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Monday, November 17, 2025
TopicHimachal Pradesh High Court

Topic: Himachal Pradesh High Court

HC directs Rs 5 lakh compensation to minor rape victim subjected to two-finger test, orders inquiry

Court says the test is violative of the right of rape survivors to privacy, physical and mental integrity and dignity, and warns health professionals to desist from it.

An iconic Shimla hotel & a 30-yr-old JV — inside 2-decade tug-of-war between Oberoi Group & Himachal

High drama was witnessed last week as Himachal Pradesh govt sent a team to take over Wildflower Hall’s management, prompting EIH Limited, an Oberoi Group company, to move court.

Hotelier alleges ‘intimidation’ by Himachal DGP, cops file FIR against unknown persons after HC order

Police HQ says DGP is not a party or respondent in case & there is no adverse order against him. Case also registered against hotelier on police chief's complaint.

Sukhu govt defends water cess in Himachal HC, says it has legal power to frame the rules

State officials say the Himachal Pradesh government's submission in high court Wednesday is contrary to response received from stakeholders in a meeting last week.

12 MLAs of BJP, which has deputy CMs of its own, move HC to question Congress deputy CM in Himachal

Petition also seeks to challenge appointment of ‘chief parliamentary secretaries’ by Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu govt. Appointments to this post were also set aside by court in 2005.

‘Must make sense’ — SC calls for clarity in judgments, sets aside ‘incomprehensible’ Himachal HC order

Hearing appeal against Himachal HC order, SC bench said judgments must make sense to litigants whose lives they affect, and incoherent orders impact dignity of judicial institutions.

‘Is this Latin’? SC pulls up same HC judge for using impenetrable language for the 4th time

Hearing an appeal, SC bench objects to language of 2017 order written by Justice Sureshwar Thakur. The judge was at Himachal HC, got transferred to Punjab & Haryana HC last year.

On Camera

Bihar rejected Rahul Gandhi’s divisive politics. Voters are nobody’s fools

Voters in Bihar don’t want dynastic politics, minority politics, or caste politics—all dead ducks flogged by the Congress Party in its regressive, divisionary, divisive game.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.