LiveLaw High Courts Daily Highlights: August 14, 2026

Links to Top reports of August 13:Burden To Prove Lack Of Consent Rests On Prosecution And Never Shifts, Even Where Accused Admits Intercourse: P&H High Court 'Debate On Reservation Cannot Become A Crime': Karnataka High Court Stays Proceedings Against Public TV AnchorReplacing Pages In Notarised Pleadings Is Tampering: Bombay High Court Imposes ₹50K Cost On Party, Lawyer &...

Failure To Pay Balance Sale Consideration Cannot By Itself Amount To Cheating: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that failure to pay the balance sale consideration under an agreement cannot by itself constitute cheating unless dishonest or fraudulent intention existed when the promise was made.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Alok Kumar Pandey observed that such intention cannot be presumed merely because a party subsequently failed to keep its promise.The case arose from a...

Self-Styled Godman Rampal's Son-In-Law Gets Bail In UAPA Case After 4 Yrs Custody; P&H High Court Notes All Material Witnesses Examined

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to Sanjay @ Fauji, the son-in-law of self-styled godman Rampal, in the case arising from the November 2014 violence at Satlok Ashram, Barwala, in which 111 police personnel were injured during the execution of arrest warrants issued by the High Court.The Division Bench of Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj and Justice Deepak Manchanda noted that...

NEET-UG 2026: Candidates Can't Claim EWS Reservation After Declaration Of Results: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that candidates who applied for NEET-UG 2026 under the General Unreserved or OBC-NCL category cannot subsequently claim reservation under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category after the declaration of results and commencement of counselling.Justice Amrita Sinha observed that allowing candidates to change their category at the counselling stage...

Lowest Or Sole Bidder Has No Vested Right To Contract Until Letter Of Acceptance Is Issued: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that merely emerging as the lowest or sole successful bidder does not give a bidder a vested right to the contract. Such a right does not arise until the competent authority accepts the bid and communicates its acceptance.A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Rajesh Kumar Verma said that until then, a bidder only has a right to fair...

Karnataka High Court Refuses For Now Interim Protection From Arrest To Ex-KPSC Chairman Over Veterinary Officer Recruitment Scam

The Karnataka High Court has on August 14 [Friday] denied granting interim protection from arrest to Ex-KPSC Chairman Shivashankarappa Sahukar over a case pertaining to the alleged irregularities in the KSPC Veterinary Officers Recruitment Scam.The petitioner had moved an anticipatory bail plea seeking interim protection as well. Sahukar had moved the high court after Additional City Civil...

NDPS Act Does Not Allow Any Other Options After Accused Chooses Gazetted Officer For Search U/S 50: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that Section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 does not permit the Investigating Officer or any other officer, including the Gazetted Officer before whom the personal search is to be conducted, to give an accused a fresh or third option after the accused has already exercised his statutory choice. The Court observed that...

Madras High Court Stays Investigation Against Fitness Centre Owner In TASMAC Corruption Case Involving Senthil Balaji

The Madras High Court has stayed an investigation by the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption against a fitness centre owner in a corruption case involving Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC). [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 389] The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan ordered a stay to balance the rights and protect the interest of...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Restrain Private Channel From Telecasting Golden Temple Gurbani

The Delhi High Court today refused to restrain a private channel from broadcasting the recital of Gurbani at the Golden Temple in the Amritsar city.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani passed refused to pass an interim order on a suit filed by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which manages historical Sikh places of worship (gurdwaras). It was contended by the SGPC that it has...

'Calculated Assault On Public Health': Karnataka High Court Upholds FIR Against Company Allegedly Re-Labeling & Selling Expired Food Products

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Earth Recycler Pvt. Ltd. and its directors seeking quashing of the FIR registered against them for allegedly collecting expired food products, re-labelling them, and selling them to the unsuspecting public. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 301]The single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna observed that the allegations of re-labelling expired...

Once Maintenance Recovery Warrant Is Issued To Collector, Magistrate Cannot Pursue Parallel Recovery Through Police: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that once a levy warrant for recovery of maintenance is issued to the District Collector under Section 421(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the recovery proceedings shift to the Collector, and the Judicial Magistrate cannot simultaneously pursue an inconsistent mode of recovery,The Court further held that the Magistrate exceeded...

Orissa High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Lawyers & Claimants In Decade-Old False Accident Claims Cases

The Orissa High Court has recently granted anticipatory bail to 14 claimants and lawyers accused of laying false motor accident claims to syphon off huge amounts of compensation from insurance companies, even without registration of police complaints for involvement of vehicles in such accidents. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 94]Holding physical custody and interrogation of the petitioners unnecessary,...