High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
Allahabad High Court dismisses second appeal, ruling that an auction purchaser who bought property during a pending specific performance suit takes it subject to that suit's outcome.
The High Court quashed a Drugs and Cosmetics Act complaint where the Central Drugs Laboratory never received the sample, the drug expired in 2012, and cognizance was taken only in 2020.
Justice Sumeet Goel granted interim bail to an undertrial held for over 18 months under the NDPS Act and directed Haryana's DGP to appear personally to explain why police witnesses repeatedly defy trial court warrants.
Justice Sanjay Dhar set aside a Family Court order transferring custody to the father, holding that the mother's misconduct did not outweigh the children's welfare in Kashmir.
A PIL challenging a Ministry of Home Affairs circular that allegedly relegated Tamil Nadu's State song became infructuous after revised administrative orders restored its ceremonial primacy.
Justice Jay Sengupta set aside statements of allegations carrying stale, vague charges against two Bagnan College professors, finding the entire exercise smacked of personal vendetta by the Principal.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court dismissed an eviction appeal, holding that tenancy rights accruing after the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 came into force attract Section 2(g)'s five-year moratorium, and post-death rent receipts alone cannot create a fresh tenancy.
Justice Abhay Ahuja directed that once an officer orders issuance of a probate grant, the Registry must not entertain any Caveat or cross Petition unless specifically directed by the Court.
A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court took suo moto cognisance of news reports describing inadequate facilities in girls' hostels across Maharashtra and appointed an Amicus Curiae to assist the Court.
The Karnataka High Court held that a civic authority cannot demand free land for road widening as a post-facto condition for granting an occupancy certificate when no such requirement existed at the building licence stage.
Justice Sandeep Marne dismisses MCGM's challenge, holding that Community Health Volunteers engaged for over 38 years qualify as "employees" under the Minimum Wages Act regardless of their designation as volunteers.
The Allahabad High Court found that the UP government executed a registered sale deed for temple land adjacent to Ram Janma Bhoomi, took immediate possession, then refused to pay the agreed Rs 1.38 crore consideration.
The Madurai Bench set aside a trial court order directing DNA testing in a Section 495 IPC case, holding that paternity is neither an ingredient of bigamy offences nor a fact directly in issue.
The court held that Rule 9 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970 does not permit a fresh inquiry once an Inquiry Officer has submitted findings of exoneration.
A NEET-UG 2026 candidate's EWS certificate was held up due to a name discrepancy in his mother's voter records; Calcutta High Court intervened a day before document verification.
Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh held that the petition challenging Sunil Kamble's 2024 assembly win failed to plead material facts required under Section 83 of the Representation of the People Act.
A Division Bench at Cuttack declined to immediately appoint a judicial probe but directed the Rayagada SP and two Sarpanchs to conduct a joint spot visit and file a report.
The Gujarat High Court refused to quash an FIR against journalist Ravi Nair, holding that a prior defamation complaint by Adani Ports did not bar a separate FIR for cognizable offences.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court held that a paid-parking licence granted by the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh is a lease attracting stamp duty, but the Collector under Section 31 cannot impose penalty or direct recovery.
A Division Bench dismissed a writ petition by a declared foreign national held at Matia Holding Centre, refusing bail and rejecting claims under the Citizenship Amendment Act and Immigration and Foreigners Order 2025.
Justice Alok Kumar Pandey of the Patna High Court dismissed a quashing petition, holding that failure to pay Rs. 90.20 lakh under a land sale agreement discloses no criminal offence.
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a second appeal, holding that without consecration of any idol of Lord Rama, no juristic person ever came into existence to sustain the suit.
Allahabad High Court dismisses a Class IV employee's challenge to compulsory retirement, holding that promotion in 2000 did not erase adverse ACR entries relevant to his forced exit in 2005.
The Madras High Court has stayed investigation in a DVAC case against a Karur fitness centre operator who was arrested at the prison gate immediately after being released on bail in a separate case, even though he was not named as an accused in the new FIR.
