High Courts
Age Bar Under Assisted Reproductive Technology Act Applies To Individuals, Not Couples: P&H High Court Allows IVF To Bereaved Parents
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside an order denying Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) services to a married couple who lost their only son in 2024, holding that the ART Act, 2021 does not prescribe an age limit for a commissioning couple and expressly permits the use of donor oocytes.Allowing the writ petition, the Court quashed the order dated 06 February 2025 passed by...
Freedom Of Speech No Licence To Defame Or Run Malicious Campaigns On Social Media: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that while freedom of speech is a cherished constitutional right, it does not extend to publishing defamatory, abusive or malicious content on social media platforms under the guise of free expression.Justice Jyoti Singh said that the right to free expression cannot be exercised to trample upon rights of others, particularly, right to reputation, which is also...
'Who Is Safe?' Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Man Accused Of Taking Woman's Photos Inside Trial Room
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (January 27) refused to entertain a plea for quashing an FIR lodged against a man accused of clicking photographs of a woman while she was in the trial room of a clothing shop in Bengaluru. The petitioner had moved a plea seeking quashing of a 2024 FIR registered by the police for offence of voyeurism under Section 77 BNS. In the interim the petition sought...
Sewage Plant In Residential Area? Delhi High Court Seeks DDA Status Report On Vasant Kunj STP
The Delhi High Court today asked the Delhi Development Authority to file a status report with respect to alleged illegal installation and operation of a sewage treatment plant (STP) within a "dense" housing complex in city's Vasant Kunj area.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia asked the authority to respond in 4 weeks time and posted the matter for...
Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Child For Driving Car With Blue Beacon And 'Judge' Sign As JJ Act Inquiry Exceeded Time Limit
The Calcutta High Court has quashed proceedings initiated under the Juvenile Justice Act against a child driving a four-wheeler with a blue beacon and a dashboard sign reading "judge", after noting that the inquiry had remained inconclusive beyond the four months prescribed under Section 14(2) of the JJ Act.The bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee observed,"The consequence of the failure...
Delhi High Court To Form Committee To Monitor Illegal Activities And Deficiencies In Chandni Chowk Area
The Delhi High Court today said that it will form an Oversight Committee to monitor and remove the deficiencies and illegal activities in city's Chandni Chowk and surrounding areas.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia orally observed,"...authorities are also not moving as they ought to...as we had proposed earlier, we'll form a Committee...what we propose...
'At Least Final Report Should Be There': Kerala High Court Says FIRs In Other Rape Cases Not Antecedents Against MLA Rahul Mamkootathil
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (January 28) reserved its verdict in the anticipatory bail plea preferred by Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in rape and miscarriage case.Subsequent to the registration of the present crime, two other complaints alleging him of rape have been filed by two different women, which the prosecution argued has to be taken as criminal antecedents.Dr. Justice...
High Court Asks Delhi Govt To Bridge Digital Gap In Access To Online Welfare Schemes
The Delhi High Court today asked the Delhi government to take steps for enhanced accessibility of online government facilities, such as registration for housing welfare schemes, so as to ensure that services can be easily availed by persons not adept with technology, senior citizens, persons of disadvantaged groups, etc.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia...
"Pay For Police Escort Or Don't Go": Bombay High Court To Abu Salem In Plea For Emergency Parole To Mourn Brother's Demise
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday told underworld gangster Abu Salem that if he wanted to avail emergency parole leaves to visit his native place in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh area in view of his brother's death, he will have to pay for the police escort party, which would accompany him. For context, Salem's brother Abu Hakim Ansari died on November 14, 2025 and to console his death, the...
Kerala High Court Closes Pleas Against Sprinklr Deal, Says There Was No Data Sharing By State
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (28 January) closed a batch of writ petitions which questioned the data confidentiality of the State government's agreement with US-based data analytics firm Sprinklr Inc. for managing COVID-19 related data.The division bench comprising Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V M, confirmed the earlier directions issued by a division bench of the Court...
Cyber Crime Cases | 'No Blanket Bank A/C Freezing; Inform Magistrate Within 24 Hours': Allahabad HC Issues Strict 5-Point Protocol For Cops
The Allahabad High Court has held that a blanket notice by the police to the bank to freeze a particular account, without indicating the amount (on which lien is being sought) would be illegal and arbitrary.A bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Manjive Shukla added that investigating Officer is required to intimate the jurisdictional Magistrate about the same within 24 hours.The...
'Not Maintainable': Delhi High Court Rejects Jailed MP Engineer Rashid's Appeal Against Order Framing Charges In UAPA Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 28) dismissed an appeal preferred by jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid challenging an order framing charges against him in a UAPA case, stating that it is an interlocutory order against which appeal is not maintainable. In doing so, the court referred to a coordinate bench's decision in December 2025 which had held that a charge order cannot...