Rajasthan High Court holds that discovery and production of documents under Order XI CPC cannot be invoked merely for convenience when the evidence sought is otherwise reasonably accessible to the litigant through public channels.
Rajasthan High Court upholds a trial court's decision to condone a nearly five-year delay in filing a written statement, holding that the timeline under Order VIII Rule 1 CPC is directory, not mandatory, in non-commercial suits.
Rajasthan High Court upholds the compulsory retirement of a government Ayurvedic dispensary in-charge, rejecting his argument that a subordinate compounder was solely responsible for irregular sickness-certificate entries.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted interim medical bail to a 76-year-old PMLA accused with serious health conditions, holding that a judge "must have the spine to do justice" before rejecting the bail plea of a person above 75 years of age on health grounds.
Himachal Pradesh High Court directs that a candidate's improved MA marks obtained on revaluation be treated as relating back to her original qualification date, requiring the State to consider her for a lecturer post based on that earlier date.
Punjab & Haryana High Court denies bail to a man accused of sharing photographs of Ambala's Air Force Station and Rafale jets with a woman operating from Pakistan, holding that even if he was lured by a honey trap, there was no justification for sharing such sensitive images with an unknown foreign contact.
Delhi High Court holds a school Managing Committee cannot deny a reinstated teacher's back wages based on an unproven allegation of certificate fraud that was never actually adjudicated, and grants the teacher 50% relief.
Delhi High Court dismisses a plea to regularise a temple built without sanction on land earmarked for a nursery school, directing that the idols be respectfully relocated and the illegal structure removed within four weeks.
Delhi High Court declines to let wrestler Vinesh Phogat compete in the trials for the 2026 Senior World Wrestling Championships despite her missing qualifying events due to pregnancy and childbirth, holding that carving out an individual exemption at the interim stage would risk unequal treatment among athletes.
Madras High Court dismisses a PIL challenging the award of a tender to Joyalukkas for the "Thaimaman Thanga Mothiram" scheme distributing 1-gram gold rings to newborns, finding no arbitrariness or mala fides in the award and noting the petitioner never participated in the tender.
Madras High Court declines to entertain a social activist's plea seeking strict enforcement of Central Pollution Control Board idol-immersion guidelines ahead of Vinayaga Chaturthi, asking why he "slept on it for one year" before approaching the court at the last moment.
Madras High Court quashes a criminal case against men who gathered to raise slogans in support of Palestine, holding that merely raising such slogans — without force, mischief or restraint of anyone — does not make out an unlawful assembly.