https://www.legalrepublic.in High Courts coverage from LegalRepublic.in en-IN Wed, 20 May 2026 18:57:23 +0000 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/khilu-ram-proclaimed-offender-order-set-aside-punjab-haryana-hc-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/khilu-ram-proclaimed-offender-order-set-aside-punjab-haryana-hc-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 19:45:02 +0530 manaswi-singh Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj quashed a 24-year-old proclaimed offender declaration, finding the petitioner's absence stemmed from ignorance of ongoing proceedings, not wilful evasion. crm-m-2026 ipc-section-304a proclaimed-offender proclaimed-person-declaration punjab-haryana-hc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/gauhati-hc-grade-iv-employee-35-years-salary-regularisation-paschim-bonbhag-school-wpc-142-2024/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/gauhati-hc-grade-iv-employee-35-years-salary-regularisation-paschim-bonbhag-school-wpc-142-2024/ Wed, 20 May 2026 19:35:02 +0530 manaswi-singh Pabindra Kumar Das served Paschim Bonbhag High School since 1991 against leave and retired vacancies, received no salary after 2005, and later worked as a cook for the school’s mid-day meal programme. article-226 gauhati-hc grade-iv-employee honorary-appointment legitimate-expectation https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/modon-urang-murder-conviction-upheld-gauhati-hc-police-eyewitness-dao-killing/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/modon-urang-murder-conviction-upheld-gauhati-hc-police-eyewitness-dao-killing/ Wed, 20 May 2026 19:10:02 +0530 manaswi-singh A Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court dismissed an appeal against a Section 302 IPC conviction, holding that a police officer's credible testimony can sustain a murder conviction without independent civilian witnesses. assam chance-witness criminal-appeal gauhati-hc article-39a https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/hari-ram-v-chunni-devi-adoption-deed-cancellation-rajasthan-hc-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/hari-ram-v-chunni-devi-adoption-deed-cancellation-rajasthan-hc-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 18:55:02 +0530 manaswi-singh The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a second appeal challenging cancellation of a 2009 adoption deed, holding that absence of the mandatory giving-and-taking ceremony is fatal to any claim of valid adoption under Hindu law. adoption-deed-cancellation civil-second-appeal concurrent-findings-of-fact fraud-and-misrepresentation giving-and-taking-ceremony https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/andhra-pradesh-hc/ps-ganesh-kumar-anticipatory-bail-chittoor-judiciary-defamation-fir-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/andhra-pradesh-hc/ps-ganesh-kumar-anticipatory-bail-chittoor-judiciary-defamation-fir-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 18:45:02 +0530 manaswi-singh The High Court of Andhra Pradesh disposed of a pre-arrest bail petition filed by a judicial department employee accused of anonymously circulating defamatory allegations against Chittoor district judges, relying on the State's assurance that custodial interrogation was unnecessary. andhra-pradesh-hc anonymous-petition anticipatory-bail arnesh-kumar-guidelines bnss https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/aarpee-infra-projects-writ-dismissed-no-live-cause-of-action-tender-debarment-patna-hc-2025/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/aarpee-infra-projects-writ-dismissed-no-live-cause-of-action-tender-debarment-patna-hc-2025/ Wed, 20 May 2026 17:50:02 +0530 manaswi-singh A Division Bench of the Patna High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging anticipated disqualification in Bihar PHED tenders, holding that no concluded administrative action existed and the petitioner had waived its opportunity by not bidding even after interim protection was granted. article-226-maintainability cause-of-action civil-writ-jurisdiction debarment-blacklisting judicial-review-tender-matters https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/jagarnath-thakur-v-state-of-bihar-premature-release-life-convict-14-years-patna-hc-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/jagarnath-thakur-v-state-of-bihar-premature-release-life-convict-14-years-patna-hc-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 17:45:02 +0530 manaswi-singh A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo held