High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
The Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench held the trial court's acquittal perverse, finding the child victim's testimony trustworthy and corroborated by medical evidence and a discovery panchanama.
The Patna High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging a blacklisting order against a Mumbai-based firm that allegedly submitted fabricated bank statements and placement records under the DDU-GKY skill scheme.
A Division Bench dismissed Patanjali Foods' writ appeal, holding the cancellation of its Suryapet factory zone was contractually justified after years of non-compliance and unsatisfactory plantation performance.
The Bombay High Court resolved a contempt petition over withheld RTE dues but warned that indefinite administrative inaction undermines the statute's social welfare purpose.
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav declined bail to wrestler Sushil Kumar in the 2021 Chhatrasal Stadium murder case, holding that hostile witness testimony alone does not constitute a change in circumstances after the Supreme Court cancelled his earlier bail.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court dismissed a petition challenging the rejection of a voluntary retirement application, holding Rule 75(aaaa) of the WBSR bars such claims for medical education service members.
Justice N. Tukaramji declines to quash trespass, theft and criminal conspiracy proceedings against D. Suresh Babu and four others, holding disputed facts must go to trial.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a habeas corpus challenge, holding that the Advisory Board's opinion is required only for confirmation, not for arrest under a detention order.
A Division Bench upheld directions to honour a highest e-auction bid for a Mansarovar commercial plot, finding the Minister's unilateral cancellation arbitrary and the Board's post-facto approval a paper formality.
A Division Bench of the Jharkhand High Court held that the Bachelor of Computer Application degree belongs to the Science stream under the 2014 UGC Notification, which it read as clarificatory rather than prospective.
A GREF officer challenged his Memorandum of Charges on the ground that the preceding Court of Inquiry violated Rule 180 of the Army Rules; Justice Sanjay Dhar dismissed the petition, holding the Army Rules provision inapplicable where the CCS(CCA) Rules govern the proceedings.
Justice Vikram Aggarwal has asked Chandigarh to file an affidavit and required parties to address the maintainability of a quashing petition after the petitioner's anticipatory bail was already rejected.
The High Court of Meghalaya dismissed bail applications by two teachers at BDW International School charged under the POCSO Act for sexually assaulting a five-year-old pupil on four occasions inside the school premises.
A Division Bench rules that the State of UP, having withdrawn its challenge to an earlier adverse judgment, cannot revive the same grounds to deny appointment to selected librarians.
A Division Bench dissolves a marriage and directs a contractual government doctor to pay ₹90 lakh in permanent alimony, holding that loan repayments for asset creation cannot erode a husband's maintenance duty.
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy directs Nakkeeran editor Gopal to appear before Cyber Crime police on 13 August 2026, while declining to bar police from acting against a registered accused.
Himachal Pradesh High Court grants bail to Kazeema Sheikh, sister-in-law of deceased Aashima, finding no specific allegation against her in the deceased's own suicide note.
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh found prima facie ambiguity in applying the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act to a doctor who was himself a victim, and granted anticipatory bail with conditions.
The Bombay High Court's Kolhapur Circuit Bench has flagged cracked ceilings, tilting pillars, and water seepage at the 12th-century Kopeshwar Temple, and questioned whether heritage funds are being diverted to unrelated public works.
Justice A. J. Bhambhani held that the Sentence Review Board's repeated, copy-paste rejections relying solely on offence gravity violated Article 21 and the Delhi remission policy, and directed immediate release of both petitioners.
Petitioners from the Mysore and Sandur royal families sought deletion of Section 5(ii) of the Hindu Succession Act as unconstitutional; the Karnataka High Court dismissed the challenge, relying on Supreme Court precedent.
The Madurai Bench held that a Bar Association's rules cannot be deemed amended to enforce 'One Bar, One Vote' when the Association itself has never passed such a resolution.
The Calcutta High Court set aside a Child Welfare Committee order declaring a newborn abandoned and his parents incapacitated, finding the committee bypassed due process and gave the biological mother no hearing before proceeding to adoption.
A Division Bench of the Patna High Court dismissed a woman's appeal against a Family Court decree that found no valid Hindu marriage with her late husband's younger brother, holding that absence of saptapadi proof was fatal to her claim.
