'Strict Liability If Anything Happens': Karnataka High Court Orally Remarks On Hindu Body's Plea To Allow Independence Day Torchlight March

Hindu Jagrana Vedike and its convener approached the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (August 11) seeking permission to conduct a torchlight march and stage a program in Mysuru city on the occasion of Independence Day despite opposition from the police. The single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj orally remarked that it would impose strict liability on the organizers, warning that...

LiveLaw High Courts Daily Highlights: August 11, 2026

Links to Top reports of August 11:Playing Cards For Money At Home In Absence Of 'Profit-Making' Element Not Offence Under Gambling Act: Gujarat High CourtSLSA Cannot Adopt 'Big Brother' Approach; Adult Victims Can Freely Spend Compensation Amount: Calcutta High CourtSC's One-Time Protection From Detention For Low Attendance Applies To Law Students Of All Semesters, Not Just Final Year:...

Madras High Court Defers Framing Of Charge In 'Cash-For-Vote' Case Against BJP's Nainar Nagendran, Others

The Madras High Court has deferred the framing of charges in a cash-for-vote case registered against BJP's Nainar Nagendran and others during the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 380] Justice V Lakshminarayanan deferred the framing of charges till August 19. The court was hearing a plea filed by BJP's SR Sekar to quash the case registered against him, which was pending...

'Must Remain In Prison Till Sunset Of His Virility': P&H High Court Commutes Death Penalty For Rape-Murder Of 7 Yrs Old, Directs 50 Yrs In Jail

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded to a 21-year-old man convicted of the kidnapping, rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in District Kaithal, holding that while the case does not warrant capital punishment, the convict must be kept out of circulation for a period long enough to remove any risk to other children. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 270].Framing...

'Police Can't Refuse FIR Over Non-Production Of Evidence In Sexual Harassment Complaint; Can't Shift Burden On Prosecutrix': Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the police cannot refuse to register an FIR on a sexual harassment complaint moved before it merely because the Prosecutrix has not produced WhatsApp chats, call recordings or other material evidence in support of her allegations. The Court further observed that the burden of conducting a lawful investigation cannot be shifted upon the prosecutrix...

Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Entry To OCI Cardholder Facing Blacklisting Over Alleged Anti-India Activities

The Delhi High Court has refused to pass an interim order permitting an 81-year-old Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder, facing blacklisting over alleged “pro-Kashmir separatist activities” and “anti-India propaganda”, to visit India to attend family wedding festivities.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia held that the...

Police Refusal To Register FIR On Woman's Digital Rape Complaint Against Employer: Allahabad High Court Orders Inquiry By UP DGP

The Allahabad High Court recently directed the Director General of Police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh, to inquire as to why Ghaziabad Police officials refused to register an FIR on a woman's complaint against her employer alleging sexual harassment, molestation, inducement and criminal intimidation.A bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh and Justice Tarun Saxena passed the direction while dismissing...

Playing Cards For Money At Home In Absence Of 'Profit-Making' Element Not Offence Under Gambling Act: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that merely playing cards in a house for money does not necessarily make the house a "common gaming house" to invoke offences under Gujarat Prevention of Gambling Act in absence of element of profit-making. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 220]The court was hearing a plea by five accused persons seeking quashing of an FIR under Gujarat Prevention of Gambling Act.The...

SC's One-Time Protection From Detention For Low Attendance Applies To Law Students Of All Semesters, Not Just Final Year: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has clarified that the Supreme Court judgment providing "one-time protection" to law students, who were prevented from appearing in their exams during the academic year of 2025-2026, will apply to students missing any of the semester-end exams and not be confined only to "final exams."A division bench of Justice Riyaz Chagla and Justice Farhan Dubash refused to accept...

Jumping Off Train Fearing Fire Is Self-Preservation, Not 'Self-Inflicted Injury': P&H High Court Holds Railways Liable To Pay Compensation

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a passenger who jumps from a train under a bona fide apprehension that it has caught fire cannot be said to have suffered a "self-inflicted injury" within the meaning of the proviso to Section 124-A of the Railways Act, 1989, as his conduct is an instinctive act of self-preservation rather than self-destruction. [2026 LiveLaw (PH)...

UAPA | Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Painting Pro-Khalistan Slogans On Govt Building

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to a man accused of writing pro-Khalistan slogans and hoisting a flag associated with the banned outfit “Sikh for Justice” on a government building, in a case registered under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 268]Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj and...

Wife Can't Be Awarded Interim Maintenance Solely Based On Husband's Income, Ignoring Other Factors Like Her Qualifications: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a Family Court cannot award interim maintenance to a wife being titled solely towards a husband's income while ignoring other factors relevant for grant of the relief. Justice Saurabh Banerjee said that even though the husband is a man of means, the Family Court granting interim maintenance cannot be oblivious of the cumulative variables which ought to...