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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 & Notary For "Shocking" ConductUnrebutted Communication From Competent Authority Prevails Over Information...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 14, 2026
Links to the reports of August 14 :CJI Surya Kant Disapproves BCI Action Against NALSAR Students, Says They Have Right To ProtestSupreme Court Stays Madras HC Judgment Quashing Compassionate Appointments For Karur Tragedy VictimsJantar Mantar Protest: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks SIT Probe Into Incidents Of Gender-Based Violence By Police Personnel, VigilantesSupreme Court Quashes Hate Speech...
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 land transaction in which the complainant had entered into an agreement with the accused for purchase of...
Supreme Court Imposes Rs. 10 Lakh Cost On Reliance Industries Ltd For Obstructing 20-Year-Old NTPC Suit
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 14) imposed a cost of Rs. 10 lakhs on Reliance Industries Ltd. for prolonging a 20-year-old commercial suit filed by NTPC. The cost imposed was directed to be deposited with the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association. A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe strongly disapproved of RIL's litigation strategy, noting that the suit filed in 2005 is still at the evidence stage, with the company raising objections at every turn. “The...
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...
Strengthening Fight Against Examination Malpractice: Critical Analysis Of 2026 Amendment Act
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 was enacted by the parliament of India in the year 2024 and the preamble of the Act says “An Act to prevent unfair means in the public examinations and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.” The Act received the royal assent on 12/02/2024 and came into force on 21-6-2024, vide Noti. No. S.O. 2422(E), dt. 21-6-2024. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Act, 2026 (which...
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 and non-arbitrary consideration of its bid.The Court was hearing a petition concerning a tender floated by...
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Roundtable On 'Building The Next Generation Of Dispute Resolution Professionals' By Sama, Bengaluru [August 20; In-Person; Open To ADR Profs. & Deans; Free]: Register By August 19
Sama is India's leading Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform, enabling mediation, arbitration, and conciliation entirely online for businesses, government bodies, and individuals.Since 2019, Sama has facilitated the filing of over 2 crore disputes and the resolution of more than 34 lakh cases, with an average resolution time of 45 days. Sama is headquartered in Bengaluru and is also the organiser of Indian Mediation Week.About the RoundtableSama is hosting a roundtable bringing together...
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 and Sessions Court at Bengaluru had rejected his anticipatory bail application on August 11. The...
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 the provision recognises only the options of being searched before the nearest Magistrate or the nearest...