The Gauhati High Court affirmed that talaq‑e‑hassan remains a legally valid form of Muslim divorce and instructed the petitioner to seek registration under the 2024 Assam Compulsory Registration of Muslim Marriages and Divorce Act. The court also outlined the procedure for registration and the right to appeal if the registrar declines the request.
The Allahabad High Court ordered that 31‑year‑old Ayush Malik be produced on September 16 after a habeas corpus petition alleged he was being held against his will following his conversion to Islam and marriage to Chandni Qureshi. The court’s directive comes amid accusations that his father and state officials colluded to detain him under the Uttar Pradesh anti‑conversion law.
After the Delhi High Court rebuked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi over the Satya Niketan hostel collapse that killed seven people, the MCD surveyed 1,355 PG buildings and flagged three as visibly dangerous. The survey also prompted demolition of illegal structures, sealing of premises, and suspension of three engineers for negligence.
The Gauhati High Court has asked the Assam government to explain its plan for rehabilitation and compensation for people displaced during a September 2024 eviction drive. Justice Devashis Barua set a deadline of October 6 for government departments to submit their positions.
The apex court said if necessary, it may transfer the case already dealt with by the Delhi High Court
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.
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.
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.
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.
A High Court-constituted panel has sought a detailed inquiry into whether the coal transported in the truck was legally auctioned or illegally mined
Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court’s appointment comes amid a recent controversy involving Acting Chief Justice in the HC
Justice V. Lakshminarayanan says that retaining the footage even for a minute less than 18 months would amount to a breach of the orders passed by the Supreme Court and the High Court
Justices G. Jayachandran and E. Manoharan request State Public Prosecutor R. John Sathyan to convey the order to the Superintendent of Police
