High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
Justice Alok Jain rejected a writ seeking police protection for two married petitioners living together, finding no specific threat and calling the petition an abuse of legal process.
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav held that even grave charges cannot bar bail once Article 21's speedy trial guarantee is demonstrably infringed by prolonged, police-caused delay.
The Kerala High Court upheld escorted movement of three children in conflict with law for evidence recovery, holding that BSA procedures can apply to CCLs if JJ Act safeguards are respected.
The Calcutta High Court directed the CBI to investigate 42 allegedly ownerless unauthorised multi-storied buildings in Kolkata, citing unexplained crore-rupee investments and potential threats to national security.
Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra held that a Single Judge's enquiry report is an administrative act, not a judicial order, and refused to refer the disciplinary writ to a Division Bench.
The Delhi High Court declined to disturb ad-interim maintenance granted to a wife living separately since 1985, holding that long separation and delay do not extinguish her statutory claim.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court overturned a parole denial for a life convict, holding that Nepalese nationality cannot ground rejection when the prisoner's family has lived in India for 30–35 years.
Delhi High Court prima facie finds MCC's new NRI quota condition—requiring proof that a sponsor actually raised the student—subjective and an unfair bar to NEET-UG 2026 counselling.
The Karnataka High Court set aside a KSAT order that quashed a police inspector's transfer, holding that subsequent Board approval cured the procedural defect and rendered the transfer valid.
The Madras High Court quashed an FIR and trial-court proceedings against 14 petitioners booked for raising pro-Palestine slogans, holding the allegations disclosed no offence under BNS.
The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow Bench directed authorities to clear illegal encroachments from a wide civic belt, including the Qaiserbagh Telephone Exchange, within five weeks, with natural justice safeguards.
The Karnataka High Court at Dharwad quashed a Siruguppa MLA's communication seeking to relocate an approved Tungabhadra lift-irrigation project away from Ibrahimpur and Mannur villages.
Justice N.J. Jamadar held that transferring interim custody of a girl raised since infancy by a non-guardian stranger would harm her welfare, even though her biological parents retain legal rights.
The Karnataka High Court modified a family court's visitation schedule that required a 10-year-old to travel 475 kilometres each way between Bengaluru and Honnavar every second weekend.
The Orissa High Court dismissed a PIL filed by an advocate challenging the Deputy Chief Minister designation in Odisha, holding the title purely descriptive and the issue already settled by the Supreme Court.
The Lucknow Bench set aside a six-month externment from District Gonda, finding that one surviving FIR from 2020 cannot establish the habitual criminality required under the U.P. Control of Goondas Act, 1970.
A Division Bench dismissed a Kanpur slaughterhouse operator's writ after finding that a Food Safety registration certificate cannot authorise operations exceeding the petty food business threshold under the FSS Act, 2006.
Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal has stayed recovery of over Rs 6.41 crore in damages imposed under the Public Premises Act after a Saharanpur mosque was evicted and demolished within days.
The Dharwad Bench held that the Board bypassed mandatory Karnataka Wakf Rules by appointing an ad-hoc panel on a minister's recommendation instead of vesting management in the District Waqf Officer.
A Division Bench held that a civil judge's resignation, withdrawn on 21 December 2022 before the Governor approved it on 31 December, could not validly terminate her employment.
Dismissing a criminal revision, the Calcutta High Court upheld conviction under Section 401A of the KMC Act and ruled post-conviction regularisation cannot erase criminal liability.
The Delhi High Court held that P.B. Agro LLP could not challenge an FDA Mumbai show cause notice before it, even though the company and FSSAI are based in Delhi.
The Karnataka High Court directed the Director of Municipal Administration to fix a software mapping defect that was blocking sale deed registrations for 13 flats held under a Nirantara Patta perpetual lease in Belagavi.
The Karnataka High Court dismissed a murder accused's writ petition challenging an administrative notification that transferred his sessions trial to another court mid-way through the prosecution evidence.
