High Court judgments and orders from across India, with the legal point made clear.
The Allahabad High Court held that Special Teachers appointed under the IEDC Scheme cannot be denied pay parity with regular teachers, rejecting the State's contractual-appointment defence.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court confirmed a daughter's absolute title over a Chennai property settled by her father during divorce proceedings, rejecting claims that the property formed part of a joint family estate.
The Division Bench cited over four years of incarceration, the bail granted to main accused Baba Rampal, and completion of examination of 49 material witnesses to set aside the trial court's refusal.
A Division Bench set aside a 12-year sentence, holding that a dying declaration recorded by an unauthorised police officer, riddled with time contradictions and unsupported by both key witnesses, could not safely ground conviction.
A Division Bench found the Governor's order under Article 161 recorded the petitioner's imprisonment as two years when the jail report showed four years and six months.
Patna High Court dismisses writ petition of sole bidder in BUIDCo storm water drainage tender, holding no enforceable right to contract arises absent a Letter of Acceptance.
A Division Bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed the State's appeal against Ram Lal's acquittal, holding that a second search option given by the Gazetted Officer violated Section 50 of the NDPS Act.
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a PIL alleging non-vegetarian shop-keepers were being coerced to shut during Kanwar Yatra, finding the petition mala fide and designed for publicity.
Justice R.K. Pattanaik granted pre-arrest bail to fourteen petitioners facing CID CB fraud cases rooted in false accident compensation claims, finding no justified demand for custodial interrogation.
The Lucknow Bench held that the 18-month period for settlement orders starts from first allotment to an Interim Board, not from a subsequent administrative transfer between boards.
Justice Prafulla Khubhalkar holds that slogan-raising at a commemoration and downloading books supporting Maoist ideology do not prima facie constitute an offence, granting interim protection to the applicant.
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a writ petition by an existing petrol pump owner who sought to block a new outlet nearby, holding that competing business interest confers no locus standi under Article 226.
Quashing orders from 1972 and 1978, the Allahabad High Court held that continuous Khatauni records spanning multiple Faslis could not be displaced by a single Khasra entry or a Section 145 CrPC order.
The Orissa High Court quashed a no-confidence proceeding against a Sarpanch, ruling the prescribed authority failed to serve the requisition and proposed resolution as mandated by the Odisha Grama Panchayats Act.
Eight NEET UG 2026 candidates who filed their application forms as General or OBC-NCL sought EWS reservation at counselling using certificates obtained after 1 April 2026. The Calcutta High Court refused.
Himachal Pradesh High Court dismisses a Medical Officer's plea to retain Government Accommodation at Hamirpur, finding he occupied earmarked quarters for over ten years while also drawing a second Government residence at Shimla.
The Allahabad High Court held that Sunworld City Pvt. Ltd. is entitled to zero period benefit under the Government Order of 27 October 2023, while finding both YEIDA and the developer in default over a decade-long residential township dispute.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court refused to quash criminal proceedings against three directors of Corona Remedies Pvt. Ltd., holding that their vicarious liability under Section 34 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act must be decided at trial.
The High Court of Kerala quashed a criminal defamation complaint against the Chief Editor, Editor, and Reporter of Malayala Manorama who published a news item about an excise arrest, holding that reporting an official act without culpable intent cannot ground criminal defamation.
Applying Section 497 of the BNSS for the first time in the context of a cyber-fraud search and seizure, the Karnataka High Court directed a Bengaluru magistrate to decide a pending custody application within one week.
A Dainik Jagaran report of children agitating before the District Collector over a broken village road prompted the Allahabad High Court to register a PIL on 14 August 2026.
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh set aside a show cause notice issued by a Judicial Magistrate to the District Collector, Shopian, finding the Magistrate had exceeded jurisdictional authority in a Section 125 CrPC maintenance enforcement matter.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court quashed a 2017 FIR against three persons who joined a protest march but were specifically identified by the complainant as having stood beside the SDM and attempted to protect teachers from the mob.
The Lucknow Bench directed specific posts in the Oudh Bar Association to be reserved for women candidates in 2026 and on a rolling rotation, implementing Supreme Court orders from SLP(C) No. 1404 of 2025.
