High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
Justice N.J. Jamadar held that an OCI cardholder mother-in-law may invoke the Senior Citizens Act, 2007, but set aside the eviction order against a daughter-in-law residing in her matrimonial home.
Justice Uday Kumar quashed criminal proceedings against a dairy unit manager under the Food Safety and Standards Act, holding the omission of the manufacturing company as accused was an incurable jurisdictional defect.
Justice Jobin Sebastian held that Section 357A imposes a duty on criminal courts to recommend victim compensation, and exercised Section 482 powers to remedy the trial court's omission in a 2014 acid attack case.
The Gujarat High Court set aside an appellate order that rejected a second RTI appeal over alleged misbehaviour, directing solo inspection with a one-month deadline for information delivery.
The Jharkhand High Court held that a signed court-annexed mediation settlement cannot be unilaterally withdrawn after one party has partially performed its obligations and derived benefits.
The Lucknow Bench held that the right to regularisation survives an employee's death, directing compassionate appointment consideration for his son and censuring the Rural Engineering Department.
The Kerala High Court restored a money recovery suit dismissed for want of summons steps, censuring the trial court's remarks on the drafting counsel's legal acumen as wholly unwarranted.
A Division Bench at Jaipur has ordered the Commissioner, Nagar Nigam to halt unauthorised construction on key roads of the 300-year-old Pink City and restore its heritage character.
The High Court of Chhattisgarh held that recovery of excess pay due to wrong pay fixation cannot be made from a retired Class-III employee, even where a consent letter was obtained under pressure.
The Patna High Court quashed an order cancelling a rural bridge construction contract, holding that the petitioner's concluded agreement could not be annulled without affording it a hearing.
A Division Bench at Bengaluru set aside a Single Judge order that had quashed the Health Officer's NOC requirement, holding public safety outweighs private trading interest.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna holds that a writ petition under Article 226 read with Section 482 CrPC challenging ED search and freezing of 106 bank accounts is perfectly maintainable before a criminal roster bench.
A Karnataka High Court Division Bench reinstated the suspension of a SIMS Associate Professor facing two proven sexual harassment complaints, faulting both the institution's Director and the Principal Secretary for shielding him.
Justice H.P. Sandesh found the accused had made the complainant appear 12 times for cross-examination without ever questioning him, then filed a complaint against his own advocate.
Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya dismissed the application after Banerjee's counsel stated he would not appear before the medical board at SSKM Hospital directed by the Court.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a PIL challenging the HP State Cooperative Bank's procurement of Infosys Finacle CBS software, finding deep-rooted private motive and forfeiting the petitioner's Rs 2 lakh deposit.
The High Court found that physical standard relaxations granted on domicile grounds, not caste, cannot force SC candidates into reserved quota, directing supernumerary appointments if no vacancies exist.
The High Court of Kerala refused pre-arrest bail to a man accused of posting death threats and sexually explicit messages targeting a police officer and his family on social media.
Karnataka High Court directs Google and Indian Kanoon to mask the name of a woman acquitted in 2019, holding that a final acquittal obliges digital repositories to reflect judicial vindication.
The Karnataka High Court found the police confined the charge solely to attempt to murder, overlooking graphic allegations of attempted rape narrated under Section 164 of the Cr.P.C.
The High Court of Telangana quashed G.O.Rt.No.206 of 2025 appointing a University of Hyderabad professor as NITHM Director, holding the State usurped the Governing Council's exclusive authority under Rule 12 of NITHM's rules.
The Bombay High Court held that a 19-year-old who followed and slapped a schoolmate out of anger lacked the sexual intent required to attract Section 12 of the POCSO Act.
Madras HC's Madurai Bench directed Adithya TV to air a prime-time apology and institute yearly school competitions after a promo trivialised freedom fighter V.O. Chidambaram Pillai.
The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, froze marriage operations at an Arya Samaj Mandir that issued a certificate claiming a 19-year-old groom was 22, relying solely on an affidavit.
