Can High Courts dispose of service writ petitions by granting liberty to file fresh representations with stipulated timelines?

  Summary Category Data Case Name WP(C)/22485/2025 of NIMAI CHARAN DANDSENA Vs STATE OF ODISHA CNR ODHC010565502025 Decision Date 18-08-2025

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can High Courts Modify Interim Withdrawal Limits in Railway Compensation Appeals?

Orissa High Court permits 50% interim withdrawal of awarded compensation instead of 10% on grounds of financial hardship, illustrating appellate

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a Civil Revision Petition Be Dismissed for Default When the Petitioner Fails to Appear at Successive Hearings?

Court Reaffirms That Non-Appearance Under Section 115 CPC Warrants Dismissal for Default; Madras High Court Single-Judge Ruling Binding on Parties

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August 19, 2025 | Madras High Court

Can anticipatory bail be granted post-charge-sheet when personal liberty under Article 21 and absence of tampering risk exist?

High Court of Uttarakhand upholds established anticipatory-bail jurisprudence, making interim bail absolute where no antecedents or flight/tampering risk exists  

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August 19, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

Can a High Court dismiss a writ petition for non-prosecution?

High Court of Uttarakhand reaffirms its procedural power to dismiss unprosecuted petitions; binding guidance for petitioners on appearance and prosecution

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August 19, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

Can a High Court Interfere with an Interim Maintenance Order When the Family Court’s Reasoning and Awarded Quantum Are Reasonable?

High Court upholds Family Court’s interim maintenance order; affirms that interference is unwarranted absent demonstrable error; binding authority for matrimonial

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August 19, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

Can anticipatory bail under Section 309(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 be granted where the accused claims false implication and is a permanent resident?

  Summary Category Data Case Name ABA/937/2025 of DANISH Vs STATE OF UTTARAKHAND CNR UKHC010126082025 Date of Registration 13-08-2025 Decision

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August 19, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

Can a Civil Revision Petition Under Section 115 CPC Be Dismissed for Default on Non-Appearance?

Madras High Court affirms inherent power to dismiss revision petitions for default when the petitioner’s counsel fails to appear.  

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August 19, 2025 | Madras High Court

Can a Second Appeal Be Summarily Dismissed for Non-Prosecution When Appellants Fail to Appear?

  Summary Category Data Case Name RSA-4887-2015 of Raj Kumar and others vs S.K. Tripathi CNR PHHC011241542015 Decision Date 24-01-2023

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August 19, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Can a Senior Superintendent of Police prematurely retire officers under Punjab Police Rules 9.18(2) without State Government approval?

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana held that only an Inspector General of Police, with prior sanction of the

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August 19, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Does failure to appear on a pass-over mandate dismissal for non-prosecution?

Orissa High Court reaffirms inherent power to dismiss applications for non-prosecution where the petitioner does not appear despite being called

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a High Court Direct Service Regularisation by Mandamus on the First Hearing Without a Reasoned Order?

Orissa High Court upholds Supreme Court’s settled principles on writ disposal, requiring reasoned consideration of representations with an opportunity to

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court