The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the dismissal of a writ petition challenging the selection of bidders for a diet-supply tender at Government General Hospital, Ongole, after finding the appellant had suppressed the existence of an earlier, dismissed writ petition concerning the same tender.
Hearing a bail application, Rajasthan High Court finds that routinely calling for full case diaries was adding 15-20 days to routine bail matters, and directs the Government Advocate's office to instead obtain a factual report on the FIR within 3-7 days for petty-offence cases.
Punjab & Haryana High Court quashes an FIR against the makers of "Yaarian 2" over a song showing a clean-shaven, non-Amritdhari actor wearing the Sri Sahib/Kirpan, holding the inadvertent portrayal — since removed, with a public apology issued — was not a deliberate, malicious insult to the Sikh religion.
In a suo motu case on opioid dependence among prisoners, Punjab & Haryana High Court directs Haryana to file a further affidavit clarifying whether trained counsellors are actually available in every jail, after its affidavit went silent on ground-level implementation.
Punjab & Haryana High Court holds that orders refusing certification to the Punjabi film "Chardikala" were passed by authorities lacking valid delegated power at the time, since the Central Government only delegated CBFC's certification powers to the Chairperson months after the refusal orders were issued.
Madras High Court questions the CBI and Bureau of Immigration's practice of treating Look Out Circulars as confidential, remarking that India "does not follow a Kafkaesque trial" and that a person affected by adverse proceedings has a right to know why.
Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra's DGP to personally explain why the Deputy Chief Minister's son was not made an accused in a case over 40 acres of government land in Pune acquired by his firm at far below market value, despite records showing him as a company director.
Bombay High Court strikes down a Maharashtra government resolution that retrospectively cut the maximum age for Anganwadi Sevikas seeking promotion to Supervisor from 55 to 50, restoring the 55-year limit on grounds of legitimate expectation.
Hearing petitions challenging the marital rape exception, Supreme Court questions whether a husband can be prosecuted for rape of his wife before the constitutional validity of the exception is itself decided, referencing a Karnataka High Court ruling that the exception is not absolute.
Supreme Court sets aside the compulsory retirement of a former Indian Trade Service officer branded "deadwood" barely two-and-a-half months after his promotion to Joint Secretary level, awarding him ₹15 lakh and directing a formal farewell with full honour.
Supreme Court permits Himachal Pradesh to withdraw prosecution in the remaining 48 of 63 criminal cases registered against MPs and MLAs over Covid-era dharnas and protests, after the Himachal Pradesh High Court had allowed withdrawal in only 15 of them.
Madras High Court holds an Environmental Clearance Certificate and Pollution Control Board approval are not prerequisites for an Essentiality Certificate for a proposed medical college, since neither is a qualifying criterion under Form 2, even though both remain separately mandatory before construction begins.