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The Patna High Court ruled in favor of a retired government officer, holding that the state could not initiate departmental proceedings for alleged misconduct occurring more than four years prior to the officer's retirement. The court directed the state to refund the pension amount deducted from the officer with interest.
Former Bidhannagar Mayor and TMC leader Sabyasachi Dutta was granted interim bail by the Calcutta High Court in connection with a corruption case involving allegations of bribery.
A Gandhinagar court convicted Asaram Bapu on 30 January 2023 for the rape and sodomy of a former devotee, while six co-accused were acquitted. Following the Gujarat High Court's rejection of his temporary bail plea on 21 September 2026, the Supreme Court permitted Asaram to withdraw his plea for interim bail on 14 October 2026, noting his existing parole in a separate Jodhpur matter.
The Chhattisgarh High Court granted a divorce to a husband, setting aside an earlier Family Court judgment. The court held that the wife's persistent conduct, including continuous litigation and other behaviors, amounted to mental cruelty, thereby justifying the dissolution of the marriage.
In August 2024, the CBI arrested Principal Commissioner of Income Tax Santosh Kumar and four private individuals, Gurpal Singh, Rajiv Kumar, Ashok Chaurasia, and Pranay, in connection with an alleged 10 lakh bribery case. On 14 October 2026, the Delhi High Court upheld the conviction of the accused. The court observed that the operation of touts in government offices is facilitated by the involvement and encouragement of officials.
The Supreme Court permitted Asaram to hire a trained caregiver for medical assistance while in prison on 06 August 2026. On 14 October 2026, the court allowed Asaram to withdraw his interim bail application in the Gujarat rape case and directed that his appeal against the Jodhpur conviction proceed after he surrenders following his parole.
Phantom Studios filed a plea before the Bombay High Court seeking an interim injunction to restrain JioStar from releasing the upcoming film 'Queen Forever'. The court refused to grant the interim relief, allowing the release to proceed.
In the case of Ganga Devi v. Rajesh Kumar, the Delhi High Court delivered a judgment on 14 October 2026 regarding compensation for a 74-year-old accident victim. The court ruled that the notional income of elderly homemakers should be based on skilled-worker minimum wage and applied a multiplier of 5 for claimants over the age of 70 to account for their unpaid household and caregiving services.
The Gauhati High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by Nurul Hoque challenging a Foreigners Tribunal order that declared him a foreigner who entered India after March 25, 1971. The court ruled that the petitioner failed to prove continuous residence in India, which is a mandatory condition for citizenship, and noted the use of forged or fabricated pleadings in the petition.
A public interest litigation in the Delhi High Court seeks a crackdown on the sale of non-dairy food products marketed as paneer. On 14 October 2026, a bench including Acting Chief Justice Nitin Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma directed the Centre, the FSSAI, and the Delhi government to file their responses to the petition within six weeks.
The Bombay High Court ruled that charging patients and generating a surplus does not disqualify a hospital from its philanthropic character for tax exemption purposes. The court set aside the Income Tax Department's orders rejecting the hospital's exemption applications for assessment years 2002-03 through 2021-22.
IAS officer Kata Amrapali has filed a plea before the Telangana High Court seeking to vacate an interim stay granted by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) regarding her cadre allocation. The litigation pertains to her contested transition from the Andhra Pradesh cadre to the Telangana cadre.
The Patna High Court ruled that applications for ex-gratia compensation following COVID-19 deaths cannot be denied solely due to clerical errors in hospital records or the use of reports from unauthorized laboratories. The court emphasized that the state should not adopt a hyper-technical approach to denying welfare relief for human suffering.
Following a late-night hearing on 11 October 2026, the Bombay High Court ordered the Goa Police to release six Cockroach Janta Party activists detained during a protest in Panaji. Subsequently, on 14 October 2026, a court remanded two leaders of the same party to jail for five days.
Jollyamma Joseph is the prime accused in six alleged poisoning murders in Koodathayi, Kerala. As of 14 October 2026, the trial for the Roy Thomas murder case has reached its final stages with the examination of the 134th witness. Separately, as of 14 October 2026, the Kerala High Court has ordered an expedited hearing regarding an appeal to lift a broadcast ban on the web series Anali.
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has formally framed contempt charges against PWD Principal Secretary Ajay Chauhan and five other officials for failing to implement a 2022 court order regarding salary and pension revisions. As reported on 14 October 2026, the court granted the officials 15 days to respond to the charges. The next hearing is scheduled for 4 November 2026.
The Kerala High Court set aside a single bench order that had permitted a girls' school in Erattupetta to admit male students. The division bench ordered a fresh review of the school's proposal to turn co-educational, while directing that the 28 boys already enrolled at the institution be allowed to continue their studies.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has declared Section 147A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, unconstitutional. The ruling provides relief to taxpayers by invalidating reassessment notices issued under this provision.
On 13 October 2026, the Jharkhand High Court dismissed the criminal appeal of Bangladeshi national Mohammad Najmul Hawaldar against his conviction for illegal entry and residence in India. The Court ordered the Union, Jharkhand, and West Bengal governments to expedite the deportation of Hawaldar and two other foreign nationals, requiring a compliance report by 25 November 2026.
On 10 October 2026, the Patna High Court modified Md. Ainul Haque's conviction from attempted rape to outraging the modesty of a woman under Section 354 of the IPC, ruling that evidence of an overt act toward penetration was absent. Following this judgment, the Court sentenced the accused on 14 October 2026 to pay a fine of Rs 25,000 and mandated compensation for the victim.
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