Karnataka High Court
Two Additional Judges Of Karnataka High Court Made Permanent, Term Of Justice S. Rachaiah As An Additional Judge Extended
The Central Government has issued a notification appointing the following two additional judges of the Karnataka High Court as permanent judges of the HC:1. Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde2. Justice Kannankuzhyil Sreedharan HemalekhaFurther, the centre has also extended the term of Justice Siddaiah Rachaiah, an additional Judge, for a period of one year wef November 8.The SC Collegium, last...
Bengaluru Traffic: High Court Suggests Karnataka Govt To Revisit School Timings, Commercial Working Hours To Ease Congestion
The Karnataka High Court, with a view to ease traffic congestion in Bengaluru, has suggested the State government to call a meeting of stakeholders and take up the issue of revisiting school timings and working hours of Industrial Units, Factories, Commercial Houses and Companies. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit while hearing a public...
Number Plate Manufacturers Move High Court Alleging Karnataka Govt Permitting Only 'Influential' Entities To Affix High Security Plates On Vehicles
The Karnataka High Court will on September 19, consider interim relief of stay sought in a petition filed against Karnataka government's notifications mandating fixing of High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) on vehicles registered before April 1, 2019, by OEM's (Original Equipment Manufacturers)/ Authorised dealers who in turn will source the number plates only from HSRP...
Husband Subjecting Wife To Creditors' Action By Misusing Her Signed Cheques Constitutes 'Cruelty': Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the appeal preferred by a man challenging a family court order which allowed the divorce petition filed by his wife on grounds of cruelty, since he made her face criminal proceedings initiated by creditors from whom he borrowed money by issuing cheques in her name, for meeting his lifestyle and addictions. A Division bench of Justice G Narendar and...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Stay Disqualification Of Prajwal Revanna As Member Of Parliament Over False Election Affidavit
The Karnataka High Court on Monday refused to stay the order disqualifying Prajwal Revanna as Member of Parliament, for filing a false election affidavit.A single bench of Justice K Natarajan dismissed the application filed by Revanna seeking stay on the order dated September 1, for some time to prefer an appeal before the Supreme Court.In its September 1 order the Court had allowed the...
Karnataka High Court Asks BBMP To Consider Criminal Action, Enhanced Penalty For Violation Of Solid Waste Management Rules
The Karnataka High Court on Monday suggested to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and State government to consider revising the penalty being imposed on violators of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit noticed that so far Rs 11.66 crore is collected in 4 years between 10-09-2019 to 31-08-2023, as...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 4 To September 10, 2023
Nominal Index: Abdul Rehman And State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 340Shrenika And State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (kar) 341XYZ And ABC. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 342Usman Makandar alias Usmanshah And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 343NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY AND MUGIL ANBU VASANTHA & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 344T Ramesh Babu And The...
Prajwal Revanna Disqualification: Karnataka High Court Reserves Order On Plea To Stay Verdict Till He Approaches Supreme Court
The Karnataka High Court on Friday reserved its order on an application filed Prajwal Revanna of the Janatha Dal Secular Party, seeking stay on its order dated September 1, declaring his election as Member of Parliament as null and void, for filing false information in his election affidavit.Prajwal sought time in order to file an appeal before the Supreme Court. A single bench of Justice...
Juvenile Justice: Karnataka High Court Asks State To File Financial Proposal For Effective Implementation Of Centre's Vatsalya Scheme For Children
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday sought to know from the State government on whether it had sent a reply to the communication issued to it by the Union Ministry of Woman And Child Development, asking the state government to submit a financial proposal and plan for the year 2022-2023, under the Mission Vatsalya Scheme. A Division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna...
'Where Is The Prohibition?': Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Against Appointment Of Political Secretaries, Media Advisor To CM Siddaramiah
The Karnataka High Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the appointment of Political Secretaries and Media Advisor to Chief Minister Siddaramiah. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit dismissed the petition filed by Advocate Umapathi S and said, “For reasons to be recorded separately, the petition is dismissed.”...
6 Yrs After Man Was Washed Away While Working In Stormwater Drain, Karnataka High Court Orders BBMP To Issue His Death Certificate To Wife
The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of a woman by directing the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to issue death certificate of her husband, an excavator operator with BBMP who was washed away in heavy rain while working in a stormwater drain in 2017. A single bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj allowed the petition filed by Mrs Saraswathi S P and directed the Corporation to...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Recovery Order Against Former MLA Chikkanna Who Missed Govt-Funded Legal Study Tour In 2009
The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash an order of the State Legislative Assembly Secretariat seeking to recover a sum of about Rs. 4 lakh from former legislator Chikkanna who missed a government-funded legal study tour back in 2009.A single bench of Justice R Nataraj observed,"The tour was scheduled on 23.08.2009 but the request to cancel the tour was made by the petitioner on which...