High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
