Karnataka High Court Seeks State's Response On Policy To Standardise Marks Across Different Education Boards For KEA Admissions

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday [August 18] directed the State Government to file an affidavit outlining steps taken to consider the formulation of a policy for the standardisation of marks obtained by students from different educational boards for admissions through the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA).A Division Bench of Justice Jayant Banerji and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju...

LiveLaw Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Roundup: August 10 - August 16, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 260 - 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 277]Union of India and others v. Smt. Shakuntla Devi and another 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 260 Gunjan Nehra and others v. State of Haryana and others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 261Pardeep Kumar and others v. State of Punjab 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 262Karambir @ Karmu v. State of Haryana 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 263Rahul Sharma v. State of Haryana 2026...

Homemaker's Financial Difficulties Not 'Sufficient Cause' To Condone Delay: Chhattisgarh High Court

Dismissing an application seeking condonation of 224 days of delay, the Chhattisgarh High Court held that the explanation offered, that the applicant is a homemaker of advanced age and is dependent upon her children who are facing financial and medical difficulties, is insufficient cause to condone delay. [2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 110]Emphasizing that delay could be condoned only if the litigant...

2015 Kerala Assembly Ruckus: High Court Quashes Criminal Case Against Former Congress MLA A.T. George

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (August 18) quashed the criminal proceedings against former Congress MLA A.T. George in the 2015 Kerala Legislative Assembly Ruckus case. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 450]The brawl happened on March 13, 2015 when the LDF legislators staged a protest to prevent the then Finance Minister, late K.M. Mani, from presenting the budget and sought his resignation amid bar...

SHRC Can't Enquire Into Police Handling Of Complaints Without Sufficient Material To Establish Human Rights Violation: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that a State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) cannot enquire into allegations regarding the manner in which a police official handled complaints or registered a police case, unless human rights violations were shown. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 393] The bench of Justice M Dhandapani and Justice N Dilip Kumar thus set aside an order of the SHRC which had...

Taunting Wife Over Complexion, Low IQ And Communication Skills Alone Doesn't Constitute Cruelty U/S 498A IPC: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court recently quashed a cruelty case against a man, holding that allegations of taunting his wife about her complexion, low IQ and poor communication skills, by themselves, were insufficient to make out an offence of cruelty under Section 498A IPC.For context, Section 498A of the IPC defines cruelty as a). any wilful conduct that is likely to drive the woman to commit...

Delhi High Court Closes Plea Over Alleged Illegal Detention Of AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar After Police Say He Was Released

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (August 18) closed a habeas corpus plea alleging the illegal detention of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Kuldeep Kumar after the Delhi Police informed the Court that he had been released earlier in the day. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 759]A division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja noted that Kumar had been released at around 3:48 PM on August 18 and...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Governor's Order Suspending KPSC Chairman, Cites Lack Of Council Of Ministers' Aid And Advice

The Karnataka High Court has on August 18[ Tuesday] quashed the suspension of the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) Chairman Shivasankarappa Sahukar, holding that the order was passed without the constitutionally mandated 'aid and advice' of the Council of Ministers under Articles 163 and 166. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 307]The single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj partly allowed...

Calcutta High Court Declines Interim Relief In Plea Against WB Speaker's Recognition Of Rebel TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee As LoP

The Calcutta High Court has rejected a plea challenging the West Bengal Speaker's decision to recognise TMC-Rebel MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition, whilst ignoring Mamata Banerjee's choice of Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay.The court, however, clarified that Banerjee would only continue as provisional Leader of Opposition for a period of two months, till the matter was finally...

Recovery Of Allegedly Stolen 'Blanket, Mosquito Net' Not Enough To Prove Guilt: Allahabad High Court Acquits 2 In 1978 Robbery Case

The Allahabad High Court last week acquitted two men in connection with a 1978 robbery case, observing that the alleged recovery of a blanket and mosquito net from them did not furnish strong corroborative evidence, particularly since the articles were readily available in the market and bore no distinctive identifying marks.The Court also found deficiencies in the identification...

Forgery To Oust Sister From Mother's Property Goes Beyond Civil Dispute: MP High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has denied anticipatory bail to a man accused of forging his mother's will to exclude his sister from the share in the property. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 329]Noting that the said Will did not bear the thumb impressions of the mother and the sole surviving attesting witness has denied its execution, the bench of Justice Gajendra Singh observed,"...the matter cannot...

Delhi High Court Allows JNU To Continue PG-Admissions Based On Deprivation Points, Subject To Outcome Of Challenge

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (August 18) permitted Jawahar Lal Nehru University to continue its post-graduate admissions based on "deprivation points", thereby modifying a single judge's order last week halting the admissions based on this system. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 758]The court however said that the admissions shall be subject to outcome of the petition pending before the single judge....