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‘No longer in times when discrimination can be made between male and female’; Delhi High Court directs woman’s appointment to vacant IAF post

The distinction between male and female has, in the present time, been reduced to nothing more than a chance chromosomal circumstance, and ascribing, to it, any greater relevance would be illogical as well as anachronistic.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Centre should have granted relief, rather than raising objection for delay’: P&H HC dismisses plea challenging war injury pension to 1971 Indo-Pak war soldier

The solider was not aware of the benefit of war injury pension, but the petitioners very well knew that the solider suffered an injury in war and is entitled to such benefit but still did not grant the said benefit and rather expected such solider to revert back, to claim the said benefit.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Jethani not part of same family unless residence and kitchen are shared’; Allahabad HC quashes order cancelling Anganbari Worker’s appointment

Allahabad HC directed the District Programme Officer to reinstate the petitioner as Anganbari Worker to discharge her duties and to pay her salary month by month.

Habeas Corpus not substitute in custody disputes

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Writ of Habeas Corpus not substitute for meticulous determination of custody disputes’: P&H HC refrains from imposing costs on mother

‘The extraordinary jurisdiction of a writ Court should be invoked when the foundational jurisdictional fact of child being in illegal custody is demonstrably established or such exercise of jurisdiction is warranted by welfare of the child.’

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Lack of seriousness by Railways’; Chhattisgarh HC takes suo motu cognizance of lack of financial assistance to electrocuted contract worker

Noting the Union’s plea for some time to respond, the Court opined that such a plea reflected a lack of seriousness on the part of the Railways, particularly when the victim was admitted in hospital and struggling for his life.

special treatment of VIPs at Mahakaleshwar Mandir

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Writ Court can’t decide who is VIP, it’s competent authority’s discretion’; MP HC rejects plea against special treatment given to VIPs at Mahakaleshwar Mandir

“On a particular day, looking to the status of the person, the Collector shall be the competent authority to treat him as a VIP for the purpose of offering water to the deity. There is no permanent list or protocol published by the Managing Committee of the VIP persons.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Procedure is not supposed to control justice”; SC restores conviction & sentence of men who raped a minor girl in 2016

“It is always a matter of utter failure for the system when a culprit, that too of a heinous sexual offence, manages to walk free by entangling the victim in misapplication of procedural rules, without the knowledge of the victim and without any control of the victim”.

Case Briefs District Court

“Powers under S.37(2)(b) of Arbitration Act shall be used only in exceptional circumstances”: Delhi Court reiterates, refuses relief to Satyam Polyknits

“Where the Arbitrator assigns the cogent grounds and sufficient reasons and no error of law or misconduct is cited, the Order does not call for any interference in exercise of the power vested in the Courts.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court suspends trial Court judge, initiates disciplinary proceedings

Justice Sanjeev Kumar has been placed in suspension following a disciplinary proceeding.

Case Briefs High Courts

The Hindu and ETV Bharat Contempt case dropped: J&K and Ladakh HC cautions media against scandalizing judiciary

“Any news, in respect of Courts and its working, made with a motive of degrading the judicial institution or lowering its prestige in the eyes of general public, eroded the public trust in the Courts and must be viewed as an ill-motivated interference in the administration of justice.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Andhra Pradesh HC directs Police to facilitate Viswa Hindu Parishad to carry out Vinayaka (Ganpati) procession on requested route

The Court suggested the Police to install cameras on the route on which the procession had to be carried on in order to keep an eye on trouble mongers.

Case Briefs High Courts

“Bail is the rule and jail the exception”: Delhi High Court grants bail in cheating case citing 9-month custody and lack of incriminating evidence

Delhi High Court observed that one of the primary objects of bail was to secure the presence of the accused during trial. The accused has been in custody since 7-11-2024, has cooperated throughout the investigation, and there is nothing to suggest that he would abscond, interfere with evidence, or influence witnesses.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Know why Supreme Court directed seizure of the steno book of a High Court Judge’s secretary

The Court was considering a SLP wherein it was indicated that an order for rejection of anticipatory bail, was not uploaded on the website of Punjab & Haryana High Court.

Case Briefs High Courts

Former IPS Officer Amitabh Thakur challenges constitutionality of Section 16 CEC Act 2023, before Allahabad High Court

Section 16 provides immunity to the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners from being prosecuted for any act, thing or word, committed, done or spoken by him when, or in the course of acting or purporting to act in the discharge of his official duty/ function.

Supreme Court stay on Rajasthan HC adverse remarks

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court stays Rajasthan High Court’s directions containing adverse remarks against POCSO Judge

Rajasthan High Court has directed a copy of the judgment passed by the trial judge to be sent to the Rajasthan Judicial Academy for the purpose of giving training on judgment writing.

Case Briefs High Courts

Transfer fee charged by Maharashtra & Goa Bar Council violative of S. 18 Advocates Act: Bombay High Court

“The fee was charged from the petitioner in accordance with the Resolution of 2010 whereby the State Bar Council was authorized to collect enrollment fee but the realization of such fee for transfer of enrollment was not permissible under Section 18(1) of the 1961 Act.”

recruitment process governed by statutes

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State Govt cannot whimsically interfere in recruitment processes governed/driven by Statutes and Rules via Executive Orders: Supreme Court

“In the present case, not only benchmarks are being set after the game has been played, rather the State has decided that a portion of the game itself, the step of interview, should not have been played at all”.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Once released on bail, prisoner’s custody beyond necessary period is illegal’; Punjab & Haryana HC grants bail to an alleged undocumented Bangladeshi migrant

“The investigation conducted so far indicates that the accused might not be a citizen of India, and as such might not be able to procure sureties, or amount to furnish personal bonds, or amount in lieu of surety(s). By foreseeing such a likely possibility, in the event of non-furnishing of the bonds, the accused cannot be kept in jail for an indefinite period”.

tata payments trade mark infringement suit

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court grants interim injunction to Tata Sons for marks ‘TATA’ and ‘TATA PAYMENTS’ in trade mark infringement suit

In July 2025, Tata Sons (P) Ltd. discovered Defendant 1’s website, ‘https://www.tatapayment.net/’ offering digital payment services while wholly incorporating trade marks, ‘TATA’, ‘TATA PAYMENTS’.

Case Briefs High Courts

Who is entitled to return of Original Documents, party who produced it or the owner? Telangana HC clarifies Order 13 Rule 9 CPC

The petitioner had averred that the intent of Order 13 Rule 9 of the CPC is to ensure that documents, once they have served their purpose in litigation and are no longer required by the Court, should be returned to their rightful owners.