man Who Embraced Islam and Married Against Father's Wishes, Invokes Articles 21 and 25
Justice Sandeep Jain held that an adult's choice of faith and life partner cannot be overridden by family disapproval, setting Ayush Malik at liberty after interacting with him in court.
[ Jammu Kashmir Ladakh Hc ]
J&K High Court Refuses to Cancel NDPS Bail Where Accused Cultivated Opium on 1 Marla and Violated No Bail Conditions
Justice Rajnesh Oswal dismissed the State's petition challenging bail granted to a man accused of cultivating opium poppy on one marla of land, finding no breach of bail conditions and Section 37 inapplicable.
[ Rajasthan Hc ]
Rajasthan HC Upholds Rejection of Juvenile Claim, Issues Sweeping Directions on Preliminary Assessment and Care Leavers
Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand found that the Class-I admission form, not the matriculation certificate, controls age determination under Section 94 of the JJ Act, and issued extensive interim directions on preliminary assessments and aftercare.
[ Kerala Hc ]
Kerala HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to Advocate Accused of Sexually Assaulting Colleague Inside Palakkad Court Hall
Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath found custodial interrogation unnecessary and allowed pre-arrest bail with weekly reporting conditions to a 57-year-old advocate accused under the BNS.
[ Gujarat Hc ]
Gujarat HC Rejects Anticipatory Bail of 70-Year-Old Man Accused of Repeated Sexual Misconduct, Says Age Alone Cannot Override Prima Facie Material
Justice Sanjeev J. Thaker of the Gujarat High Court declined anticipatory bail to a 70-year-old man accused of molestation and obscene demands, citing a recorded apology for an earlier incident and a second alleged offence on 31 July 2026.
[ Calcutta Hc ]
Calcutta HC Holds Writ Maintainable Where Customs Authority Invoked Morality Without Statutory Basis to Prohibit Imported Goods
Justice Smita Das De declined to dismiss a Customs Act writ on alternative-remedy grounds, finding the revenue had invoked Section 292 IPC and Section 11 without any specific statutory or notification-based prohibition.
[ Madras Hc ]
Madras HC Dismisses Election Petition Challenging Gobichettipalayam MLA's Win Over Notary Attestation Defect
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan rejected the petition at the threshold, finding no material facts pleaded to show how the alleged notary defect affected the election result.