The Andhra Pradesh High Court, led by Chief Justice Gill, reviewed a dispute over land allocation for a data centre, focusing on lease duration claims and environmental concerns. The bench called for close scrutiny of the competing assertions that the land was leased for either 30 years or an initial 11‑year term.
Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati was sworn in as the 39th Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on September 9, 2026. The oath was administered by Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena at a ceremony in Srinagar attended by senior judges from across India.
The Bombay High Court reprimanded Maharashtra police for failing to apprehend nine accused who have fled after assaulting a doctor in Palghar. The court also highlighted the police’s inadequate response to a similar July assault on a doctor in Dombivli, Thane.
The Thalassery District Sessions Court granted bail to Dr. M.K. Ram, the first accused in the Nithin Raj death case, despite strong opposition from the prosecution. The decision follows sharp criticism by the Kerala High Court of the investigation and alleged police interference.
The Delhi High Court issued notices to the Centre, Delhi government and Delhi University in response to a public interest litigation demanding a time‑bound hostel development policy after a deadly hostel collapse. The court will hear the petition on September 25, while officials have yet to announce concrete steps on student accommodation.
The Delhi High Court ordered the Delhi government to submit a response within four weeks on its plan to eradicate rabies from stray dogs by 2030, and directed municipal bodies to report on pilot sterilisation and vaccination camps. The bench, comprising Justices Dinesh Mehta and Rajnish Kumar Gupta, acted on recommendations from amicus curiae Gauri Maulekhi, with the next hearing set for October 5.
Hundreds of Dalit and OBC activists marched in Patna on Tuesday demanding the implementation of a 65% reservation quota, which the Patna High Court declared unconstitutional in 2024. Police blocked the march at Dak Bungalow Chowk with iron barriers and briefly detained seven protesters before releasing them.
In the petition, Mr. Malik placed before the Court the security concerns surrounding him as a Legislator
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy allows an application filed by the resigned MLA S. Jayakumar, previously with the AIADMK but now with the TVK, to reject the election petition filed by Thoopu Venkatachalam of the DMK
The High Court, however, continued its 2021 order directing the magistrate to defer hearing on the complaint for six weeks so that Mr. Gandhi can approach the Supreme Court in appeal
A single bench of Justice NR Borkar dismissed Rahul Gandhi's petition against the magistrate court's order.
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The Gauhati High Court took serious exception to the way a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Nagaon handled Mumtaz Begum’s case; the court impleaded the Ministry of External Affairs in the case and advised it to “make an endeavour to have the woman located in Bangladesh and to expatriate her to India”.
Justice Agrawal’s appointment in Rajasthan comes amid a controversy surrounding Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, who had been serving as the High Court’s Acting Chief Justice since September 2025.
‘Denial of constitutionally guaranteed privileges to members of SC/ST communities must only be in exceptional cases of apparent fraud that is established through material independently available to the State’
The teachers are demanding implementation of the State government’s regularisation policies framed in 2014, citing recent judgments of the Supreme Court and the Punjab and Haryana High Court
The Delhi High Court has ordered checks of private hostels, asking authorities to verify permissions, building rules and student numbers. Five MCD officials have also been suspended.
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