that a 1984 government letter cannot override the Bihar Prison Manual 2012 or Section 433A of the CrPC on premature release eligibility. bihar bihar-prison-manual-2012 criminal-appeal life-imprisonment patna-hc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/akhilesh-nimawat-termination-quashed-natural-justice-mp-hc-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/akhilesh-nimawat-termination-quashed-natural-justice-mp-hc-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 15:55:02 +0530 manaswi-singh The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore set aside two termination orders and a demotion order, holding that stigma-based dismissal without a formal departmental inquiry violates natural justice. article-226 departmental-inquiry labour-law madhya-pradesh-hc misconduct-stigma https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/uttarakhand-hc/mursaleen-vs-state-uttarakhand-ndps-bail-ante-dated-arrest-memo-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/uttarakhand-hc/mursaleen-vs-state-uttarakhand-ndps-bail-ante-dated-arrest-memo-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 15:50:02 +0530 manaswi-singh The Uttarakhand High Court granted bail to an NDPS accused after finding that the arrest memo and inventory report bore an FIR number that could not have existed at the time they were purportedly prepared. fir-fabrication ndps-act ante-dated-arrest-memo bail-section-483-bnss procedural-sanctity-ndps https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/siya-singh-bsrtc-back-wages-lpa-827-829-2025-patna-hc/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/siya-singh-bsrtc-back-wages-lpa-827-829-2025-patna-hc/ Wed, 20 May 2026 14:43:58 +0530 manaswi-singh The Division Bench held that a Single Judge cannot grant relief that effectively nullifies an unchallenged Labour Court reinstatement award, and that the Certificate Officer acted ultra vires by recalling a recovery warrant without payment. back-wages bihar-orissa-public-demands-recovery-act bihar-state-road-transport-corporation certificate-officer industrial-disputes-act-section-33c2 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/hukam-singh-haryana-ivl-angioplasty-medical-reimbursement-cwp-28175-2023/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/hukam-singh-haryana-ivl-angioplasty-medical-reimbursement-cwp-28175-2023/ Wed, 20 May 2026 14:42:23 +0530 manaswi-singh An 85-year-old retiree's Rs 7.42 lakh cardiac bill was denied because Intravascular Lithotripsy was not listed in Haryana's package schedule. The High Court found that medically necessary treatment cannot be refused on that ground. angioplasty coronary-artery-disease haryana-government-employees-health-policy health-right intravascular-lithotripsy https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/kandarpa-kanta-sarma-nf-railway-hra-writ-dismissed-gauhati-hc-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/kandarpa-kanta-sarma-nf-railway-hra-writ-dismissed-gauhati-hc-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 14:42:15 +0530 manaswi-singh A Division Bench found that seven vacant Type-IV quarters exceeded eligible officers on the relevant date, making the petitioner ineligible for HRA under applicable Railway circulars. article-226 cat gauhati-hc government-accommodation house-rent-allowance https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/hotel-brideway-esic-writ-dismissed-alternate-remedy-section-75/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gauhati-hc/hotel-brideway-esic-writ-dismissed-alternate-remedy-section-75/ Wed, 20 May 2026 14:21:56 +0530 manaswi-singh Gauhati High Court holds that disputed ESI contribution liability and coverage questions are for the Employees' Insurance Court, not writ jurisdiction, even where jurisdiction is challenged. alternate-remedy-doctrine article-226-writ-jurisdiction employees-insurance-court employees-state-insurance-act-1948 gauhati-hc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/bhabagrahi-das-orissa-hc-disciplinary-proceeding-quashed-1998-retiral-benefits/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/orissa-hc/bhabagrahi-das-orissa-hc-disciplinary-proceeding-quashed-1998-retiral-benefits/ Wed, 20 May 2026 14:16:24 +0530 manaswi-singh Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy quashed CDI Case No.12/1998 after 28 years of unexplained departmental inaction, directing release of all retiral benefits to a 90-year-old retired employee within three months, with 6% interest on any delayed payment. article-226 ocs-cc-and-a-rules