High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow Bench declared a nine-day advocate strike illegal, issued contempt show-cause notices to bar office-bearers, and directed district-level grievance panels to include District Magistrates.
Justice Virinder Aggarwal held that the Civil Judge, Chandigarh ignored the High Court's own Video Conferencing Rules when dismissing a request to record an elderly witness's testimony virtually.
The Madurai Bench held that a writ of mandamus cannot substitute execution proceedings in a maintenance dispute between spouses, and dismissed the petition as not maintainable.
Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that continuing criminal proceedings against parents-in-law, after a consent divorce and full alimony payment, amounted to abuse of process of court.
The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a writ petition by a candidate denied appointment as Naib-Tehsildar, holding that acquittals by benefit of doubt in two impersonation-and-extortion cases were not honourable.
The Kerala High Court found that waste cleared pursuant to its November 2025 direction had re-accumulated along the Kochi-Panavel Highway and near a railway overbridge, prompting fresh mandatory directions to the Kochi Municipal Corporation.
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court dismissed a writ petition by a PEG Scheme godown operator challenging FCI penalty recoveries for delayed black-topping of internal roads, holding the firm estopped by its own undertakings.
Justice Ansul set aside a Sessions Court order summoning Deepak Kumar Sah as accused, holding that newspaper hearsay cannot satisfy the elevated evidentiary threshold for Section 319 CrPC.
Justice Sanjeet Purohit held that prison accommodations granted on medical grounds survive the conclusion of appellate proceedings and directed restoration of facilities for the 85-year-old POCSO convict.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court held that oral arguments by the defence are a facet of fair trial under Article 21, and a trial court must appoint an amicus if counsel fails to argue.
The High Court of Jharkhand held that the doctrine of necessity permitted a single-member Lokayukta to decide a complaint touching his own brother, and found no illegality in the impugned order.
The Telangana High Court declined to quash criminal proceedings against a WhatsApp group admin charged under Sections 504, 505(2) and 153-A IPC for allegedly posting messages targeting a farmer leader and provoking communal discord.
Rajasthan High Court directs trial court to secure a conclusive investigation report within six weeks, holding that Magistrates must actively supervise probes ordered under Section 156(3) CrPC.
Karnataka High Court dismisses RTI writ, holding that a public servant's asset and liability statements remain personal information under Section 8(1)(j) even when sought to support a private fraud dispute.
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has directed the Director of Devaswom Audit to personally appear and account for audit objections from 2008-09 that remain unresolved in 2026.
A Telangana High Court Division Bench set aside a Family Court dismissal and granted a decree of divorce after the husband furnished a false date of birth on telugumatrimony.com, deceiving the wife about their age gap.
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh at Jammu quashed two identical PSA detention orders against a man accused of forest land encroachment, finding the detaining authority had invoked wrong statutory provisions on vague, extraneous grounds.
The Kerala High Court found the Vigilance Bureau's recommendation to drop charges against 41 of 43 accused incongruous with its own findings of entrustment and loss.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that a passport application cannot be blocked by a pending criminal case where the court has not yet taken cognisance of the charge sheet.
A retired Patwari waited over two years for pension after superannuation; the Jodhpur Bench held that an incomplete service book maintained by the State cannot justify withholding earned benefits.
The Rajasthan High Court held that contractual vocational trainers serving under a government scheme cannot be replaced by another set of contractual employees through a new service provider.
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court directed Meta, Google, X and LinkedIn to remove videos making corruption and criminality allegations against a sitting judge, and listed the contempt petition for July.
A Division Bench held the State of Maharashtra liable for the violent death of a patient at Yerwada Mental Hospital, finding gross negligence in staffing and ward segregation, and adapted motor accident compensation principles to quantify relief.
The Gujarat High Court held that a person accused under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act cannot be declared a proclaimed offender, as cheque dishonour is not among the nineteen offences listed in Section 82(4) CrPC.
