High Courts
Successor To Decree Holder Can Continue Execution Without Prior Substitution Before Court That Passed Decree: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that a person who succeeds to the rights in the property forming the subject matter of a decree need not first seek substitution before the court that passed the decree. Instead, such a successor may directly continue execution proceedings before the executing court by invoking Section 146 CPC read with the Explanation to Order XXI Rule 16 CPC.Justice Easwaran...
Replacing Pages In Notarised Pleadings Is Tampering: Bombay High Court Imposes ₹50K Cost On Party, Lawyer & Notary For "Shocking" Conduct
The Bombay High Court has held that once a document is notarised, neither the Notary nor any party is permitted to replace any page, and that replacing any page amounts to tampering with the original pleadings served upon the defendants. The Court observed that no party can be permitted to tamper with pleadings and documents in such a manner and described the conduct of the plaintiff, advocate...
Failure To Substantiate Reserved Category Claim Doesn't Disentitle Candidate From Competing In General Category On Merit: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that a candidate's failure to substantiate a claim for reservation does not disentitle them from being considered in the General category on their own merit.While underscoring the aforementioned principle, the division bench of Justice Arun Monga and Justice Ashutosh Kumar granted relief to the petitioner whose candidature was rejected after she failed to...
UPS Not Working For 1.5 Yrs Is 'Hogwash': Karnataka High Court Raps Police, Orders State-Wide Audit Of CCTV Systems
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (August 13) pulled up police authorities, including the Whitefield Police, over their explanation that the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) at the police station had remained non-functional for nearly one-and-a-half years, affecting the functioning of CCTV cameras during power outages. Calling the explanation a “hogwash”, Justice Suraj...
'Debate On Reservation Cannot Become A Crime': Karnataka High Court Stays Proceedings Against Public TV Anchor
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday [August 13] granted an interim stay on all proceedings against Arunkumar Badiger, a news anchor with Public TV, who was booked for his remarks during a televised debate on the Delhi student protests, social justice system and reservation policy.The single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna took note of the transcript of the debate and the settled...
“Can Understand The Exigency”: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Over Fake Covid Negative Reports Made During Lockdown, Imposes Costs
The Bombay High Court recently quashed a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against three members of a housing society, who had forged a false RT-PCR Covid19 'negative' report for themselves, to ease and evade security protocols of their society. Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav while quashing the FIR against Shivaji Kamble, Prathamesh Parab and Vikrant Tambe, observed that the trio...
Kerala High Court Closes PIL Challenging Alleged Ban On Men's Entry At 'Freedom At Midnight' Event
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (13 August) closes a public interest litigation challenging the proposed “Freedom at Midnight” event organised by the Department for Women and Child Development on August 14.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M observed that the petition was founded on unverified press reports and that the petitioner had not...
'Don't Take Courts For Granted': Karnataka High Court Slams Hindu Body For Putting Up March Banners Before Getting Permission
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday [ August 13] orally slammed Hindu Jagaran Vedike for allegedly putting up banners for the proposed march on Independence Day eve in Mysuru, despite not receiving any permission to conduct the event from the court as of yet. The single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj was hearing the petitioner's plea seeking permission to conduct a torchlight march...
Burden To Prove Lack Of Consent Rests On Prosecution And Never Shifts, Even Where Accused Admits Intercourse: P&H High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that where a rape accused admits the factum of sexual intercourse, that admission does not relieve the prosecution of its obligation to establish the absence of consent, the burden on that issue resting throughout on the prosecution and never shifting to the accused. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 276]Acquitting the appellant in an appeal against a 2004...
LiveLaw High Courts Daily Highlights: August 13, 2026
Links to Top reports of August 13:'Quite Shocking': Delhi High Court Finds 400 Ventilators, 910 Oxygen Concentrators Lying Unused At Govt Hospital Courts Can Interfere With Expert Answer Key If It Is 'Palpably Erroneous'; Candidate Can't Be Penalised For Ambiguous Question: Gauhati High Court 'Absolute Certainty' That Convict Won't Reoffend Impossible; Such Requirement Would Bar...
Retired Armed Forces Personnel Applying For Re-employment After Completing Qualifying Service Entitled To Ex-Serviceman Status : Delhi HC
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Vinod Kumar held that a retired Armed Forces personnel who applies for re-employment after completing the prescribed qualifying service is entitled to ex-serviceman status, and eligibility cannot be denied by supplementing fresh reasons later. Background Facts The respondent was a medical...
