High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
The Telangana High Court set aside a Magistrate's refusal to discharge an accused who had posted critical remarks about a Minister in a private WhatsApp group, finding no ingredients of the alleged IPC offences.
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh held that once a criminal charge sheet is dismissed and no assessed loss exists, a public sector corporation cannot withhold a retired employee's terminal benefits.
A Division Bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court upheld concurrent findings that a security guard's termination without Section 25-F compliance was illegal, rejecting the college's contractor-engagement defence.
The Rajasthan High Court set aside a Special POCSO Court's order accepting a closure report on the basis of a minor rape victim's consent, holding that a minor's consent is immaterial at every stage of proceedings.
Rajasthan High Court dismisses a wife's writ seeking inclusion in her retired husband's Pension Payment Order, holding the petition premature while the pensioner remains alive.
The Rajasthan High Court held that an ex-Sepoy with Radial Nerve Palsy was entitled to invalid pension under Army Pension Regulations, after the Army discharged him without conducting a Release Medical Board.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court directed the District Legal Services Authority, Kullu to inspect rave party sites at Kasol and ordered the Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police to file personal affidavits.
The Madurai Bench granted bail to a Sub-Inspector accused of harbouring his son after an honour killing, finding no evidence of his active role in the offence.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed the State's appeal, holding that a teacher awarded the Indira Gandhi NSS Award by the President was entitled to two years of salary increment under the 2015 notification.
The Madurai Bench drew a sharp line between specific matrimonial allegations against a police constable husband and omnibus Section 498-A charges against six relatives living separately.
Rajasthan High Court holds that legal heirs of a deceased complainant-victim fall within Section 2(wa) CrPC and can seek leave to continue an appeal against acquittal, flagging a legislative gap in Section 394 CrPC.
Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury affirmed negligent parking liability for a stationary truck on NH-6 and enhanced compensation for a housewife killed in the 2022 accident that wiped out most of a family.
The Srinagar Bench held that a father's death after superannuation does not entitle his son to compassionate appointment, and consolidated-basis engagement carries no right to regularisation or deployment.
Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal held that a reasoned Section 143-A order cannot be set aside merely because the accused disputes the trial court's conclusions on relevant factors.
A widow's civil suit for damages after her son's intentional killing was not barred by the two-year limit under Article 82, which governs only Fatal Accidents Act claims, the High Court held.