departmental-inquiry disciplinary-proceedings inordinate-delay https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gujarat-hc/himanshu-parmar-gujarat-hc-rti-msu-baroda-reservation-information-dismissed/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/gujarat-hc/himanshu-parmar-gujarat-hc-rti-msu-baroda-reservation-information-dismissed/ Wed, 20 May 2026 14:15:13 +0530 manaswi-singh The Gujarat High Court dismissed a party-in-person petition challenging a Gujarat Information Commission order, holding that RTI forums cannot adjudicate disputes about the correctness of information supplied. gujarat-hc gujarat-information-commission msu-baroda-reservation public-information-officer reservation-policy-gujarat https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/kerala-hc-pocso-conviction-upheld-rahiman-walayar-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/kerala-hc-pocso-conviction-upheld-rahiman-walayar-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 11:50:02 +0530 manaswi-singh The Kerala High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against conviction under the POCSO Act, holding that an unsigned first information statement does not vitiate prosecution when the victim's oral evidence is consistent and credible. child-sexual-assault criminal-appeal first-information-statement kerala-hc palakkad https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/calcutta-hc-post-revision-composition-section-325-ipc-functus-officio-section-482-crpc-goutam-saha/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/calcutta-hc-post-revision-composition-section-325-ipc-functus-officio-section-482-crpc-goutam-saha/ Wed, 20 May 2026 11:32:40 +0530 manaswi-singh The Calcutta High Court held that a changed circumstance, conversion of conviction from a non-compoundable to a compoundable offence, permits fresh invocation of Section 482 CrPC even after the revisional court becomes functus officio. calcutta-hc composition-of-offence criminal-revision functus-officio inherent-powers https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/gulshan-pahuja-criminal-contempt-six-months-imprisonment-delhi-hc-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/gulshan-pahuja-criminal-contempt-six-months-imprisonment-delhi-hc-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 11:00:02 +0530 manaswi-singh A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court imposed maximum punishment on Gulshan Pahuja after he compounded his criminal contempt by making further scandalous remarks even during the sentencing hearing. contempt-of-courts-act-1971 contempt-petition contempt-of-court delhi-hc gulshan-pahuja https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/jagdeep-singh-v-state-nct-delhi-burning-effigy-section-307-ipc-discharge-dismissed/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/jagdeep-singh-v-state-nct-delhi-burning-effigy-section-307-ipc-discharge-dismissed/ Wed, 20 May 2026 10:54:19 +0530 manaswi-singh Delhi High Court dismisses revision petition of men who hurled a burning effigy onto a bungalow's security room, upholding charges of attempt to murder and mischief by fire. ipc-s-307 burning-effigy-protest criminal-revision delhi-hc demosprudence https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/varun-arora-bail-denied-dmat-share-fraud-delhi-hc-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/varun-arora-bail-denied-dmat-share-fraud-delhi-hc-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 10:40:02 +0530 manaswi-singh Justice Girish Kathpalia rejected the “professional services” defence, holding that professional capacity cannot justify forging client signatures or diverting shares to one’s own account. bns-section-318 dmat-fraud delivery-instruction-slip regular-bail delhi-hc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/kerala-hc-homoeopath-advocate-enrolment-registration-cancellation-manju-gowreesankaram/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/kerala-hc-homoeopath-advocate-enrolment-registration-cancellation-manju-gowreesankaram/ Wed, 20 May 2026 09:25:49 +0530 manaswi-singh A registered Homoeopath who cancelled her clinic licence but retained her medical registration was lawfully denied enrolment as an Advocate by the Bar Council of Kerala, the High Court held. advocate-enrolment advocates-act-1961 article-19-1-g bar-council-of-kerala bar-council-of-kerala-rules-1979 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/rajan-babu-murari-thantri-bail-dismissed-kerala-hc-pocso-astrologer-minor-victim/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/rajan-babu-murari-thantri-bail-dismissed-kerala-hc-pocso-astrologer-minor-victim/ Wed, 20 May 2026 09:24:45 +0530 manaswi-singh Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath dismissed the bail application of an astrologer accused of assaulting a minor girl at his centre, citing bite marks, bloodstained dress, and a premeditated criminal act. astrologer-accused bail-dismissed bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-2023 kerala-hc kollam https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/rajasthan-hc-magistrate-single-order-final-report-protest-petition-devesh-sharma/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/rajasthan-hc-magistrate-single-order-final-report-protest-petition-devesh-sharma/ Tue, 19 May 2026 21:20:02 +0530 manaswi-singh Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that a Magistrate becomes functus officio after passing one order, making a second order on the protest petition legally impermissible under the Code of Criminal Procedure. cognizance criminal-misc-petition final-report-negative functus-officio magistrate-procedure https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/rajendra-prasad-sharma-vs-state-mp-private-temple-collector-management-writ-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/rajendra-prasad-sharma-vs-state-mp-private-temple-collector-management-writ-2026/ Tue, 19 May 2026 21:10:02 +0530 manaswi-singh The Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed a Collector’s order constituting a five-member committee to manage a private Shiv temple, directing the Chief Secretary to implement Supreme Court guidelines on temple management across all districts of the State. article-226 collector-revenue-records deity-juristic-person madhya-pradesh-hc private-temple-management https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-hc-stays-tamil-nadu-cyber-crime-wing-twitter-url-blocking-notice-free-speech/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-hc-stays-tamil-nadu-cyber-crime-wing-twitter-url-blocking-notice-free-speech/ Tue, 19 May 2026 19:25:04 +0530 manaswi-singh A Division Bench found the notice bereft of post-wise reasons, invoking Section 79(3)(b) IT Act without following Section 69A safeguards, and directed X Corp to unblock all listed URLs pending a detailed counter affidavit. article-19-free-speech cyber-crime-wing intermediary-guidelines madras-hc political-speech https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/rajasthan-hc-section-223-bnss-public-servant-complaint-tek-chand-prashant-kaushik/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/rajasthan-hc-section-223-bnss-public-servant-complaint-tek-chand-prashant-kaushik/ Tue, 19 May 2026 19:25:02 +0530 manaswi-singh The Jodhpur bench held that a Special Court cannot mechanically direct FIR registration against public servants without first following the mandatory pre-cognizance safeguards under Section 223 of the BNSS, 2023. criminal-revision pre-cognizance-safeguards public-servant-prosecution rajasthan-hc sc-st-act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/shambhu-singh-v-state-up-section-133-crpc-public-nuisance-allahabad-hc-2025/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/shambhu-singh-v-state-up-section-133-crpc-public-nuisance-allahabad-hc-2025/ Tue, 19 May 2026 19:15:02 +0530 manaswi-singh The Allahabad High Court dismissed a challenge to an SDM's encroachment removal order, holding that the petitioner's own objection admitted the existence of the disputed public street, making a Section 137 inquiry unnecessary. allahabad-hc article-227 criminal-revision encroachment-removal kushinagar https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/calcutta-hc-ews-certificate-financial-year-aai-recruitment-deepak-kumar-wpa-8642-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/calcutta-hc/calcutta-hc-ews-certificate-financial-year-aai-recruitment-deepak-kumar-wpa-8642-2026/ Tue, 19 May 2026 18:50:04 +0530 manaswi-singh The Calcutta High Court refused to direct the Airports Authority of India to accept an EWS certificate for a financial year different from the one prescribed in its recruitment notice, holding that a job aspirant cannot command a recruiting authority to depart from its own conditions. airports-authority-of-india calcutta-hc ews-certificate ewscertificate-financial-year poonam-dwivedi-v-state-of-up https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-quashes-defamation-complaint-fir-contents-newspaper-publication-surinder-sharma-rajesh-kalia/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/himachal-pradesh-hc/himachal-pradesh-hc-quashes-defamation-complaint-fir-contents-newspaper-publication-surinder-sharma-rajesh-kalia/ Tue, 19 May 2026 18:50:02 +0530 manaswi-singh The Himachal Pradesh High Court quashed a Section 500 IPC complaint against a news reporter and a complainant, holding that FIR contents and police complaints are protected from defamation liability. defamation fir-publication himachal-pradesh-hc joint-complaint media-law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-hc-crpf-constable-divorce-adultery-circumstantial-evidence-cma-2264-2022/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madras-hc/madras-hc-crpf-constable-divorce-adultery-circumstantial-evidence-cma-2264-2022/ Tue, 19 May 2026 18:06:21 +0530 manaswi-singh A Division Bench set aside the Family Court's dismissal, holding that direct proof of sexual intercourse is impossible and that consistent circumstantial evidence can sustain a divorce on adultery grounds. adultery-divorce circumstantial-evidence civil-miscellaneous-appeal crpf-constable dissolution-of-marriage https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/kerala-hc-lpg-customer-transfer-policy-2025-dismissed-all-india-lpg-distributors-federation/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/kerala-hc-lpg-customer-transfer-policy-2025-dismissed-all-india-lpg-distributors-federation/ Tue, 19 May 2026 18:03:36 +0530 manaswi-singh Justice M.A. Abdul Hakhim upholds the right of three Oil Marketing Companies to transfer LPG customers between distributors, rejecting claims of legitimate expectation, promissory estoppel, and constitutional violation. article-14 article-19 article-31c article-39 customer-transfer-policy https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-hc-maintenance-revision-enhancement-section-127-crpc-huda-khanam-2025/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/allahabad-hc-maintenance-revision-enhancement-section-127-crpc-huda-khanam-2025/ Tue, 19 May 2026 17:56:41 +0530 manaswi-singh Dismissing a wife's criminal revision seeking higher maintenance, the Allahabad High Court held that enhancement requires fresh evidence and must be pursued before the trial court, not in revision. allahabad-hc criminal-revision family-court-rampur maintenance-enhancement muslim-personal-law https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/rajasthan-hc-nata-marriage-no-defence-bigamy-divorce-dismissed-laxmilal-parvati/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/rajasthan-hc/rajasthan-hc-nata-marriage-no-defence-bigamy-divorce-dismissed-laxmilal-parvati/ Tue, 19 May 2026 16:55:02 +0530 manaswi-singh A Division Bench at Jodhpur rejected a husband's divorce petition, holding that his unlawful second marriage under the Nata custom was the cause of matrimonial breakdown, not the wife's conduct. bigamy clean-hands-doctrine cruelty-desertion divorce-petition hindu-marriage-act https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/kerala-hc-transman-oocyte-cryopreservation-art-act-hari-devageeth/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/kerala-hc-transman-oocyte-cryopreservation-art-act-hari-devageeth/ Tue, 19 May 2026 16:00:02 +0530 manaswi-singh A transman with intact reproductive organs was denied oocyte cryopreservation by an ART clinic citing the ART Act; the Kerala High Court ordered an ART bank to proceed, grounding the right in Article 21. art-act-2021 article-21 section-21g-art-act transgender-persons-protection-of-rights-act-2019 gender-identity https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/abdul-rashid-sheikh-engineer-rashid-interim-bail-father-demise-nia-delhi-hc-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/abdul-rashid-sheikh-engineer-rashid-interim-bail-father-demise-nia-delhi-hc-2026/ Tue, 19 May 2026 15:50:06 +0530 manaswi-singh The Division Bench allowed the MP and NIA accused to travel to Srinagar under police escort to conduct burial and customary mourning ceremonies after his father died at AIIMS on 18 May 2026. abdul-rashid-sheikh baramulla-mp national-investigation-agency nia-case-2-2018 bnss-s-528 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/sa-enterprises-vs-indian-overseas-bank-account-freezing-allahabad-hc-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/sa-enterprises-vs-indian-overseas-bank-account-freezing-allahabad-hc-2026/ Tue, 19 May 2026 14:57:04 +0530 manaswi-singh The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow Bench held that a bank has no authority to freeze a customer's account on self-declared suspicion, directing