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The High Court of Tripura set aside a ten-year rigorous imprisonment sentence under Section 376(1) IPC, holding that the complainant’s own evidence established a consensual relationship, not rape.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that an employer cannot appoint an independent inquiry officer for sexual harassment allegations, quashing a university professor's termination order and directing reinstatement.
A Division Bench dismissed a senior citizen's Letters Patent Appeal after finding his petition under the 2007 Act was aimed at reclaiming transferred property, not securing genuine maintenance.
The Kerala High Court closed suo motu proceedings after police confirmed an Indian Coast Guard helicopter had strayed over Sabarimala due to adverse weather, with a crime already registered and investigation under way.
A 24-year-old whose right leg was amputated above the knee in a 2008 road accident receives a near-trebled award after the Kerala High Court applies a lifetime replacement formula for prosthetic limbs.
A Division Bench set aside a District Magistrate's order refusing parole to a life convict, holding that unsubstantiated apprehension of village unrest is no ground to deny temporary release under the Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners Act.
The Gauhati High Court has issued a Standard Operating Procedure mandating Monday and Friday video-conferencing hearings, 50% staff rosters, e-Office file movement, and car-pooling for judges, operative until 26 June 2026.
Rajasthan High Court held that two Bangladeshi approvers in an illegal kidney transplantation case could not remain in custody after their statements were recorded, when all principal accused had already been bailed out.
The Kerala High Court held that a Sessions Judge was wrong to bar defence counsel from using Section 161 CrPC statements to contradict prosecution witnesses during cross-examination, calling the restriction illegal and directing the recall
The Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur enhanced compensation under the Fatal Accident Act after a man died touching a snapped AVVNL wire, holding the trial court's award wholly symbolic and oblivious to the family's prolonged displacement.
A PIL challenged the removal of the National Emblem at Itwari Bazar, Betul; the Jabalpur bench directed the Municipal Corporation to reinstall it with full respect after construction work is completed.
Gujarat High Court holds that primary teachers in Botad District are entitled to actual arrears of first higher grade pay from date of entitlement, rejecting the State's notional-treatment restriction under the 2022 Government Resolution.
Justice Sudeepti Sharma dismissed a contempt petition alleging violation of Supreme Court’s demolition directions, finding the structure stood on a public street expressly excluded from those safeguards.
The Gujarat High Court set aside a sessions court's refusal to discharge an accused under Sections 363 and 366 IPC, holding that a victim's voluntary departure negates the essential ingredient of kidnapping.
Justice Anoop Chitkara reduced a cheque-dishonour convict's sentence to time already served, holding that imprisonment for non-payment of compensation must be proportionate to the money unpaid and consistent with Article 14.
The Lucknow Bench held that Section 36A(1)(d) of the NDPS Act is pari materia with Section 44(1)(b) of PMLA, making the pre-cognizance hearing proviso under BNSS Section 223 equally applicable to NCB complaints filed after 1 July 2024.
The Allahabad High Court has stayed complaint proceedings against Reliance Bio Energy Limited before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hapur, after the company deposited the full penalty and was permitted to resume operations.
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.
The Jharkhand High Court held that a law graduate's enrolment application had already cleared all requirements before she joined the High Court as a Law Researcher, and directed immediate issuance of her enrolment certificate effective 15 O
The Patna High Court, invoking Articles 14 and 21, pressed Bihar's Agriculture Department to reach farmers who missed the DBT portal deadline for Kharif 2025 crop damage relief.
Justice Ritesh Kumar held that the State's Pay Verification Cell could not slash a retired university employee's pay scale without notice, and directed refund of Rs 22,08,744 adjusted from his post-retirement dues.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 tha
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 dela
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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-re
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.
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 ch
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.
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.
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
