High Courts

In a recent ruling of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Sanjay Vashisth took strong exception to the increasing trend of lawyers relying on their mobile phones during court proceedings to look up legal information online. The Court observed that such conduct disrupts the decorum of proceedings and reflects inadequate preparation on the part […]

The Bombay High Court has raised serious concerns about the state government's plan to allocate nearly 33 acres of prime government land in the upscale Cuffe Parade and Colaba areas of South Mumbai. Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Aarti Sathe expressed shock over the decision to allow slum dwellers, who had encroached upon this valuable

The Allahabad High Court has rejected an application seeking recall of its March 2025 judgment that had upheld the petitioner’s conviction in a 1982 murder case. A Bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Praveen Kumar Giri held that such a recall is not permissible under Section 362 of the Code of Criminal Procedure

In a recent ruling, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, through Justice Sanjay Dhar, underscored that the pendency of a criminal case cannot curtail an individual’s property rights. The Court categorically held that “even a criminal has a right to sell his land,” directing the revenue authorities to issue revenue extracts without

The Delhi High Court in a recent judgment declared that the refusal of parole to a convict to carry out the last rites of his parent infringes on the right of that convict to dignity as provided by Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. Facts: In the petition filed by Ajmer Singh (who was convicted

The Bombay High Court, through a significant verdict by Justice R.I. Chagla and Justice Farhan P. Dubash, recently overturned the Bank of India's decision to label Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal's account as "fraud". The court observed in its ruling that the bank failed to provide Goyal an opportunity to be heard before arriving at

In a recent ruling, the Kerala High Court, through Justice Mohammed Nias C.P, highlighted serious concerns regarding the extent to which Division Benches can interfere with interim orders issued by single-judge Benches. The issue came up in a writ petition challenging recovery proceedings under the SARFAESI Act. In this context, the single judge referred the

The Delhi High Court, in a significant ruling, held that a mother’s act of silencing her minor daughter, who was being sexually abused, thereby allowing the perpetrator to continue the assault, amounts to “abetment” under Section 17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma clarified that even

Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla, along with Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi, of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, delivered a notable judgment underscoring the limited yet vital scope of the Writ of Habeas Corpus in child custody disputes. The bench held that this extraordinary remedy may be invoked only in rare and exceptional cases where a child

In a recent ruling, the Bombay High Court, through a Division Bench of Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Justice Nandesh Deshpande, refused to quash a First Information Report (FIR) registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. The Court emphasised that the fact that the victim