High Courts

The Telangana High Court division bench of Justice T. Vinod Kumar and Justice P. Sree Sudha recently directed its Registrar (Judicial-I) to lodge a police complaint over suspected forged court orders that have surfaced in an ongoing civil dispute concerning land in Shamshabad village. Among the fabricated documents is an order purportedly issued 37 years […]

In a packed courtroom of Justice Kotwal and Justice Modak, after hearing the arguments at length, they granted Comedian Kunal Kamra interim protection from arrest in connection with a petition he filed seeking to quash an FIR registered against him. The FIR stemmed from a satirical video he posted, which included the term “gaddar” (traitor),

A Lucknow based lawyer Ashok Pandey is to undergo a sentence of six months simple imprisonment in jail for intemperate and offensive language against judges including calling them ‘goondas’ in an open courtroom back in 2021. Additionally, Pandey is also barred from practicing in the High Court of Allahabad and its Lucknow bench for three

In a strong response to what it termed a deliberate attempt to undermine judicial authority, the Bombay High Court on April 08, 2025 directed YouTube and Marathi news channel ABP Majha to immediately take down a video featuring advocate Nilesh Ojha, calling it “scandalous” and “defamatory” towards sitting High Court judges. A five-judge Constitution Bench

In a major relief to a petitioner who pleaded for keeping his convenience store open 24×7, the bench of Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Advait M. Sethna of Bombay High Court, allowed the petition, reasoning that in “contemporary times the concept of 24×7 shops of such nature is a popular concept worldwide.” The instant case

In a significant hearing, a Special CBI Court in Chandigarh on March 27, 2025 cleared Justice Nirmal Yadav of all charges in a 15-year-old corruption case involving the alleged delivery of Rs. 15 lakh during her tenure as a judge at the Punjab & Haryana High Court. Special Judge, Justice Alka Malik pronounced the acquittal,

The Bombay High Court bench of Justice G.S. Kulkarni and Justice Advait M. Sethna, has ruled that the benefit of section 14 of the Limitations Act, 1963, can be extended to a petitioner who delayed filing an application under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The application was filed to seek setting

In a bid to protect the legacy of spiritual leader Osho, ‘Osho Friends International’, a global collective of his disciples, urged authorities to block trademark registrations of the name “Osho.” Justice Saurabh Banerjee of Delhi High Court , presiding over the case, directed the Central government and the Trademark Registry to respond to the plea,

In a recent judgment, the Bombay High Court Bench of Justice Marne quashed the disqualification of members of a managing committee of a co-operative society, holding that the orders passed by the Deputy Registrar and subsequently upheld by the Divisional Joint Registrar suffered from jurisdictional errors and non-application of mind. The case involved allegations of

The Delhi High Court division bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta, has recently directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) (Petitioner) to enroll Daeyoung Jung, a South Korean national (Respondent No.1), as an advocate within two days. The bench held that withholding the respondent’s enrollment was impermissible since there was