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Punishment Must Reform, Not Merely Injure The Offender: Chhattisgarh High Court

A conviction for attempt to murder under Section 307 read with Section 34 of the IPC was upheld by the Chhattisgarh High Court. Still,...
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Marriage Alone Cannot Disqualify A Woman’s Residence Claim In Local Recruitment: J&K & Ladakh High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh dismissed a Letters Patent Appeal challenging the selection of a Rehbar-e-Taleem (RET) teacher in Government...

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Tahasildar Cannot Ignore Binding Court Orders In Mutation Proceedings: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has set aside an order of the Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar, rejecting a land mutation claim, holding that a revenue authority cannot...
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Stone Assault Case: Kerala High Court Denies Bail to Main Accused but Grants Relief to Others

The Kerala High Court partly allowed a pre-arrest bail application filed by several accused in a rioting and assault case arising from an incident...
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Criminal Law Cannot Be Used To Settle Family Loan Disputes: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court quashed a criminal case accusing a man of assaulting and wrongfully restraining his uncle, holding that the allegations were unsupported...
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Arrest Cannot Be Declared Illegal When Grounds Were Furnished: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court refused to set aside the arrest of a man accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, holding that the constitutional...
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Double Presumption of Innocence Applies Strongly in Appeals Against Acquittal Under Sections 376, 452 IPC: Punjab and Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the State of Haryana’s appeal challenging the acquittal of a man accused of rape and house-trespass,...
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Material Contradictions In POCSO Trial Evidence Justify Suspension Of Sentence: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has suspended the 20-year sentence imposed on a man convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act...
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Booking Sacred Rituals Cannot Become A Commercial Exercise: Kerala High Court

Sanitation lapses, accumulation of rice sacks, inadequate police deployment, and alleged manipulation in Padi Pooja bookings at the Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple came...
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Common Object Makes Each Member Liable: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on February 19, 2026 refused to suspend the life sentence imposed on two men convicted in the 1995 political murder...
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OTT Content Challenge Requires Recourse To Three-Tier Mechanism: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on February 17, 2026, declined to entertain a writ petition seeking a ban on the continued streaming of the film...
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Minimum 20-Year POCSO Sentence Is Mandatory, Not Enhancement: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that imposing the statutory minimum sentence under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act,...
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Salary Details Of Employee Are Personal Information Without Public Interest: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has upheld the denial of salary details of a government employee sought under the Right to Information Act, 2005, ruling...
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Federal Structure Cannot Be Allowed to Be Destroyed: Jharkhand HC Stays Dual FIR Investigation

The Jharkhand High Court on February 19, 2026, stayed further investigation in two criminal cases arising out of a road accident in Ranchi and...
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Punishment Must Reform, Not Merely Injure The Offender: Chhattisgarh High Court

A conviction for attempt to murder under Section 307 read with Section 34 of the IPC was upheld by the Chhattisgarh High Court. Still,...
High Courts

Marriage Alone Cannot Disqualify A Woman’s Residence Claim In Local Recruitment: J&K & Ladakh High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh dismissed a Letters Patent Appeal challenging the selection of a Rehbar-e-Taleem (RET) teacher in Government...
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Karnataka High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail in Alleged Misappropriation of School Food Grains Case

The Karnataka High Court granted anticipatory bail to a government school warden accused in a case involving alleged misappropriation of food grains supplied to...
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Tahasildar Cannot Ignore Binding Court Orders In Mutation Proceedings: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has set aside an order of the Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar, rejecting a land mutation claim, holding that a revenue authority cannot...