Karnataka High Court Stays ₹12.69 Crore Demand Notice Issued By KPSCB Against Private Company Seeking Environmental Compensation

The Karnataka High Court recently granted interim protection to a private limited company engaged in real estate development by restraining the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board from taking any coercive steps to recover environmental compensation amounting to ₹12.69 crore, which had been levied by the Board.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M....

Karnataka High Court Impleads State Ministry And Law Department In NLSIU's Appeal On Transgender Reservation In Admissions

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, impleaded the State Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Law Department of the state in an appeal filed by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), challenging a single judge order directing it to provide 0.5% reservation to transgender persons with a fee, until the state takes a policy decision. The division bench of Justice...

Centre Cannot Retain Wrongly Paid IGST Once Correct Tax Is Paid To State GST Authorities: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that the Centre cannot retain wrongly paid IGST (Integrated Goods and Services Tax) once the correct tax is paid to the State authorities. Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar observed that since the assessee had wrongly paid IGST and later paid the correct tax to the State GST, the Central government must refund IGST to the assessee....

Dead Person's Fingerprint Can't Be Used To Identify Her From Aadhar Database: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by the Bengaluru Police, seeking to identify a deceased woman by matching her fingerprints with the Aadhar data maintained by Unique Identification Authority of India.Justice Suraj Govindaraj observed that a live fingerprint is required for the purpose of authentication and as such, "a dead person's fingerprint cannot be directed...

Undertrial's Rights To Education, Rehabilitation Can't Be Ignored During Prison Transfers Citing Security Concerns: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently held that if the transfer of an under-trial prisoner from one prison to another is to be ordered, the Court must balance the security concerns projected by the authorities with the legitimate rights of the prisoner to education, rehabilitation, family visitation, and access to legal assistance.A single judge, Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held thus...

Stay On Govt Order Barring Gatherings In Public Places Applies To All, Can't Be Restricted To Litigating Party: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Monday said that its interim order dated October 28, by which it stayed the Government Order that prohibited gatherings of ten or more persons for peaceful civic, social, or cultural activities in public places and declared such assemblies as unlawful, would be applicable to all and not limited only to the petitioners before the court. Advocate General Shashi...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: November 10 - November 16, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 374 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 385Nominal Index:X AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 374Amit Ashok Vyas AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 375Rajashekar AND Bar Council of India & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 376B S Kiran Kumar & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 377RAVICHANDRAGOUDA R. PATIL...

High Court Issues Notice To Karnataka Govt On State Election Commission's Plea Seeking Final Reservation List In Municipality Wards

The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice to the State government on a public interest litigation filed by the State Election Commission seeking a direction to issue the final notifications of reservation of seats to all the wards of 187 Municipalities, under section 13(1)(d) of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: October 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 325 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 369Nominal Index: Vishwanath Kadli AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 325The Principal Secretary To Government & ANR AND Shivanagouda Vasand & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 326Baburao AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 327Dr K Sudhakar AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 328L AND T INFRA INVESTMENT PARTNERS...

X Corp Moves Karnataka High Court In Appeal Against Ruling Upholding Centre's Blocking Powers Through Sahyog Portal

X Corp has filed an appeal before the Karnataka High Court challenging the single judge decision that upheld the Union Government's authority to issue content blocking directions through the Sahyog portal, which is used to automate notices to intermediaries to remove unlawful online content.. The appeal, filed on November 14, seeks to overturn the judgment delivered on September 24, which...

Karnataka High Court Asks State To File Comprehensive Report On Implementation Of Rights Of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016

The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the State government to file, within six weeks, a comprehensive report setting out the status of implementation of various provisions of the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016. A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha issued notice on a plea alleging non-compliance with the mandate of Sections 17,...

"Motorcycles Not Meant To Be Used As Passenger Vehicles”: Karnataka Govt Tells High Court On Bike-Taxi Ban

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday heard appeals filed by Rapido, Uber and Ola against a single-judge order that had barred bike-taxi operations in the State until guidelines were framed under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Appearing for the State, Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty told the division bench that “motorcycle cannot be a transport vehicle”, insisting that the...