de-freezing and imposing costs on Indian Overseas Bank for acting without any complaint, FIR, or order from a competent authority. allahabad-hc article-21-constitution bank-account-freezing banking-law de-freezing-of-bank-account https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc/tanveer-ahmad-mir-psa-detention-quashing-dismissed-jk-hc-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc/tanveer-ahmad-mir-psa-detention-quashing-dismissed-jk-hc-2026/ Mon, 18 May 2026 21:15:03 +0530 manaswi-singh The Srinagar bench dismissed a habeas corpus petition challenging a Public Safety Act detention order, rejecting arguments on mechanical application of mind, non-supply of material, and the constitutional validity of PSA adaptations post-reorganisation. article-22-5 article-226 habeas-corpus jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc lashkar-e-taiba https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-hc-quashes-scst-fir-counterblast-498a-jaipur-garkha-2024/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-hc-quashes-scst-fir-counterblast-498a-jaipur-garkha-2024/ Mon, 18 May 2026 21:10:02 +0530 manaswi-singh Patna High Court set aside cognizance taken by a Special SC/ST Court, finding the FIR was lodged by a domestic caretaker at her landlord's behest to wreck vengeance on the accused family. caste-based-abuse cognizance counterblast-fir criminal-appeal matrimonial-dispute https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc/dr-abdul-majeed-bhat-bail-bnss-section-483-attempted-rape-budgam-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/jammu-kashmir-ladakh-hc/dr-abdul-majeed-bhat-bail-bnss-section-483-attempted-rape-budgam-2026/ Mon, 18 May 2026 21:03:18 +0530 manaswi-singh Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani admitted Dr. Abdul Majeed Bhat to bail after five months in custody, finding the charge under Section 62/64 BNS did not attract the Section 480 BNSS embargo and that no compelling custodial need remained once the challan had been filed and trial commenced. article-21 attempted-rape regular-bail right-to-bail-doctrine bns https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/aman-bansal-v-university-of-delhi-lpa-361-2026-delhi-hc-semester-attendance/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/delhi-hc/aman-bansal-v-university-of-delhi-lpa-361-2026-delhi-hc-semester-attendance/ Mon, 18 May 2026 21:02:35 +0530 manaswi-singh The Delhi High Court Division Bench held that a student who never attended a single Semester-III class cannot claim progression to Semester-IV, even if the denial of admission was not his fault. academic-continuity attendance-shortage delhi-hc law-centre letters-patent-appeal https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-hc-ai-morphed-content-veerendra-heggade-takedown-wp-13836-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/karnataka-hc/karnataka-hc-ai-morphed-content-veerendra-heggade-takedown-wp-13836-2026/ Mon, 18 May 2026 20:25:54 +0530 manaswi-singh The Karnataka High Court directed the State and Bengaluru police to take down defamatory AI-generated, morphed, and fabricated content depicting Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade and his family from all social media platforms within seven days. ai-generated-content articles-226-227 defamatory-content google-llc instagram-llc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-hc-mental-health-prisoners-halfway-homes-bimhas-2026/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/patna-hc/patna-hc-mental-health-prisoners-halfway-homes-bimhas-2026/ Sat, 16 May 2026 20:21:05 +0530 manaswi-singh The Patna High Court found that 26 persons cured of mental illness were still confined at BIMHAS due to full halfway homes, calling it a recognised human rights violation under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, and directed the State to make immediate interim arrangements. bimhas-koilwar bslsa halfway-homes-bihar legal-aid-mental-illness mental-healthcare-act-2017 https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/komal-lakhani-vs-state-up-maintenance-enhancement-allahabad-hc-2024/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/allahabad-hc/komal-lakhani-vs-state-up-maintenance-enhancement-allahabad-hc-2024/ Thu, 14 May 2026 17:23:04 +0530 hc-desk Justice Garima Prashad found the Family Court's maintenance quantum unjust and its effective date manifestly erroneous, remanding the matter for fresh adjudication within six months. allahabad-hc criminal-revision domestic-violence-act family-court-agra