High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
Latest from the courts Meghalaya High Court Registers Suo Motu PIL on FSL Delays and Digital Police Portal After Supreme Court Directions Article · 07 Jul 2026
A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere has taken up FSL infrastructure gaps and status-report sharing in criminal cases, impleading central and state forensic directorates.
The Calcutta High Court dismissed an appeal against an eviction decree, holding that holding over created a fresh monthly tenancy validly terminated by a 2003 notice, and that a Commercial Courts objection raised post-decree was untenable.
The Orissa High Court dismissed the State's appeal, holding that a police recruit's negative disclosure in her Verification Roll was not false because she genuinely had no knowledge of the cases against her.
A Division Bench led by the Chief Justice found police at Pirahat Station had treated a minor child in conflict with law contrary to the Juvenile Justice Act and Odisha Rules, prompting conversion to a PIL.
A Division Bench held that a 1913 sale deed by the Municipal Board itself, 74 years of abadi revenue entries, and promissory estoppel barred Nagar Nigam Varanasi from invoking a Fasli 1291 pond record against a hotel project.
Shiv Kumar was 16 years old when convicted under IPC Sections 363, 366-A and 376. A 2025 age enquiry proved he was below 18 on the date of the offence in 1999, entitling him to the lighter sentencing regime of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000.
The court found passport records, immigration data, and WhatsApp video calls with close relatives sufficient to conclude that Devinder Kaur is alive and residing in Canada.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court upheld the husband's conviction under Section 304B IPC but reduced his sentence from life imprisonment to 10 years, while acquitting his parents for absence of substantive evidence against them.
The Calcutta High Court set aside a Railway Claims Tribunal dismissal, holding that a police seizure list recording recovery of a journey ticket from a deceased passenger's body was sufficient to establish an untoward incident under the Railways Act.
Justice Sanjiv Kumar dismissed the criminal appeal of Lekhpal Mahesh Chand, upholding his conviction for accepting Rs. 300 as illegal gratification in a 1977 Vigilance trap case.
A Rajasthan HC Division Bench directed the State to immediately clear encroachments on nalas and catchment areas feeding the Ramgarh lake, Kukas dam, and Nevta dam, ahead of monsoon.
Petitioners could not show how they came to occupy CDLB and CPT quarters at Brook Lane, Garden Reach; Aadhaar cards alone held insufficient to establish possession.
Granting bail to an NDPS accused, Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand raised a jurisdictional question on whether a Judicial Magistrate can hear bail applications when Special Courts are constituted under the NDPS Act.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court found a flagrant violation of natural justice where a temporary Fair Price shop dealer's authorisation was cancelled without any inquiry or opportunity of hearing.
The Gauhati High Court quashed Section 145/146 CrPC proceedings where the complainant's own petition before the Magistrate conceded that the petitioner was in possession of the disputed land.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that an accused's right to travel abroad for a family function cannot be denied solely because the purpose is social or celebratory in nature.
The High Court at Calcutta held that SBI officers have no enforceable right to expense reimbursements, and withholding those reimbursements from officers who skip mandatory learning is not arbitrary.
The Allahabad High Court set aside convictions under Sections 302, 498A and 323 IPC after finding the viscera report inadmissible and the Section 313 examination fatally defective.
The Jharkhand High Court dismissed a writ petition against an eviction order, finding the petitioner's 1941 Kurfanama collusive and possession of disputed land for 12 years not established under the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, 1949.
The Rajasthan High Court directed suspension of two revenue officers at Nadoti, Karauli, after they admitted in open court that encroachments remained despite repeated removal orders.
Justice Sandeep Marne dismissed a challenge to the Cooperation Minister's order, holding that post-registration events cannot constitute misrepresentation under Section 21A of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act.
Justice Sanjay Dhar dismissed a habeas corpus petition against a PSA detention order, holding that pending criminal prosecution does not bar recourse to preventive detention where public order is threatened.
The Patna High Court declined to treat a writ petition as PIL, finding its challenge to Adani Power's 2,400 MW Bihar project approval, tariff, and land lease allegations vague and unsupported.
Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal directed the Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation, to file a comprehensive affidavit on action taken against establishments lacking sanctioned building plans, parking facilities, and fire safety clearances.
