Karnataka High Court Acquits Husband Convicted In Wife's Murder Case Over Allegedly Objectionable Facebook Post Against His Paramour

The Karnataka High Court allowed an appeal and acquitted Arun Kumar M, who had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly murdering his wife after she made an objectionable post on Facebook against his alleged paramour.A Division Bench of Justice K.S. Mudagal and Justice Venkatesh Naik T observed, “The chain of events being sought to be projected is laden with deficiency, creating a significant gap, leading to other possible hypotheses. Due to such missing links, the finding...

Karnataka High Court Pulls Up CBIC For Non-Compliance, Seeks Clarity On Applicability Of S. 9(5) CGST Act To Uber's 'Subscription' Model

The Karnataka High Court directed the CBIC to clarify whether passenger transportation services under Uber's subscription model attract GST under Section 9(5) of the CGST Act. Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar also directed the CBIC to place the matter before the GST Council, if required, and file a status report. Section 9(5) of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017, is...

Karnataka High Court Stays Defamation Case Against Asianet News Network Over Broadcast On Alleged Financial Irregularities In KEONICS

The Karnataka High Court stayed criminal defamation proceedings against Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd, its journalists and news anchors over broadcast of its bulletin regarding audit observations and alleged financial irregularities concerning Karnataka Electronics Development Corporation Ltd (KEONICS).The defamation complaint has been filed by an IAS officer and former Managing Director...

If Not Punished, Sociopaths Like Him May Repeat Offence: Karnataka High Court Convicts Man For Making False Allegations Against Judges

The Karnataka High Court recently convicted one K. Dhananjay, for criminal contempt and sentenced him to four month imprisonment along with fine of Rs. 2,000 for making scandalous and unfounded allegations against judges and judicial institution as a whole. The court directed him to be taken into custody forthwith.The accused was convicted for making false and unsubstantiated allegations...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: December 15 - December 21, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 426 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 433Nominal Index:CHARAN H V AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 426ABC AND THE CHAIRPERSON HOSPITAL BASED AUTHORIZATION COMMITTEE & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 427M/S SREE GURURAJA ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED AND M/S CIMEC ENTERPRISES ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 428M A Hameed AND...

Mills Cannot Go Back On Price Change Agreed For Sugarcane In Meeting Convened By CM, With Farmers: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has permitted the South Indian Sugar Mills Association (Karnataka) and individual members of the association and factory owners to submit a representation to the Sugarcane Control Board, as regards the additional sugarcane price, which has now been fixed.Justice Suraj Govindaraj however noted that after agreeing in the meeting convened by the Chief Minister with regard...

“Illegal, Arbitrary & Colourable Exercise Of Power": Karnataka High Court Quashes Consolidated GST Show Cause Notice Clubbing Multiple FYs

The Karnataka High Court held that issuing a consolidated show cause notice for multiple financial years is illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the CGST Act. The bench opined that a composite notice for multiple financial years enables the Department to blur the statutory distinction between Section 73 (non-fraud, etc.,- 3 year limitation) and Section 74 (fraud etc., -...

Karnataka High Court Rejects Plea Challenging Actress Ranya Rao's COFEPOSA Detention In Gold Smuggling Case

The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by the mother of arrested Kannada actress Harshavardhini Ranya Rao, seeking to declare that her detention under COFEPOSA, as illegal and void-ab initio.A division bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil dismissed the petition. The court had on December 1, reserved its judgment on the petition after hearing...

State Bar Council Must Re-register Lawyer Who Withdraws Surrender Of Sanath, Allow Right To Practice Profession: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday held that a member of the Karnataka State Bar Council who has surrendered his sanath/registration and after having received financial benefit as per the Advocate Welfare Fund Act, wishes to withdraw the surrender and seeks re-registration, then it would be duty of the KSBC to permit it. Justice Suraj Govindaraj said “Non permitting the same would...

Karnataka High Court Reserves Verdict On Rahul Gandhi's Plea To Quash Defamation Case By State BJP

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (December 18) reserved verdict on Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking quashing of criminal defamation proceedings initiated against him by the State BJP over an alleged defamatory advertisement and related social media posts. Earlier, Gandhi had told the High Court that there was no material linking him to the publication or tweets, alleged to be defamatory.The...

Karnataka High Court Asks ED To Consider Bank Guarantee For De-Freezing Winzo's ₹505 Crore Account Amid Money Laundering Case

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday asked the Enforcement Directorate, which is probing an alleged money laundering case against online gaming company Winzo, if it will accept bank guarantees to de-freeze company's account worth ₹505 crores.Winzo has alleged that the account freezing is disproportionate given the amount of ₹10 lakh (approx) involved in the predicate offence alleged...

Karnataka High Court Asks Trial Courts To Follow Calcutta HC's Child Access & Custody Guidelines Till Formal Rules Are Notified

The Karnataka High Court has directed that the Child Access & Custody Guidelines along with Parenting Plan 2025, which has been approved by the Calcutta High Court, will be applied by all trial courts in the State till formal Rules in this regard are framed and notified by the Rule making Committee of the High Court.A Division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M...