High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
A Division Bench at Ernakulam refused to prohibit the decades-old court-linked lamp festival at Guruvayur temple but asked the Devaswom to weigh a name change within three months.
A Division Bench at the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow Bench has held that physical appearance before the Photo Verification Centre is not mandatory and notarised affidavits filed anywhere in India are accepted.
A Division Bench upheld conviction under Sections 302 and 201 IPC, holding that hostile witnesses, the medical evidence of throttling, and the appellants' conduct of secretly burying the bodies together closed the chain of circumstantial evidence.
Uttarakhand High Court granted bail to an NDPS accused after over two years in custody, holding that the seizure inventory lacked mandatory certification under Rule 8 of the 2022 Rules and no prosecution witness had been examined.
The Bombay High Court dismissed a writ petition by an RPF constable removed from service after a video of him outraging a woman's modesty on Kalyan Railway Station's platform went viral.
Justice Jitendra Jain holds that a motor vehicle undergoing repairs is still "in use" under Section 147, and a private garage accessible to the public qualifies as a "public place" under Section 2(34).
The Bombay High Court has ordered CARA to issue a No Objection Certificate for a Hindu adoption of a relative's child, rejecting the authority's refusal on inter-country adoption grounds.
The Lucknow Bench held that a prima facie discrepancy in known sources of income is enough to frame charges, and the accused must account for assets during trial.
The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow Bench dismissed a husband's habeas corpus petition at admission, finding that his own writ pleadings and his wife's written complaint to police disclosed a matrimonial dispute, not illegal detention.
Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal held that a Rent Controller cannot suspend judicial work for an entire day solely because a Bar Association moves a condolence notice, directing expeditious disposal within three months.
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh found that allegations of temple land misappropriation were civil in character and that the criminal complaint was an abuse of process.
Justice Ashok Kumar Jain granted bail to an accused in a POCSO and BNS case while directing the DGP, Rajasthan to arrange training for investigating officers on statutory age-determination procedures.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court enhanced motor accident compensation from Rs 41,400 to Rs 1,21,266, ruling that depreciation deductions are impermissible when new parts are purchased to restore a damaged vehicle to road-worthiness.
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court admitted the fourth accused in a POCSO gang-rape case to bail after DNA profiling found no foreign DNA and the victim retracted implicating three co-accused during trial.
The Patna High Court quashed an undated, unnumbered NHAI notice sent to a Muzaffarpur landowner, calling it an act of irresponsibility by an important government authority.
Himachal Pradesh High Court held that a gate erected without permission on Government land 300 metres from a temple unlawfully blocked a landowner's access and must be removed and repositioned near the temple.
Justice Jyoti Singh restrained twelve defendants from exploiting the cricketer's name, image and likeness through AI-generated content and unlicensed merchandise, pending hearing.
The Allahabad High Court declined to interfere with the cancellation of an arms licence after the holder failed to account for 757 cartridges, some reportedly used in weddings and religious festivals.
Patna High Court set aside a Magistrate's cognizance order filled in on a printed proforma, holding that taking cognizance without applying judicial mind is impermissible.
The Lucknow Bench dismisses an appeal against conviction for murdering four family members, holding that last-seen evidence, motive, post-arrest recovery and Section 106 burden cumulatively closed the chain.
A Division Bench dismissed a writ petition alleging OMR sheet manipulation in NEET UG 2026, holding that mere self-prepared comparison charts cannot establish tampering of official examination records.
The Gauhati High Court held that where bail is granted solely on procedural defects in an arrest, the CBI need not obtain a formal bail cancellation order before seeking re-arrest of the accused.
A three-judge Full Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that assigned land bought by a landless poor person before 1977 falls entirely outside the AP Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, with one judge concurring in result but dissenting on the freehold question.
Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury held that the Executive Engineer passed a demolition order recklessly without consulting municipal records, damaging a legally sanctioned flat on the fourth floor.
