High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
Justice Sanjay Parihar issued a writ of mandamus directing the UT of J&K to immediately terminate a 15-year-old POCSO victim's pregnancy, which had crossed 24 weeks, overriding the statutory ceiling on constitutional grounds.
Hearing clustered contempt petitions, Delhi HC directed the DGPs and Chief Secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and U.T. Chandigarh to explain compliance with Supreme Court directions on Section 41A arrest-notice procedure.
The Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur has restrained the State from declaring the final result in Assistant Professor (English) recruitment after objections to the model answer key were allegedly overlooked.
Allahabad High Court dismissed a petition by a woman claiming fraudulent dispossession, holding that a competing title dispute cannot be grafted onto Small Causes Court eviction proceedings through an impleadment application.
Justice Yogendra Kumar Srivastava held that an order merely permitting a suit to continue does not constitute a "case decided" revisable under Section 25, while clarifying the Small Cause Court's adjudicatory obligations.
The Karnataka High Court declined to quash an FIR against a couple accused of fraudulently taking Rs 1.40 crore from a mother on the false promise of securing an MBBS seat for her daughter.
Karnataka High Court quashes Union rejection of a disabled athlete's pension claim, ruling that FESPIC Games medals count as Asian Para Games achievements under the central pension scheme.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court restored a suit challenging a 1948 gift deed, ruling that the limitation question required evidence and could not be decided on plaint averments alone.
Justice M. A. Chowdhary set aside a Public Safety Act detention order against Suhail Fayaz Najar, finding stale UAPA case material, absent live link, and failure to communicate grounds under Article 22(5).
The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow Bench dismissed a writ challenging a district Bar Association's debarment order, holding that internal membership disputes are purely private and do not attract Article 226 jurisdiction.
The Gujarat High Court refused to revive a Section 500 IPC complaint after finding the original application said to be defamatory was never produced before any court, and Exception 8 independently shielded the respondent.
The Chhattisgarh High Court has quashed a compensation award in favour of a married daughter substituted after her mother's death, holding she falls outside the Act's definition of dependant.
Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that once Rajasthan State Election Commission declared the municipal election schedule, courts cannot interfere with voter list deletions under Article 243-ZG.
The Allahabad High Court dismissed three writ petitions, holding that a woman born in the Bhuiyan Scheduled Tribe had failed to establish continuing tribal identity at the time of agricultural land purchases in Sonbhadra.
A Division Bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a husband's revision petition and confirmed Rs 4,000 monthly maintenance to his divorced wife, holding that his business loan belied his claim of being a mere casual labourer.
The High Court of Jharkhand dismissed a complainant's challenge to acquittal of a newspaper reporter and college principal convicted for defamation over a news item about alleged admission irregularities.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a writ petition by a Mines and Geology officer seeking promotion consideration despite a pending CBI trial over alleged facilitation of illegal limestone quarrying causing Rs 124 crore exchequer loss.
Allowing a wife's petition to shift divorce proceedings from Hisar to Sonepat, Justice Harkesh Manuja held that an offer to bear travel expenses is not an inflexible answer to a transfer application.
The High Court of Chhattisgarh held that a self-styled Sharia court's order purporting to dissolve a Muslim woman's marriage has no legal authority and cannot alter her rights.
Justice Harisankar V. Menon directed Meta Platforms and Google LLC to preserve digital content from specific Facebook pages and a YouTube channel pending an election petition alleging corrupt practices under the Representation of the People Act, 1957.
Bombay High Court sets aside a trial court order adding an assignee as co-plaintiff, holding that a deed of assignment executed before the suit was filed cannot justify impleadment under Order I Rule 10 CPC.
The Bombay High Court continued ad-interim protection for applicant Suryakant Yewale and directed the DGP and investigating officer to file replies in a government land purchase case.
The Kerala High Court upheld a Special CBI Court's refusal to discharge three accused in a 2013 gold smuggling conspiracy, rejecting the argument that departmental exoneration bars criminal prosecution.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed FIR No. 449 of 2025 against three YSRCP politicians, holding that mere participation in a political rally without specific overt acts cannot sustain prosecution under multiple BNS provisions.
