The Latest Breaking News from HC

NEW DELHI: Despite being one of the earliest to shift to holding hearings through videoconferencing due to the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Delhi high court lags behind three other high courts in the country in terms of number of cases heard virtually.

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday directed the collector (suburbs) to list steps for demolition of 48 obstacles in the aircraft approach path to the runway at the airport in Santacruz in less than a month.

No prima facie evidence against Corporate body, says Bench

NEW DELHI: At a time when over four crore cases are pending in trial courts making litigants cry for speedy justice, a Bihar district judge on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that he has been suspended by the Patna High Court purportedly for completing trials at express speed and seeking…

Investigation into ‘encroachment’ completed, AG tells HC

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court will pronounce its order on the bail plea of Union state minister's son Ashish Mishra alias Monu in Lakhimpur Kheri case, on Tuesday.

MADURAI: The Madras high court has dismissed a plea challenging its order denying sanction to prosecute two officials from the highways department and criticised the petitioner in strong terms.

MUMBAI: "Simply on the basis of physical examination of the patient, opinion cannot be formed that the victim was patient of schizophrenia," said Bombay high court setting aside a rape conviction and life sentence in a 14-year-old case after finding no proof that alleged victim was either raped or schizophrenic.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju reiterated the Centre’s stand that ‘shifting of principal seat of the High Court is to be decided by the State government in consultation with the concerned High Court’.