The Gujarat High Court has recently dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a woman who sought custody of her adult daughter. The daughter was allegedly coerced into marrying an individual from... Read more »
The Kerala High Court has recently disposed of the suo motu proccedings related to the alleged trespass into the sacred ‘Kalthara’ of Ponnambalamedu, a protected forest area near the Sabarimala Temple. The... Read more »
The Gujarat High Court has recently dismissed FIR filed against an 86-year-old woman under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. Justice Sandeep N Bhatt recognized that the FIR would cause significant... Read more »
The Madras High Court recently stated that an individual’s caste should not be a determining factor in their appointment as a temple priest. A single bench of Justice N Anand Venkatesh emphasized... Read more »
The Bombay High Court has recently granted bail to Afroz Khan, a convict in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, after suspending his sentence. Khan was accused of visiting Bangladesh and bringing... Read more »
The Orissa High Court has made changes to the charges against senior IAS officer Manish Agarwal in the case involving the mysterious death of his Personal Assistant (PA) Deba Narayan Panda in... Read more »
The Madras High Court recently directed the concerned authorities to comply with the orders of the District Green Committee regarding the felling and transplantation of trees for the expansion of the Chennai... Read more »
Justice SV Gangapurwala, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, recused himself on Monday from hearing an appeal concerning a single judge’s order directing the Madras Bar Association to grant membership without... Read more »
An urgent petition was mentioned before the Calcutta High Court, seeking to declare a State emergency and the suspension of the upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal which is scheduled for July... Read more »
The Madras High Court Registry has issued instructions to judicial officers across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, urging them to abstain from visiting the residences of High Court judges for purposes such as... Read more »