Karnataka High Court Grants Last Opportunity To X Corp To Show Compliance Of Blocking Orders

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday granted one more and last opportunity to X Corp (formerly Twitter) to place on record material to show that it had complied with blocking orders issued to it by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY) under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act. A Division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice M G S Kamal...

Medical Board Can Only Decide Extent Of Candidate's Disability, Not Their Eligibility For A Course: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently held that the Medical Board as an expert body is only authorised to determine the extent of a candidate's disability, and cannot draw a conclusion about whether a candidate would be eligible to pursue a medical course.A division bench of Justice G Narendar and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil on going through the records added that the Medical Board is not...

Onus On Plaintiff To Prove Possession Of Property In Suit For Bare Injunction: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently held that in a suit for bare injunction, it is for the person who approaches the Court to prove his lawful possession over the suit schedule property. Justice S G Pandit added that in such cases, the defendant is not required to move an application to prove the authenticity of the documents produced by the plaintiff during the course of evidence."In a suit...

Plea To Include Advocates' Parents As Dependents For Medical Insurance Withdrawn From Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday permitted withdrawal of a public interest litigation filed by Advocate Ramesh Naik L, seeking a direction to the Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) and the Bar Council of India (BCI) to take appropriate action to include Parents of Advocates as dependents in the model form provided by the State Bar Council to provide Medical insurance, Term insurance...

Karnataka High Court Directs NLSIU To Provisionally Admit Transgender Student

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday by way of an interim order directed the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) to grant admission to a transgender person in the 3-year LLB course for the academic year 2023-24, if found eligible. Justice Ashok S Kinagi admitted the petition filed by the student, clarifying that the petitioner's admission is subject to the final outcome of the...

'Proximate Incident' Necessary For Passing Externment Order: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has quashed an externment order passed by the authorities against one Mahantayya, who was externed from Bailhongal Subdivision to Bagalkot for a period of three months. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna sitting at Dharwad said, “Provisions of law which empower externment of a person would undoubtedly mean that there should be minimum proximity or...

Private Association Of Apartment Owners Not 'State' U/Article 12: Karnataka HC Dismisses Writ Plea Against 'Facilitation Charge' For Tenancy

The Karnataka High Court recently refused to entertain a writ petition moved by certain flat owners questioning the amendment of bye laws of the Apartment Owners' Association which paved way for levy of 'Facilitation Charge' from owners who had let out their apartments on lease, licence, tenancy or otherwise. A single judge bench of Justice R Nataraj dismissed the petition filed by...

Karnataka High Court Quashes 'Reckless, Vague' Case Against BJP Chief JP Nadda For 'Wooing' Voters

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against National President of Bharatiya Janata Party and a former Union Minister, Jagath Prakash Nadda for allegedly wooing and threatening voters during an election rally held in May ahead of Assembly elections. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna found the FIR under Section 171-F of IPC was...

Diabetes Is 'Manageable', Not Excuse To Avoid Payment Of Maintenance To Wife & Children: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition filed by one Ananth Kumar KG questioning the order of family court directing him to pay Rs 10,000 as monthly maintenance to his estranged wife.A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit rejected the contention of the petitioner that he has been suffering from diabetes and related ailments, thus he is not able to pay monthly...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 14 To August 20, 2023

Nominal Index:Shashikala & Others And Laxman Yadu Kadam and Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 306N Ravindranath Kamath And Sri Subramanyeshwara Cooperative Bank Limited & others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 307SIVA RAMA KRISHNA And MR.SASI NARKIS BABU V & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 308Raufuddin Kacheriwalay & Others And State of Karnataka & others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 309Malathy S B &...

[Rent Control] Parties' Legal Rights Fixed At Suit Initiation, Subsequent Events Don't Affect Jurisdiction: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently reiterated that the legal rights of parties become established as of the date the legal action is initiated, such as filing a suit and that subsequent events that occur after the initiation of legal proceedings do not affect the jurisdiction of the court.Justice H P Sandesh added that events such as the tenant approaching the Rent Controller to fix a fair...

At Stage Of Preliminary Decree, Purchaser Of Undivided Interest Has No Say In A Partition Suit: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court, Dharwad Bench, has held that the purchaser of an undivided interest, who has no locus in a partition suit, has no say at the stage of preliminary decree. The Court was adjudicating a writ petition, wherein the purchaser of an undivided interest had challenged the order of Civil Court passed in a partition suit allowing amendment to the same.The bench comprising...