Corruption Charge Not Proved, Yet Employee Removed: Delhi HC Sets Aside Penalty, Directs Reinstatement
The Court held that path from the proved fact of transfer of Rs 75,000 to the conclusion of bribery remains unexplained.
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Delhi HC Dismisses Challenge to AITA Elections; Orders Fresh Polls Under National Sports Governance Act, 2025
Delhi High Court held in view of the subsequent enactment of the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, the issue raised with regard to non-compliance of the Sports Code, 2011 has become academic and ordered fresh elections and appointed Administrator.
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Delhi HC Upholds Mandatory Driving License Rule for Male SI Candidates
The Court ruled that requirement is non-discriminatory and rejects candidate’s plea for relaxation despite COVID-related delay in obtaining license.
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Jail Visitor’s Room Not Conducive Environment for Effective Lawyer—Client Communication; Delhi HC grants Parole to POCSO Convict to File SLP
The Court noted that mechanical police objections without substantive reasoning cannot be a valid ground to deny parole.
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Speech does not explicitly call for any offences: Allahabad HC refuses registration of FIR against Rahul Gandhi for “fight against Indian State” remark
The High Court further noted that the complete extracts of the alleged speech had neither been brought before it nor before the trial and appellate court.
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Karnataka HC Sends Ranveer Singh to Temple Over Kantara Mimicry Row
In the present case, an FIR was filed against Ranveer Singh for allegedly mimicking the Daiva possession scene from the film Kantara during an event at IFFI, which was claimed to have hurt religious and cultural sentiments.
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Rajasthan High Court Dismisses 23 Year-Old Plea Challenging Labour Court’s Award on Regularisation
In the present case, the petitioner sought regularisation and benefits from 1 April 1983, and the Board claimed that the date from which he was entitled was 1 April 1989.
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Affected persons not rehabilitated even after 20+ years of Narmada Dam: Madhya Pradesh HC directs Additional Chief Secretary to address Medha Patkar’s suggestions, concerns
A PIL was filed by Medha Patkar in 2024 seeking registration of land plots allotted to persons displaced by the Narmada Dam project, since the allotment letters had not been registered as formal title deeds since 20+ years.
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Deliberate non-employment by qualified wife to burden husband: Ground to deny maintenance: Allahabad HC
The appellant is a gynecologist and is capable of earning handsomely in her line of expertise.
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Congress Leader Challenges BJP MLA Pratima Bagri’s Scheduled Caste Certificate; MP HC Orders Scrutiny
Congress Leader Pradeep Ahirwar had filed a complaint against BJP MLA Pratima Bagri questioning the validity of her Scheduled Caste Certificate.
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Auction Value is Final: Madras HC Bars Stamp Duty Reassessment on Sale Certificates
Section 47-A held inapplicable to statutory and court-supervised auctions, ruling that sale certificates are transfers by operation of law—not conveyances—and cannot be reopened for undervaluation by registering authorities.
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Andhra Pradesh High Court invokes “Ardhangini” concept to appoint wife as guardian of comatose husband
In exercise of parens patriae jurisdiction, Court permits operation of bank account for medical needs; frames interim safeguards in absence of statutory mechanism.
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Is Sharing Live Location with Investigating Officer a Valid Bail Condition? Karnataka High Court answers
In the present case, the petitioner was granted anticipatory bail with a condition to keep his location on, on his mobile and share the live location with the investigating officer.
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Prima facie illegal mining and transport of minerals: Meghalaya HC takes suo motu cognizance; issues interim safeguards
“Mining operations are expected to follow approved plans, which include environmental mitigation, ensuring sustainability, i.e., scientific and planned utilisation of resources.”
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Dishonest Adoption and Suppression of Prior Rights Vitiate Trademark Registration; Delhi HC Orders Rectification of ‘S.S. WHITE’ Mark Registration
“An applicant cannot be permitted to reap the benefit of an illegality, as any such registration would be nothing but the fruits of a poisonous tree.”
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Patna HC Sets Aside POCSO Conviction, Rules Expression “Bad Work” is Insufficient to Presume Penetrative Sexual Assault
“Merely on the presence of semen on the pant of the victim and on the basis of the ocular evidence that some ‘bad work’ was done, it cannot be presumed that penetrative sexual assault to some extent was committed upon her.”
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Delhi High Court stays arbitral award concerning IRCTC’s policy on revision of catering licence fee
The Court granted interim protection to IRCTC, holding that tariff-linked revision of licence fee raises a prima facie case and warrants a stay on the arbitral findings impacting IRCTC’s policy framework.
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“From 2046 to July 2026”: Bombay HC recalls and corrects earlier adjournment of defamation suit
In a procedural clarification, the Bombay High Court directed corrections to its earlier order and reiterated that the defamation suit, already deferred until 2046, must be read together with the corrected order.
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Explained | Why Delhi HC Upheld Acquittal Despite Holding Stranger Grabbing Minor’s Hand at Night Constitute Criminal Force Under Section 354 IPC
The Court observed that the conduct of the accused, being a stranger, approaching the victim at night while she was returning from a common washroom, and catching hold of her hand without her consent, would certainly amount to use of criminal force.
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“Court Not a ‘Post Office’ Bound to Continue Groundless Trial”: Calcutta High Court Quashes Section 138 NI Act Proceedings Against Non-Signatory Legal Heir
The Court observed that Criminal liability is not a heritable estate. The “legal fiction” created under Section 138 is restricted to the “drawer” of the instrument.
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