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The Uttarakhand High Court has directed official respondents to respond within three days to a contempt application after finding that a key office memorandum was deliberately withheld from the court.
The Uttarakhand High Court quashed FIR No. 18 of 2025 against members of Radha Swami Satsang Beas, finding the property dispute at Mussoorie already before civil courts.
The High Court of Uttarakhand set aside a Reference Court order that had reduced the deduction on an exemplar sale deed from 50% to 30%, finding no cogent reasoning or supporting evidence for the change.
The Uttarakhand High Court held that the Central Administrative Tribunal could not compel compliance with an interim order while a stay vacation application filed by the State remained pending and undecided.
The Division Bench held that experience as Principal counts towards professorial experience under UGC Regulations 2018, and declined to sit in appeal over the Selection Committee's recommendation.
The High Court of Uttarakhand dismissed a first appeal seeking enhanced compensation for 15.4811 hectares acquired in Village Puhana, affirming the exemplar sale deed and 20% development deduction adopted by the Special Land Acquisition Officer.
The Uttarakhand High Court held that circle rates fixed for stamp duty cannot determine land acquisition compensation, restoring the SLAO's exemplar sale deed-based award.
The Uttarakhand High Court set aside a Sessions Court order directing FIR registration against a Circle Officer and SHO under Section 4 of the SC/ST Act, ruling that an administrative inquiry recommendation is mandatory before any such direction.
The High Court held that mere association with an alleged gang leader cannot justify property attachment; the State must establish a specific nexus between each property and criminal activity.
Justice Pankaj Purohit granted a one-hour Namaz window at the Gymkhana ground in Nainital for Eid-Ul-Azha, citing 100 years of uninterrupted practice and no prior law-and-order incidents.
