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6-day marriage, equal income: HP High Court rejects wife’s Rs 40,000 maintenance demand

September 07, 2026 11:31 am

Seeking Rs 40,000 in monthly maintenance, the wife, a college faculty member, claimed that her estranged husband is also an assistant professor at a government college and earns a monthly sum of Rs 1 lakh.

‘Wife can’t be a beggar’: Himachal Pradesh High Court upholds divorcee’s maintenance

September 01, 2026 5:53 pm

Divorced wife maintenance can continue till remarriage, the Himachal Pradesh High Court said while upholding a maintenance order.

Rs 500 trap, 1:40 am missed call: How undercover cops busted Manali sex racket

September 01, 2026 6:00 pm

The Himachal Pradesh High Court was informed that the accused had allegedly forced women into prostitution and was caught by the police in an undercover operation. The court denied him bail.

Himachal high court strikes down state’s role in agri university V-C picks

August 27, 2026 5:09 pm

The Himachal Pradesh High Court ordered a fresh selection process for appointing vice-chancellors to two agricultural universities in the state, strictly under UGC norms.

‘Scandalises judiciary’: School teacher faces contempt action for calling judge corrupt

August 26, 2026 6:04 pm

The Himachal Pradesh High Court said that reckless corruption allegations against a judicial officer may amount to criminal contempt and scandalise the judiciary.

'Meagre sum adds to woes’: Himachal High Court hikes wife's maintenance after 15 years

August 25, 2026 10:34 am

The woman, who said she was her husband's third wife after his two earlier marriages ended in divorce, challenged the Rs 5,000 monthly maintenance awarded to her in 2011.

Himachal High Court puts forest land diversion proposals for roads in abeyance

August 19, 2026 8:15 pm

Says improved motorable access to ecologically fragile areas leading to increasing tourist pressure, environmental degradation and tree felling.

Nepal citizenship no bar: Himachal High Court grants parole to murder-dacoity convict

August 13, 2026 10:40 am

Noting his family ties and property in India, the Himachal Pradesh High Court granted parole to a life convict in a dacoity-murder case, ruling that the relief can’t be denied on account of his Nepalese citizenship.

31 years after land taken in Himachal, court steps in: ‘Can’t deprive anyone of property’

August 04, 2026 12:41 pm

The high court was hearing the State government's appeal against compensation for land used to build a road without acquisition.

Himachal Pradesh High Court denies autistic daughter’s custody to father living in US

August 03, 2026 5:12 pm

The father alleged that her minor daughter had been illegally detained by her mother in India. The couple had married in 2008 and divorced in 2023.

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