financial-disclosure https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/athul-thomas-v-state-of-kerala-supreme-court-directs-acp-ernakulam-personal-presence-fir-non-registration/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/athul-thomas-v-state-of-kerala-supreme-court-directs-acp-ernakulam-personal-presence-fir-non-registration/ Wed, 13 May 2026 18:50:23 +0530 hc-desk The Supreme Court found Kerala's affidavit on FIR non-registration thoroughly unsatisfactory and directed the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ernakulam, to appear personally on 15 May 2026. anticipatory-bail assistant-commissioner-of-police fir-registration kerala-hc police-accountability https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/wpc-no9770-of-2026-672664/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/kerala-hc/wpc-no9770-of-2026-672664/ Tue, 12 May 2026 16:30:04 +0530 hc-desk Justice C. Jayachandran held that a District Collector cannot use Section 30(2)(v) of the Disaster Management Act to issue a stop memo against a private developer, and that a 2-to-3 metre dip in groundwater does not satisfy the emergency threshold under Section 26(2). administrative-law article-226 disaster-management-act groundwater kerala-hc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/tridentlimitedvstateofpunjabandanother-672815/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/punjab-haryana-hc/tridentlimitedvstateofpunjabandanother-672815/ Tue, 12 May 2026 16:00:04 +0530 hc-desk A division bench led by Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, applying the Wednesbury test, found a reasonably palpable apprehension of political vendetta in the timing of a PPCB raid on Trident Limited and directed that no coercive steps be taken without first granting the company a 30-day window to cure deficiencies. alternative-remedy article-226 environmental-law mala-fides natural-justice https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-tadmetla-naxal-attack-acquittal-upheld/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/chhattisgarh-hc/chhattisgarh-hc-tadmetla-naxal-attack-acquittal-upheld/ Tue, 12 May 2026 15:30:04 +0530 hc-desk A division bench led by Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha dismissed the State's acquittal appeal in the Tadmetla / Chintalnar case, finding the prosecution had failed to identify the accused, produce an FSL report on the seized explosives, or conduct a Test Identification Parade. acquittal-appeal arms-act-1959 chhattisgarh-hc circumstantial-evidence criminal-appeal https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/smt-jyotsana-raja-angre-v-state-of-madhya-pradesh-672685/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/madhya-pradesh-hc/smt-jyotsana-raja-angre-v-state-of-madhya-pradesh-672685/ Tue, 12 May 2026 15:00:03 +0530 hc-desk Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke directed the Settlement Commissioner to wrap up ceiling proceedings under the MP Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 that the Board of Revenue had remanded with a four-month deadline back in 2012 and which have remained pending ever since. article-226 board-of-revenue expeditious-justice land-ceiling madhya-pradesh-hc https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/santosh-hiraman-lashkare-vs-state-of-maharashtra-672906/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/santosh-hiraman-lashkare-vs-state-of-maharashtra-672906/ Tue, 12 May 2026 14:30:04 +0530 hc-desk A division bench of the Bombay High Court has partly allowed about 100 writ petitions filed by Zilla Parishad employees, quashing suspension orders, FIR proposals and salary-stoppage actions, while permitting the State's State-wide medical re-verification of disability certificates to proceed as a strictly regulated one-time measure. article-226 bombay-hc maharashtra-government natural-justice persons-with-disabilities https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/rohit-bandu-nikalje-vs-the-regional-officer-uidai-672694/ https://www.legalrepublic.in/high-courts/bombay-hc/rohit-bandu-nikalje-vs-the-regional-officer-uidai-672694/ Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:03 +0530 hc-desk A division bench of the Bombay High Court has directed UIDAI to process fresh Aadhaar enrollment for two Pune brothers stranded by a years-long biometric mismatch, and laid down eight systemic directions to prevent genuine residents from being shunted between offices without a written, time-bound remedy. aadhaar article-21 article-226 bombay-hc constitutional-law