High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
Patna High Court restrains print, digital and social media from imputing guilt to an accused in a Bihar vigilance case, citing fair trial rights and sub-judice status.
Bihar Gramin Bank's dismissal of a Branch Manager for alleged caste misrepresentation fails as the bank never produced appointment documents or got the caste certificate cancelled.
Punjab & Haryana High Court sets aside two concurrent decrees, holds the State cannot perfect title over private land by adverse possession and directs compensation at fair market price.
The Division Bench held that because the District Assistant Registrar exercised statutory powers under the Uttarakhand Co-operative Societies Act to direct termination, the writ petition was maintainable and wrongly dismissed.
The Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur ordered the Superintendent of Police and SHO, Kotdi to act within 15 days to restore possession of a mortgaged property to Roha Housing Finance after borrowers broke back in.
A Division Bench dismissed a minor's RTE admission petition after a State inspection found no evidence of actual residence at the address submitted, revealing four conflicting addresses across documents.
The Gujarat High Court disposed of a special criminal application after noting that remission proceedings were already underway, directing a decision within six months.
The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed a revision against a trial court's refusal to compel an indigent plaintiff to deposit court fee mid-trial, holding the defendants had skipped the mandatory first step.
The Uttarakhand High Court partly allowed a Section 482 CrPC petition, holding that summoning under Section 354A IPC and Sections 11/12 POCSO was unsustainable where the complainant's own recorded statements lacked the required ingredients.
A Calcutta High Court Division Bench found SIT interrogations insufficient and directed all collected materials to be placed before it in a sealed cover on the next date.
The High Court of Jharkhand condoned a 1,374-day delay, enhanced victim compensation fivefold, and directed the State to clear pending medical bills for a male acid attack survivor.
Justice Rahul Bharti directed the Principal District Judge, Samba to attempt reconciliation before proceeding on a divorce petition, faulting the court for bypassing Section 23(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act.
Patna High Court rejects anticipatory bail for a truck owner whose vehicle carried 3,200 bottles of Eskuf Codeine Syrup, holding that NDPS Act controls possession of codeine preparations regardless of concentration.
Bombay High Court rules that the Competent Authority under the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act has full power to examine the legality of dues demanded before ordering eviction of an allottee.
The Uttarakhand High Court set aside an award against the Power Corporation, holding that liability under the Employees Compensation Act can only be fastened on the actual employer of the deceased.
The Gujarat High Court quashed an abetment-of-suicide FIR against a power-of-attorney holder, finding that lodging complaints under the Land Grabbing Act and for forgery cannot constitute instigation.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Gwalior directed the Board to issue a fresh Class X mark-sheet correcting a date of birth wrongly entered due to an inadvertent clerical error, overriding a three-year limitation bar.
The Orissa High Court set aside production warrant and police remand orders in an NDPS case, finding the trial court acted in defiance of a subsisting High Court protection order.
Health Workers appointed after 2013 cannot claim Grade Pay of Rs. 2800 given to pre-2013 colleagues under a court judgment, the Uttarakhand High Court has held.
The Orissa High Court dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a husband seeking his wife's return, finding she had voluntarily left home and imposing Rs 50,000 costs on the petitioner.
Justice S Vishwajith Shetty granted bail to a 28-year-old man charged under POCSO and BNS after finding the victim and accused had married in a temple and lived together consensually.
The Jabalpur Bench restored a dismissed criminal miscellaneous case but declined to continue the stay on an arrest warrant, citing repeated non-appearance by the petitioner's counsel.
A Bihar joint venture's writ petition challenging technical disqualification from PHED tenders was dismissed, with the court refusing to substitute its assessment for that of the Tender Evaluation Committee.
A Rajasthan High Court Division Bench set aside a Single Judge remand, ruling that a Commission of Inquiry report cannot revive a land dispute settled by a revenue court in 1978.
