'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,...

Closure Report In MUDA Case Against Ex-CM Siddaramaiah, Others 'Inconclusive': Activist Tells Karnataka High Court

Activist Snehamayi Krishna opposed before the Karnataka High Court on Friday [August 14] trial court's acceptance of a 'B Report' (Closure Report) filed by Lokayukta police in the alleged MUDA land scam involving Ex- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his family members arguing that the report is inconclusive. The court was hearing Krishna's plea challenging acceptance of B report. Appearing for...

Bombay High Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Ex-TISS Student Booked For Raising Slogans To Release Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid

The Bombay High Court on Friday (August 14) granted interim protection from arrest to Kamakhya Prasad Das, a former TISS student, who was booked for raising slogans "to free Umar Khalid & Sharjeel Imam."Justice Prafulla Khubalkar agreed to hear Das' plea seeking anticipatory bail on August 31 and granted him interim protection from arrest in the meantime. Notably, a Mumbai Court had last...

Father Gifting Daughter Property As Part Of Matrimonial Settlement Not Joint Family Property Without Proof: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that a father gifting property to his daughter when she was a minor by way of a gift deed as part of matrimonial settlement proceedings, cannot be treated as part of joint family property unless it is proved to have been purchased from joint family fund. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 388]A Division Bench of Justice N. Sathish Kumar and Justice M. Jothiraman was hearing...

HP High Court Orders Probe Against Officials For Allowing Govt Doctor To Retain Accommodation For Over A Decade Despite Transfer

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed an inquiry against the concerned officers/officials for allegedly allowing a Medical Officer to retain earmarked government accommodation at Hamirpur for more than a decade after his transfer, observing that such continued retention would not have been possible without the officials concerned being “hand in glove” with the petitioner. Justice...

J&K&L High Court Refuses To Quash Drug Quality Case Against Company Directors, Says Responsibility Under Drugs Act Requires Trial

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against three Directors of a pharmaceutical company over the manufacture of a drug declared “Not of Standard Quality”, holding that a Director cannot escape prosecution at the threshold merely by claiming that he had no personal role in the manufacturing process. The Court held that whether a Director...

High Court Rejects PIL Challenging Collegium Recommendation To Appoint Haryana AG As Judge, Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking to stall the appointment of Advocate Pravindra Chauhan as a Judge of the High Court, holding that the petition was actuated by personal vendetta rather than genuine public interest, and imposed costs of ₹1,00,000 to be deposited with the Poor Patient Welfare Fund, PGIMER, Chandigarh.A Division Bench of...

'Shocks Our Conscience': Madras High Court Slams TN Govt For Denying National Flag Rally Permit To BJP, Says Tricolour Transcends Political Colour

The Madras High Court, on Friday (August 14), permitted the Bharatiya Janata Party to conduct a "Tricolour Flag Yatra" in Coimbatore city in connection with the Independence Day celebrations.[2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 387]Though the BJP had initially proposed to conduct the rally on August 13, the State denied permission for the rally at the proposed location. On Friday, after deliberations, the...

Microfinance Fraud Case: Kerala High Court Directs Govt To Consider Prosecution Sanction Request By SIT

The Kerala High Court on Friday (August 14) directed the Additional Chief Secretary for Backward Classes to consider the requests for prosecution sanction made by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the ₹15.85 crore SNDP Microfinance Scam case to expedite prosecution sanction.The case relates to the alleged misappropriation of government funds under the Micro Finance Scheme. A...

National Sports Federation Has No Right To Compel Govt To Relieve Employee For Sporting Assignments: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a National Sports Federation cannot claim a legal right to requisition the services of a Government employee or compel the Government to spare such employees for sporting assignments in the absence of a statutory provision creating such an obligation.The Court observed that mere appointment of a Government employee by a National...