High Courts
MP High Court Allows Consideration Of Subsequent Compassionate Appointment Application After Cancellation Of Family Member's Appointment
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore, quashed an order rejecting the petitioner's claim for compassionate appointment and directed the competent authority to reconsider her application in accordance with the Compassionate Appointment Policy, 2008. The petitioner challenged the communication dated 30.10.2023, which had denied her claim on the grounds of alleged ineligibility under Clauses...
Calcutta High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Daily-Wage Labourer In ₹15.96 Lakh Cash Seizure Case Over Theft Allegation
The Calcutta High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings against Sk. Enamul Hossain, a daily-wage labourer, in a case registered by Datan Police Station, Paschim Medinipur under Sections 379/411/34 IPC for alleged possession of stolen cash amounting to Rs. 15,96,000/-.The petitioner had been arrested after the cash was found in a Bolero vehicle, but he claimed that the money was...
MP High Court Grants Bail To Ex-Congress Councillor Anwar Kadri Accused In Alleged Forced Conversion Case
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore, granted bail to Anwar Kadri, who was in custody since August 2025 in connection with allegations of facilitating the conversion of a prosecutrix to Islam, and other offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the Freedom of Religion Act, 2021.Counsel for the applicant argued that the prosecutrix had not named him in the complaint and that there...
Roshni Act Being Declared Unconstitutional Does Not Nullify Cases Under Prevention Of Corruption Act: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that criminal prosecutions launched in connection with irregularities under the Roshni Act can lawfully continue even though the Act itself has been declared unconstitutional and void from its inception.Holding that corruption cannot be legitimised or erased by the invalidation of the statute under which it was committed, the Court made...
Supply Of Police Papers To Accused 'Epitome Of Fair Trial': Allahabad High Court Quashes Charges Framed Sans S. 230 BNSS Compliance
Emphasizing that the procedural mandate for supplying police reports to an accused is not a mere formality but the "epitome of a fair trial", the Allahabad High Court recently quashed charges framed against an accused under the BNS and POCSO Act over non-compliance with Section 230 BNSS [Supply to accused of copy of police report and other documents]. A bench of Justice Avnish...
Calcutta High Court Refuses To Quash Alleged ₹85 Lakh Bitcoin Fraud Case; Allows Further Investigation By Police
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a petition seeking quashing of criminal proceedings in a cyber fraud case involving alleged inducement to invest in bitcoin trading, holding that an order directing further investigation after submission of a final report does not suffer from illegality and that proceedings cannot be quashed at a premature stage based on mere apprehension. Justice...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Upholds DNA Test Of Child In Divorce Petition Alleging Adultery By Wife
The High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur has dismissed the petition filed by the wife challenging the Family Court's order directing a DNA test of her child. The Family Court had allowed the husband's application under Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act to verify whether the child was biologically his, in the context of a divorce petition filed on the ground of...
'Encroachers On Road Outside Port Trust Hospital Cannot Claim Protection Under Public Premises Act': Calcutta High Court Upholds Eviction
In a judgment delivered on February 4, 2026, a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court, comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen, dismissed an intra-Court appeal filed by Chandeswhwar Shaw and others challenging the eviction order passed in WPA 15989 of 2024. The appellants had sought to overturn an order of a Single Bench dated June 20, 2024, which had granted...
Jharkhand High Court Orders Registration Of FIR In Alleged HIV-Infected Blood Transfusion Case Involving Minor Thalassemia Patients
The Jharkhand High Court has directed registration of an FIR in connection with allegations that HIV-infected blood was transfused to minor thalassemia patients at the Blood Bank of Chaibasa Sadar Hospital in West Singhbhum district.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary was hearing a writ petition seeking registration of an FIR over the alleged transfusion of HIV-infected...
Calcutta High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Case Over Alleged Illegal Filling Of Ponds For University Project
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a criminal revisional application seeking quashing of criminal proceedings relating to the alleged illegal filling up of water bodies and violation of land use laws in connection with a proposed university project at the Ramkrishna Vivekananda Mission campus. Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das held that the allegations raised disputed questions of fact...
Six Members In First Meeting Fulfills Quorum To Elect President Of Village Council Under Assam Panchayat Rules: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court has held that the presence of 6 ward members would fulfill the quorum of the first meeting to elect President to a Gaon (Village) Panchayat as required under Rule 46 (3) of Assam Panchayat (Constitution) Rules after amendment to the state panchayat law. The court said that the quorum requirement must be understood in light of amendment to Section 6 of the Assam...
'Fixing Cut-Off Date Not Per Se Illegal': Gauhati High Court Upholds Assam Govt's SOP On Compassionate Appointment Claims
The Gauhati High Court has refused to interfere with Assam Government's Executive Order (Standard Operating Procedure) for compassionate appointment cases fixing a cut off date as criteria, holding that State is entitled to prescribe a uniform mechanism for dealing with such claims and fixing a cut-off date is not per se illegal.Justice Kaushik Goswami, presiding over the case, observed,...