[ High Courts ]
The prosecutrix told a Magistrate she filed the FIR under police pressure, had since attained majority, and married the petitioner; the High Court allowed bail despite the statutory bar under Section 482(4) BNSS.
2026-05-21 · 5 min read
[ High Courts ]
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.
2026-05-18 · 9 min read
[ High Courts ]
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.
2026-05-18 · 7 min read
[ High Courts ]
A division bench dismissed the J&K Board of School Education's intra-court appeal, holding that an officer asked to perform the plenary duties of a higher post outside his cadre had to be compensated — whether the payment was labelled charge allowance or deputation allowance — and that the 2017 recovery order could not stand.
2026-05-11 · 5 min read
[ High Courts ]
A division bench at Srinagar held that long-standing Nazool lessees at Kothibagh were lawful occupants governed by the 1981 Government Order, not the struck-down Roshni Act, and directed parity with Hotel Ahdoos within three months.
2026-05-11 · 6 min read