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Karnataka High Court Half Yearly Digest: January To June 2023
Nominal Index [Citations 1 - 247]Priyanaka R Patil v. Kendriya Sainik Board. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 1Ankit Kumar & others v. State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 2M/S. Provident Housing Limited v. Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 3Latha Choodiah v. Sree Balaji H. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 4P Sunil Kumar & ANR v. State of Karnataka. 2023...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index [July 10 – 16, 2023]
SUBJECT WISE INDEXAdvocateSupreme Court 'shocked' to see lawyer filing Article 32 petition against state to recover legal fees. Vijay Kumar Shukla v. State of U.P., 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 523Civil LawConcealment of material facts from the Court - A litigant can be nonsuited in case he is found guilty of concealing material facts from the court or misstating the same. (Para 54) State of Orissa v....
AFT Bar Demands Contempt Action Against Defence Secretary For Allegedly Seeking Report On Decisions By Chandigarh Bench
The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) Chandigarh Bar Association has requested Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud to take suo moto cognizance of the allegedly "shockingly contemptuous communication" issued by the D(AFT) Cell of the Ministry of Defence to the Principal Bench of AFT on July 28. In the communication, the Defence Secretary is stated to have demanded a report on the recent...
Widow Can't Be Stopped From Entering Temple; Woman's Identity Not Dependent On Marital Status : Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has strongly criticized the practice of stopping a widow from entering temples and said it can never continue in a civilized society governed by rule of law. “It is quite unfortunate that the archaic beliefs that if a widow enters a temple it will cause impurity continues to prevail in this State. Even though the reformers are attempting to break all...
Supreme Court Stays Madras HC Order That Annulled Election Of Lone AIADMK MP & OPS's Son P. Ravindranath
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the order of the Madras High Court that declared the 2019 Lok Sabha election of P. Ravindranath, son of former Tamil Nadu CM O Paneerselvan and the sole Member of Parliament from the AIADMK party, null and void. The Apex Court has allowed him to continue as a Member of Parliament until further orders from the Court. A division bench of Justice Surya Kant...
'Case That Rocked Entire Banking System': Supreme Court Refuses Bail To Yes Bank Founder Rana Kapoor In Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court of India on Friday refused to grant bail to Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor in a money laundering case. He has been accused of receiving illegal gratification in exchange for sanctioning bad loans to high-profile borrowers. The Yes Bank co-promoter has been behind bars since March 2020. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti was hearing a special leave...
'History Has Taught Us Something Else On December 6' : Huzefa Ahmadi Tells Supreme Court In Gyanvapi Case
When the Supreme Court made it clear that it will not halt the survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the premises of the Gyanvapi mosque at Varanasi, the lawyer of the Mosque Committee made a final request that the ASI report be kept in a sealed cover in the Court till the dispute regarding the maintainability of the suit is finally decided. The Masjid Committee's challenge to...
Supreme Court Stays Order Of Madras High Court Granting Bail To Lawyer Arrested Under UAPA By NIA For Alleged Links With PFI
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the order of the Madras High Court granting bail to Mohammad Abbas, a Madurai based lawyer who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for his alleged links with the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) organization.A division bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Sanjay Karol, today issued notice in...
‘Some Judgments From Gujarat High Court Make For Very Interesting Reading’: Supreme Court Judge Observes during Rahul Gandhi’s Hearing
Supreme Court judge BR Gavai, who headed the bench that stayed the conviction of Congress leader and former Member of Parliament (MP) Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case today, observed during the hearing that he has recently come across ‘interesting’ judgements from the Gujarat High Court, which ran into hundreds of pages. He explained that the single-judge bench that...
Supreme Court Sets Aside Calcutta HC Order Allowing FIR Against Suvendhu Adhikari; Asks CJ To Take Fresh Decision
The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the July 20 order order of the Calcutta High Court which had allowed the registration of FIR against BJP MLA Adhikari for allegedly making provocative remarks during the recently held West Bengal Panchayat elections. The Court further requested the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to decide the plea seeking FIR against the West Bengal Leader...
Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing In Karnataka Muslim OBC Quota Case By 4 Weeks
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing of the petition challenging the Karnataka government’s order scrapping an almost three-decade-old four per cent reservation provided to Muslims in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category in the state. The Karnataka Government had scrapped the 4% reservation and distributed the same equally among the Veerashaiva-Lingayats and Vokkaligas at...
'Police Sensitisation Required': Supreme Court Calls For Enduring Solution To Hate Speeches
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a call to action to stakeholders to find an enduring solution to the problem of hate speech. Highlighting that the difficulty lay in implementing and executing the law on hate speech, Justice Sanjiv Khanna suggested appropriately sensitising the police forces to ensure that victims of hate speech could access meaningful remedies without having to come to...