High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
A thirteen-year-old EWS student rusticated after missing one exam was allowed back in Class-VIII; the court found the school's action illegal under Delhi's own school education rules.
The Gujarat High Court overturned a district court's bail refusal, ruling that unproved antecedents and caste-insult allegations via video did not justify continued detention.
The Jharkhand High Court held that an SDO's mistake in issuing a caste certificate in the husband's name cannot cost a qualified SC candidate her appointment after she scored above the cut-off.
The Telangana High Court held that children of Central Government employees transferred outside the State cannot be excluded from local candidature for MBBS/BDS admissions under the 2017 Rules.
A Division Bench held that the Union of India, as a model employer, cannot treat one ad hoc doctor differently when all 25 were assessed and recommended by UPSC on identical terms.
The Telangana High Court dismissed GHMC's applications to condone delays of 820 and 794 days in filing writ appeals, finding election duties and staff transfers insufficient cause.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court upheld an employee's right to exercise a 15% pay-hike option late, holding that mere website publication of an office order with financial implications is not valid constructive notice.
A disabled MBBS student already in his third year was declared ineligible without reasons or assessment of assistive devices; the Rajasthan High Court found that legally indefensible.
Justice Anish Dayal held that ECIR/DLZO-II/72/2021 could not survive once the EOW's cancellation report in the sole predicate FIR was accepted, and that a belated addendum adding an older, unrelated FIR was legally unsustainable.
The Allahabad High Court found that 63 of 92 sanctioned posts in U.P.'s GST Appellate Tribunal remain vacant, and dismissed repeated circulars as insufficient compliance.
Himachal Pradesh High Court sets aside rejection of a woman candidate who married after applying for Van Mitra post, holding her BPL and residence status must be assessed as on the application date.
A Division Bench dismissed a writ challenge to the Tribunal's refusal to reconfigure a 2016 Junior Engineers recruitment merit list, rejecting arguments that reserved category candidates who took relaxed personality-test marks could not occupy unreserved vacancies.
A West Champaran man ranked third on the merit list lost a PDS shop licence because his computer certificate came from an institution in Nepal, not a Government-recognised body in India.
Two government school teachers posted on deputation during pending transfer proceedings secured a Patna High Court order directing their cases to the District Establishment Committee under the Bihar State Teachers Transfer Rules, 2026.
A Division Bench declined to compel Tamil Nadu to file a curative petition in a child murder acquittal, holding that litigation decisions are executive discretion, not a duty amenable to mandamus.
Justice Mandeep Pannu set aside a seven-year conviction under Section 304-B IPC, holding that the deceased's own dying declaration and a chain of circumstances created reasonable doubt.
A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court set aside a life sentence under Section 304 IPC, finding the dying declaration unreliable because it was recorded in the presence of the deceased's relatives.
The Orissa High Court found forensic evidence of mark manipulation in a District Judge written examination, directing a fresh interview for a candidate wrongly excluded from selection.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed HPSC's mid-process order fixing interview cut-offs for 189 teaching faculty posts, holding it an unlawful change to the rules of the game.
The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court dismissed a husband's appeal against a divorce decree as infructuous after the wife had already remarried, and called for an amendment to Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
The Rajasthan High Court directed CPWD to accept an offline appeal after a contractor's technical bid rejection, citing ambiguous portal instructions and the maxim ubi jus ibi remedium.
A Division Bench upheld the 1988 Sessions Court conviction of Jabir for murder and attempt to murder, finding injured witnesses credible and common intention under Section 34 IPC established.
Allahabad High Court holds that after 2014 Rules, minimum typing speed is an eligibility condition for Junior Assistant promotion, not merely a later-stage test.
Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) set aside a Minimum Wages Authority order directing SBI to pay Rs 77 lakh to 69 ATM caretakers classified as watch-and-ward personnel, holding the finding lacked evidentiary basis.
