Karnataka High Court Quarterly Digest: July To September 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 223 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 324Nominal Index:B S Gupta AND The Commissioner & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 223Devibai AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 224Ranjith Balkrishnan AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 225C Bhavani @Hamsa AND The Petitions Committee Karnataka Legislative Council & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 226M/S....

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: September 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 293 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 324Nominal Index:C Naveen Kumar & Other AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 293Deepa Angadi AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 294G Satyanarayana Varma AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 295Hareesh AND A S Umesh & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 296K J Jaljakshi AND...

Karnataka High Court Directs Police Not To Harass OLA CEO Bhavish Agarwal, Others While Probing Abetment To Suicide Case

The Karnataka High Court in an interim order on Friday (October 17) directed the Subramanyapura Police Station not to harass Ola Electric Technologies Private Limited CEO Bhavish Agarwal and others, in the guise of investigating an abetment to suicide case registered against them. While hearing a petition filed by Agarwal, Subrat Kumar Dash and the company Justice Mohammad Nawaz in its...

Sunday Sitting | Karnataka High Court Directs RSS To Submit Fresh Application For Permission To Hold Route March On Nov 2

In a special sitting on Sunday, the Karnataka High Court directed the convenor of RSS, Kalaburagi, Ashok Patil, to submit a fresh application seeking permission to peacefully hold an RSS march (Pathasanchalana) in Chittapur Town on November 2.The petitioner had approached the court after the application filed by the RSS seeking permission to hold the route march on October 19(today) was...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Order Restraining Spiritual Leader From Visiting Vijaypura, Says Conduct Eroded Dignity Attached To Office

"Such conduct, by any measure, is wholly inconsistent with the moral and spiritual discipline expected of a religious head and erodes the dignity attached to his office,” the court said.

Karnataka High Court Directs State To Digitise Parole Process, Build Online Dashboard For Tracking Applications

The Karnataka High Court has suggested that applications seeking parole leave–which presently have to be drafted on paper and submitted physically, be permitted to be filed and processed electronically and the details of the same must be made available in electronic form. Justice Suraj Govindaraj in his order noted that all the applications for parole are made on physical paper, are...

Take Steps To Ensure Safe Motorable Road On NH-66 And NH-275 Between Mangalore-Udupi: Karnataka High Court Tells NHAI

The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the National Highways Authority and other respondents to take remedial steps to ensure safe, motorable and scientifically maintained roads on National Highway-66, National Highway-275 (Stretch between Mangalore-Udupi) and other arterial roads of coastal Karnataka.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha disposed of...

Lease Renewal Disputes With PSU's Are Arbitrable If Not Related To Eviction Under Public Premises Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court held that renewal of lease agreements with public sector undertakings are arbitrable and such disputes are not prohibited under Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 (PP Act) when lessee continues in possession lawfully and the rent is being accepted by the lessor. Accordingly, the present application under section 11 of the Arbitration...

Karnataka High Court Frowns Upon Police For Filing Defective Chargesheets In Election Offences Against Prominent Personalities

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (October 16) frowned upon police officers for filing defective chargesheets in offences related to Elections involving prominent personalities.Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav observed “The seriousness with which election offences are dealt with requires to be commented upon. There is a separate chapter---Chapter IXA for offences relating to Elections in...

Mens Rea Not Prerequisite For Imposing Penalty U/S 117 Of Customs Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court held that mens rea is not a prerequisite for imposing a penalty under Section 117 of the Customs Act. Section 117 of the Customs Act, 1962, addresses penalties for contraventions not specifically mentioned elsewhere in the Act. Justices S.G. Pandit and K.V. Aravind stated that a plain reading of Section 117 of the Act makes it clear that whenever...

Tax Demands Raised Post Approval Of IBC Resolution Plan Are Not Enforceable: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently reiterated that tax demands raised by revenue authorities after the approval of a resolution plan under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) are unenforceable if the claims were not submitted during the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP).A single bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna observed,“There is no jurisdiction to parallelly...

PMLA Tribunal Cannot Remand Back Order Of Attachment Passed By Adjudicating Authority For Fresh Consideration: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that the Appellate Tribunal under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act has no power to remand back to consider afresh the order passed by the Adjudicating Authority, confirming the provisional attachment order.A division bench of Justice D K Singh and Justice Venkatesh Naik T allowed the appeal filed by the Enforcement Directorate and said “Tribunal...