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LiveLaw High Courts Daily Highlights: August 21, 2026
Links to Top Picks of August 21:Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Order Directing State To Intervene In Ramakrishna Vedanta Math After Allegations Of Relics Being NeglectedEmployer Cannot Constitute Its Own Appellate Authority Under POSH Act: Bombay High Court'Appalling Apathy': Bombay High Court Pulls Up State Over Failure To Protect Children Walking Through Wildlife-Prone Areas To Reach School2003 Muthanga Land Struggle Case: Kerala High Court Suspends Sentences Of Four Convicts...
Suffer For Sometime Like You Made Customers Suffer By Serving 'Analogue Paneer': Bombay High Court Denies Interim Relief To Eatery
While refusing to grant interim relief to a Thane-based Udupi restaurant, whose licence has been suspended by the Food & Drugs Administration (FDA) for serving the recently banned 'analogue paneer', the Bombay High Court on Friday (August 21) said such hotels must tell the customers by putting up boards that they are not serving what is being shown in the menu card. A division bench of...
Delhi High Court Declares August 27 As Holiday; Sitting Days In Lieu Announced
The Delhi High Court has declared August 27, Thursday, as a holiday for the High Court as well as the courts subordinate to it.In lieu of the holiday, the High Court has declared September 19, as a Court sitting day for the High Court whereas September 12, will be a Court sitting day for the subordinate courts.The notification, issued by the Registry today, further provides that cases fixed before the High Court on August 27 will be taken up on August 31, in addition to the cases already fixed...
Insurer Can't Deny Compensation For Fire Damage Citing Technical Interpretation Of Policy Without Adducing Evidence: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that insurance company cannot refuse to pay compensation for loss due to fire merely based on technical interpretation of proposal form and insurance policy without adducing any evidence. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 226]The respondent manufactures Polyester Textured Yarn, Draw Textured Yarn, and Partially Oriented Yarn paper tubes whose stock was insured by the Appellant Insurance Company from 12.08.1994 to 11.08.1995 against a premium of ...
Kerala High Court Impleads Breast Cancer Patient In Suo Motu Case On Exorbitant Pricing Of Patented Drugs
The Kerala High Court on Friday (August 21) allowed the petition filed by a breast cancer patient who sought to be impleaded as an additional respondent in a suo motu plea raising issue of exorbitant pricing of patented breast cancer drugs.The plea was originally filed by a breast cancer patient, who was being treated with patented Ribociclib, seeking an intervention by the Central government invoking the provisions of the Patent Act, particularly Sections 83 and 92 or Section 100. After she...
PC-PNDT Rules Don't Bar Doctor From Conducting Ultrasound At Clinics In Two Different Districts: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has held that a qualified Radiologist cannot be barred from conducting ultrasonography at two different clinics/medical establishments situated in two different districts, especially when his superior authorities in his permanent employment have issued a 'no-objection certificate' for his practice beyond official working hours. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 97]Clarifying the...
Regular Appointment Can't Be Terminated Without Due Process: Jharkhand High Court While Staying Cancellation Of Recruitments Via JPSC Exams
While staying Jharkhand government's orders cancelling recruitments made through 11th to 13th Jharkhand Public Service Commission Exams, the High Court High Court prima facie observed that regular appointments cannot be disturbed or terminated without following the principles of natural justice.The Court made the observation while staying a notification cancelling the recruitment of Food...
Jharkhand High Court Extends Continuation Benefit Under SC Orders To Consumer Commission Members Who Retired Before May 21, 2025
The Jharkhand High Court has modified a State Government notification which restricted the benefit of continuation in office under the Supreme Court's Manendra Bhaskar Limaye ruling to Presidents and Members of Consumer Commissions who retired on or after May 21, 2025.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Deepak Roshan held that the Supreme Court's directions did not restrict the benefit...
Madras High Court Quashes FIR Against Students Who Peacefully Protested Conference On Eradication Of Sanatana Dharma
The Madras High Court has quashed a criminal case registered against a law student and others for protesting against the conduct of a conference for the eradication of Sanatana Dharma. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 404] Justice R Vijayakumar noted that the student and others had raised their agitation in a peaceful and democratic manner and there was no allegation of any damage to public property. Thus, the court held that continuation of criminal proceedings would be an abuse of process of law. ...
Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing In Plea Flagging Violence At Jadavpur University Between ABVP & FETSU Students
The Calcutta High Court has declined an urgent hearing on a plea seeking immediate judicial intervention to restore law and order at Jadavpur University amid the ongoing unrest on the campus.The development comes amid clashes at Jadavpur University between members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and students belonging to the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students' Union (FETSU) during its ongoing annual general meeting. The rival groups have levelled allegations against...
CJP's Saurav Das Moves Delhi High Court Against Abhijit Iyer Mitra, Jaipur Dialogues Etc For Revealing Personal Info
Cockroach Janta Party's Saurav Das has filed a suit before the Delhi High Court against commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra, and certain web portals over allegations of revealing his residential address and personal information on social media.The suit seeks mandatory and permanent injunction against the defendants, which also include portals such Sunday Guardian, Jaipur Dialogues, Pamphlet and Lawbeat. The suit also names Google LLC and X Corp (formerly Twitter) as defendants. The suit claims...
