High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
Justice J.C. Doshi dismissed a first appeal challenging a Waqf Board resolution that corrected the registered name of a disputed Patan dargah and set aside the Faruqui family's appointment as mutawallis.
Justice Krishna Rao set aside a vacate order directing AITC to leave two floors at 9 Camac Street, finding the Director-in-Charge passed it without considering the petitioner's reply or conducting a fresh inspection.
Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand gave the State and district police six weeks to restore possession of a Neemrana flat to IndusInd Bank after borrowers muscled back in despite a Section 14 SARFAESI order.
Allahabad High Court quashed Goondas Act proceedings against a Ghaziabad man branded a habitual offender on just two criminal cases, awarding him Rs 50,000 in damages recoverable from bureaucrats' salaries.
Justice Girish Kathpalia dismissed a murder accused's regular bail application, finding that counsel had concealed prior rejections to secure a transfer away from the bench that had declined bail before.
Justice Krishan Pahal allowed bail after finding that over two years of incarceration, a slow trial, and an explained criminal history together justified release.
A Jaipur student who omitted to claim Rajasthan domicile reservation in her CLAT 2026 form could not correct the omission after results were declared, the Rajasthan High Court has ruled.
The Kerala High Court held that a hospital's failure to obtain the statutory Form 9 consent cannot deprive a widow of access to her deceased husband's cryopreserved embryos for assisted reproduction.
The Gauhati High Court found no prima facie case of imminent danger to justify demolishing houses on private land and may award compensation if the action lacked legal authority.
The Madras High Court set aside conviction of a bus driver for causing death by negligence, holding that high speed without independent proof of rashness cannot sustain charges under Sections 279 and 304-A IPC.
The Karnataka High Court held that an insurer can deny joint liability where a learner-driver fails to prove compliance with Rule 3 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, but directed pay-and-recover.
Justice Uday Kumar quashed a Section 498A FIR against a husband whose wife had formally undertaken before Delhi's Dwarka Family Court to withdraw the complaint, then reneged after the divorce decree.
Justice Sumeet Goel dismissed a petition to cancel regular bail in a travel-services fraud case, holding that seriousness of offence alone cannot justify setting aside a bail order.
Justice Vikram Aggarwal disposed of a writ petition seeking protection for a Muslim couple, directing the SSP Ludhiana to act on their representation without ruling on the marriage's validity.
A Division Bench found the State's rejection of Adil @ Seeran's premature release proposal ignored the five-factor Laxman Naskar guidelines and over-relied on the convicting judge's report.
Justice Madhu Jain held that an MLC recording the petitioner's own account of assault, without independent evidence linking named officers, cannot ground directions for departmental action or compensation.
The Kerala High Court set aside a Munsiff Court order that refused to number a John Doe injunction suit for non-compliance with Order VI Rule 14A of the CPC, holding the demand impossible to satisfy.
Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani granted regular bail to a POCSO accused, applying real-life considerations from a prior Delhi HC ruling while acknowledging the prosecutrix's expressed approval cannot be consent-in-law.
Gujarat High Court quashes an FIR registered under the AMASR Act, ruling that safety repairs mandated by a municipal notice cannot constitute criminal "construction" near a protected monument.
Justice Madhu Jain exercised Article 226 jurisdiction to permit medical termination beyond the MTP Act's gestational ceiling, prioritising the orphaned minor's dignity and reproductive autonomy.
Madras High Court holds that Section 82 BNS targets the bigamous spouse, not a second wife who lacked knowledge of the first marriage, and grants anticipatory bail to Accused No. 2.
The Kerala High Court found the Ernakulam Special Court granted bail to a PMLA accused solely on the ground of 15 months' custody, without addressing the mandatory twin conditions under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The Karnataka High Court, Kalaburagi Bench, held that NEKRTC drivers reassigned as Attenders after accident-related disqualification retain a claim for loss of future income despite unaltered pay.
The Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court expressed displeasure over stalled construction and maintenance across three highway packages, directing compliance affidavits by 7 October 2026.
