High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
A Division Bench applied the twin-prong test under Section 43-D(5) of the UAPA to deny bail to an accused who allegedly supplied weapons used in the killing of Comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu.
Justice R. Kalaimathi dismissed the producer's appeal after personally viewing the film, holding that the CBFC's refusal was reasoned and that the offending content ran through the film making cuts impractical.
The Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur released four accused in a cyber-fraud FIR on bail, attaching twelve conditions covering digital assets, VPN use, and device disclosure.
The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging ward delimitation of Nagar Palika Todabhim, holding that Section 9 of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 mandates population as the basis for ward division, not the number of registered voters.
The Orissa High Court set aside a 2003 life-sentence conviction under Section 302 IPC, finding the prosecution case riddled with reasonable doubt after key witnesses resiled and ocular evidence contradicted itself.
The Orissa High Court rejected the State of Odisha's challenge to a direction to pay an employee's withheld salary, holding that denial of wages violates the right to livelihood under Article 21.
Patna High Court quashes a Sessions Court order directing CBI to independently investigate a custodial death case, holding only constitutional courts hold that power.
Uttarakhand High Court dismisses quashing petitions filed by an absconding accused and his daughters in a cheating case involving Patanjali Ayurveda and Divya Pharmacy, holding the power of attorney route impermissible.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court set aside a preventive detention order under the PITNDPS Act, holding that the detaining authority failed to explain why prior security proceedings under Section 129 BNSS were insufficient.
Ten petitioners who failed the HCS preliminary examination challenged seven disputed questions; Justice Jagmohan Bansal found no glaring error and declined to substitute expert opinion.
Three candidates cleared in a forensic OMR inquiry still lost their appointment claim after the High Court held that exoneration from malpractice creates no vested right to selection.
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh set aside a Sessions Court transfer dismissal, finding the judge ignored a woman's 100-km travel burden and threats from the complainant.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed dowry harassment proceedings against a husband residing in Australia, holding that the complainant's own deposition in an earlier trial effectively exonerated him.
Justice Krishna Rao held that the UGC Fee Refund Policy 2024-25 entitled the petitioner to a full refund, and that withholding original degree certificates to enforce a disputed bond debt is void as against public policy.
A general notice by Northern Railways asking occupants at Jharipani, Mussoorie to vacate within 30 days was quashed for lacking any statutory basis and violating due process.
Justice Deepak Gupta dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of an advocate accused of fabricating a Punjab and Haryana High Court bail order and cheating complainants of over ₹10.92 lakh.
A Division Bench at Jodhpur reversed a Single Judge's order that had quashed an Indian Air Force transfer signal, holding that the posting policy is merely administrative guidance and creates no enforceable right.
A Division Bench found that environmental, forest, wildlife, and infrastructure concerns at Kottiyoor Temple require coordinated statutory action before the next festival season.
A five-judge Larger Bench of the Madras High Court has set aside an embargo on leave applications under the Tamil Nadu Suspension of Sentence Rules, 1982, holding that pendency of an appeal is no automatic bar.
A Jodhpur liquor vend licensee won interim relief from a Division Bench after the District Excise Officer's affidavit confirmed the relocation stayed within the same cluster under excise policy.
Justice B M Shyam Prasad granted status quo on a 2,484.81 sq m civic amenity site after finding the allotment resolution preceded the close of the application window.
The Kerala High Court held that Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act bars remarriage only when an appeal is filed within limitation, not after condonation of delay.
The Calcutta High Court quashed an attachment order against a woman not named in any FIR, holding that mandatory notice under Section 107(2) and (3) of the BNSS was never served on her.
The Gujarat High Court held that GPSC exam instructions are not a statutory promulgation under Section 188 IPC, and that sharing a question paper photograph cannot attract Section 66-E of the IT Act.
