High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
Justice Milind N. Jadhav quashed a decade-old criminal intimidation FIR, finding a 19-year-old XII standard student had no criminal intent when confronted by a mob at a chawl in Dadar.
Justice Uday Kumar quashed proceedings against a Territorial Army soldier stationed in Imphal, certified absent on the date of the alleged Hooghly assault, while allowing trial to continue against his co-petitioner brother.
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court dismissed a petition challenging the rejection of a plea to defer a Section 138 NI Act conviction appeal, holding that an appellant need not appear personally when counsel is on record.
The Division Bench found prima facie material linking the appellant to a terror conspiracy via car supply and a pre-blast meeting, while separately directing formation of two exclusive UAPA courts in Tamil Nadu.
The Kerala High Court held that grounds of arrest must be communicated to relatives before production even before a non-jurisdictional Magistrate, vitiated three NCB arrests under Article 22(1).
The Lucknow Bench declined to exercise writ jurisdiction over the demolition of a building where 15 persons died in a fire, citing disputed facts and an available statutory appeal under Section 27(2).
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court affirmed eviction of a husband who failed to prove financial dependence on or ordinary residence with his deceased wife-tenant at the suit premises.
Despite the State filing an SLP before the Supreme Court, the Orissa High Court refused to halt contempt proceedings against the retired Director General of Police, issuing a show cause notice under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act.
Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta quashed a criminal complaint alleging fraud and threat, finding it legally impossible after one accused had died years before the alleged offence.
The Delhi High Court converted a writ petition challenging mandatory biometric attendance for public prosecutors into a representation, directing the government to decide it within four weeks.
Justice Sanjay Dhar set aside a two-year sentence against a Block Development Office clerk, holding the trial court's verdict was perverse and internally contradictory on every essential ingredient of the corruption charge.
Justice Sanjay Dhar held that a positive DNA report alone cannot justify continued incarceration when the prosecutrix denied assault in court and her age at the time of the alleged incident remained genuinely debatable.
Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal directed NIC's Deputy Director General to integrate MedLEaPR and forensic lab data into CIS so trial Magistrates can access records directly.
The Bombay High Court's Nagpur Bench upheld police refusal of a proposed Kavad Yatra route, holding that no fundamental right entitles an organiser to insist on a particular road for a religious procession.
Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha modified a Family Court order that cut off maintenance once Raghav Lahre turned 18, holding disability must govern entitlement, not age alone.
A Karnataka High Court Division Bench dismissed a husband's appeal against a divorce decree, holding that prolonged discord, failed reconciliation, and admitted habits cumulatively established mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia).
The Orissa High Court confirmed conviction for wife-murder and partial acquittal for assault charges, but replaced the death sentence with life imprisonment carrying a 35-year remission bar.
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file a comprehensive affidavit disclosing EWS and disadvantaged-group admissions across all private schools, aided and unaided, statewide.
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court rejected a PIL on IFCI's NSE share divestment after finding the petitioner had hidden a prior Bombay High Court writ and made a false sworn averment.
Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra found a pro se petitioner's review pleadings contemptuous of a Single Judge and directed registration of a criminal contempt petition.
The Rajasthan High Court's Division Bench set aside a Single Judge order and directed CSIR-CEERI to consider Umesh Singh for compassionate appointment, ruling that survival on meagre pension is not proof that a family's financial crisis has ended.
The Calcutta High Court reversed a Railway Claims Tribunal order and held that the deceased Baptu Pal was a bona fide passenger, awarding his family Rs. 8 lakh with interest under Section 124A of the Railways Act 1989.
Justice Vijaykumar A. Patil declined to cancel bail for accused in the Ashraf lynching case but found the Sessions Court erred in not notifying the victim's next of kin before granting bail.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that transporting bovines without permission does not automatically constitute a public order threat justifying preventive detention under the PSA.
