Karnataka High Court
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 10 To July 16
Nominal IndexGopala Sadashiva Gayatri & others And State By Girinagara Police & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 258Lalitha Siddi And State Of Karnataka & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 259Karnataka Growers Federation And Government of India. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 260Rajesh K S N And State By Karnataka Through Mangalore Women Police Station. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 261V Jagdish Bhatija & ANR And State...
Karnataka High Court Introduces Neutral Citation System
The Karnataka High Court has introduced a Neutral Citation system for all its disposed of Judgments and Orders. The unique court-assigned Neutral Citation for the high court is as follows: Principal Bench: 2023:KHC:<Citation Number> - Example: 2023:KHC:1.Dharwad Bench: 2023:KHC-D:<Citation Number> - Example: 2023:KHC-D:1.Kalaburagi Bench: 2023:KHC-K:<Citation Number> -...
Karnataka High Court Directs Ayurveda College To Surrender One Management Seat To Govt For Admitting Student Beyond Cut-Off Date
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Mangalore-based Karnataka Ayurveda Medical College to surrender one management seat to the government during the next academic year i.e., 2024-25, for admitting a student beyond the cut off date.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum also imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the college to be deposited with the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and...
If An Able Bodied Person Is Bound To Maintain His Wife, Why Not Dependent Mother? Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by the sons of an aged woman against an order of the Deputy Commissioner that directed them to pay her maintenance amount of Rs 10,000, under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act.A Single judge bench of Justice Krishan S Dixit dismissed the petition filed by Gopal and others who questioned the order directing...
Duty Of Trial Court To Give Time To Accused To Engage Counsel For Cross Examining Prosecution Witnesses: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has set aside an order of conviction handed down to an accused found guilty of outraging the modesty of a woman as the accused could not cross examined the prosecution witnesses. A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan remanded the matter back to the Trial Court for fresh consideration, observing,“Of course, speedy trial is mandatory, however, denial of providing...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Medical Negligence Complaint In Absence Of Expert Opinion
The Karnataka High Court recently quashed a medical negligence case registered against three doctors as the police failed to support the charge by obtaining an expert's opinion. A single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum allowed the quashing petition observing, “If the Medical Council of India (MCI) while entertaining the appeal has concluded that there is no medical negligence,...
Consumer Forum Member's 'Caste Hurl' Complaint Against Landlords Quashed By Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed the proceedings initiated under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act by a "disgruntled tenant" who happens to be a member of the District Consumer Forum, against her landlords.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna found the narration in her complaint quite strange and said permitting further investigation against the petitioners...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Law Intern's Rape FIR Against Advocate, Says It May Have Chilling Effect On Legal Profession
The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a rape complaint registered against a Magaluru based advocate by a law student working as an intern in his office. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna observed,"If a naive student of law, enters the office of an Advocate, as an intern; in turn gets to face these horrendous acts, it would have a chilling effect on the entire practice...
Karnataka High Court Says Healthcare Centres Be Connected With Control Rooms To Attend Those Injured In Man-Animal Conflicts
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday suggested that 24*7 control rooms set up by State government for receipt of information about man-animal conflicts in areas surrounding forests be connected with Civil hospitals and Primary Healthcare Centres for immediate attention to those injured.It said “We direct the State government to extend the access of control room to the nearest Primary...
POCSO Court Bound To Determine Compensation Considering Gravity, Victim's Status; Role Of DLSA Is Only To Enforce It: Karnataka High Court
In context of PCOSO trials, the Karnataka High Court has held that only the special court has power to quantify the compensation to the child victims under NALSA scheme and that DLSA is under legal obligation to give effect to the compensation determined by the special Court.It added that while determining compensation, the trial court has to consider the evidence on record, nature of...
74-Yr-Old Travels To Karnataka High Court In Ambulance For Settlement Of Her Partition Suit In National Lok Adalat
A 74-year-old, Lalithamma travelled in an ambulance to the Karnataka High Court in Bengaluru, to get her 14-year-old partition suit amicably settled before the National Lok Adalat, held on July 8. A bench comprising Justice K S Hemalekha and Advocate H. Pavana Chandra Shetty, interacted with her while she sat in the ambulance and on confirming the terms of settlement, Justice Hemalekha...
Plea In Karnataka High Court To Include Advocates' Parents As Dependents To Provide Medical Insurance
A petition has been filed in the Karnataka High Court 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 Advocate as dependents in the model form provided by the State Bar Council to provide Medical insurance, Term insurance for Advocates. The petition filed by Advocate Ramesh Naik L states that...