High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
A man was arrested on a forged NBW bearing a counterfeit court seal; the Orissa High Court has ordered twin enquiries and awarded interim compensation recoverable from responsible police officials.
Justice Nyapathy Vijay upheld Adikavi Nannaya University's disaffiliation of a Rajahmundry law college on infrastructure grounds but deferred its effect by two academic years to protect students admitted under court orders.
Justice Jobin Sebastian extended an interim stay on committal proceedings against Chidambaram S. Poduval, pending in an Ernakulam magistrate court, until 11 September 2026 while awaiting notice return from the third respondent.
Justice M. Nirmal Kumar held that pulling a minor's hand after a whistle amounts to harassment, not sexual assault, and suspended the three-year sentence pending appeal.
The Bombay High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging an externment order, holding that subjective satisfaction under Section 55 is assessed against the entire gang's activities, not just the individual member's cases.
Gauhati High Court dismisses writ challenging land allotment to a third party, holding that mere occupation of Government land creates no enforceable right to settlement under the Assam Land Policy, 2019.
The Allahabad High Court partly allowed an appeal by the UP Public Works Department, holding that a MoRTH SOP on GST calculation was improperly applied to an item-rate road contract.
The Kerala High Court dismissed an appeal against conviction under the POCSO Act, holding that placing a vibrating object on the labia majora satisfies the statutory threshold of insertion "to any extent."
The Madras High Court's Madurai Bench directed the Cyber Crime Police Station, Madurai, to expeditiously investigate a complaint about morphed videos targeting Naam Tamilar Katchi chief Senthamilan Seeman and to secure all electronic evidence immediately.
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a challenge to the de-notification of Gram Panchayat Karua, holding that statutory "population" means Census 2011 figures, not the actual count on the date of the order.
A three-judge Full Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that community certificate verification is permissible after retirement, before 1995 appointments, and must continue even when initiated pre-retirement.
Justice Pramil Kumar Mathur held that procedural lapses in communicating arrest grounds do not automatically entitle accused to bail absent demonstrable prejudice, and denied bail to four examination centre personnel.
A retired UP Police constable's bid to claim gratuity during a pending criminal case fails; the court holds Regulation 919-A bars payment until proceedings conclude.
Justice Vinod Kumar Bharwani held that the Returning Officer and Election Commission of India are necessary parties given contradictory figures for rejected postal ballots issued on the same date.
A Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court found that two suspension extension orders against an IRS officer were arbitrary, malicious in law, and designed to block his promotion during a departmental promotion committee.
A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court dismissed the State of U.P.'s appeal, holding that a 1992 government order creating two pay scales within a merged cadre violated Articles 14 and 16.
Holding that two suits arising from the same adoption deed must be heard by one court, the Allahabad High Court transferred a cancellation suit from Kannauj to Kanpur Nagar under Section 24 CPC.
The Gauhati High Court directed Assam to hold Silchar Municipal Corporation elections expeditiously, preferably within two months, after the body ran without an elected council since April 2020.
Justice Subramonium Prasad modified a March 2026 interim order to explicitly include 44 additional videos Isha Foundation had flagged as per se defamatory in its plaint.
Seventy-four residents of two PGR villages in Lakhimpur, settled since 1983 as Assam Movement victims, secured a ruling that eviction can follow only after individualised, reasoned orders on each representation.
Justice Harinath N recalled a January 2026 consent order in two writ petitions after finding advocates had misled the court to facilitate a grab of public open space in Kakinada.
The Gauhati High Court upheld a tribunal's finding that an IQ of 60, indicating mild intellectual disability, renders a motor accident victim incapable of any gainful employment, warranting 100% loss of earning capacity.
The Kerala High Court held that a MEDISEP claim cannot be rejected solely because treatment was taken at a non-empanelled hospital, directing reconsideration within one month.
Reducing an insurer's liability from Rs 39.89 lakh to Rs 27.29 lakh on the bachelor-deduction question, a Madras High Court Division Bench seized the occasion to lay down binding direct-bank-transfer directions for all MACTs in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
