Karnataka High Court
Karnataka High Court Extends Stay On Cancellation Of Actor Chetan Kumar's OCI Card
The Karnataka High Court on Friday extended its interim stay on an order passed by the Union Government cancelling the Overseas Citizen of India card (OCI) issued to Kannada actor and social activist, Chetan A Kumar.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna was informed by the petitioner that in compliance with the earlier order of the court, he has deleted the tweets that were...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Restoration Of Railways Ticket Concession For Senior Citizens
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday refused to grant any relief and permitted the withdrawal of a public interest litigation seeking directions to the Union Government to restore the concession in fare for senior citizens in Railways. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice M G S Kamal said “Ultimately what should be the fare, whether the concession should be given to...
Karnataka High Court Grants Parole To Convict For Meeting 75-Yr-Old Mother, Quotes Ramayana Verse 'Janani Janmabhumishcha Swargadapi Gariyasi'
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Superintendent of the Open Air Prison to grant emergency parole of three weeks to a convict to meet his ailing mother. A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit allowed the petition filed by convict Shivappa Bellad. “This Court, being conscious of the shortness of human life and the irreplaceable position and bond between mother and children,...
Copyright Act | Merely Because A Civil Dispute Is Being Fought Between Parties, Criminal Proceedings Cannot Be Halted: Karnataka High Court
Observing that the Copyright Act provides for both civil remedy and filing of criminal prosecution, the Karnataka High Court said that merely because a civil dispute is being fought between the parties, the criminal proceedings cannot be halted.A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit said:“The infringement of a copyright gives rise to a cause of action on which a civil proceeding...
Power Of Arbitrator To Resolve Dispute In A Partnership Flows From Clauses Of Partnership Deed: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that in a partnership deed that provides for appointment of Arbitrator, the power of Arbitrator to resolve the dispute flows from the clauses of the partnership deed.A Single Judge bench of Justice S G Pandit, dismissed a petition filed by one Jameela who claimed to be the second wife of deceased partner Hajee Ibrahim and sought dissolution of the...
Amend S.377 IPC To Punish Sexual Intercourse With Dead Bodies: Karnataka High Court Recommends To Centre
The Karnataka High Court has recommended the Central Government to amend the provisions of Indian Penal Code or bring in new one, for criminalising sexual intercourse with dead bodies. A division bench Justice B Veerappa and Justice Venkatesh Naik T observed, “It is the high time for the Central Government in order to maintain right to dignity of the dead person/woman to amend the provisions...
Rape On Woman's Dead Body Will Not Attract Section 376 IPC: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that sexual assault on the dead body of woman will not attract the offence of Rape punishable under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code. It thus acquitted a man of rape charges for committing sexual assault on the dead body of a 21 years old girl, after murdering her.A division bench of Justice B Veerappa and Justice Venkatesh Naik T partly allowed the appeal...
Karnataka High Court Directs State To Formulate Welfare Scheme For Members Of Advocates' Clerks Association, Says They Serve The Judicial System
The Karnataka High Court recently directed the State government to formulate a scheme for welfare of the members of State Level Advocates’ Clerks Association, within six months. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna observed,“The service rendered by the Advocates’ clerks is not a service to an individual, but to the system, being attached to the Advocates. Therefore,...
Appellate Authority Can't Cure Jurisdictional Defect Of Original Authority: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that if the original jurisdiction is not exercised by a competent authority, the Appellate authority even though competent cannot cure the jurisdictional defect of the original authority.“If the original Authority is corum non-judice, the competent Appellate Authority, by considering the appeal cannot breathe life into such original order and make...
Breaking | Lawyer's Plea Against Permanent Benches Of Karnataka High Court At Dharwad & Kalaburagi Dismissed
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking to strike down as unconstitutional the orders establishing permanent benches of the High Court at Dharwad and Kalaburagi (earlier Gulbarga).A division bench of Justice B Veerappa and Justice K S Hemalekha observed that the benches had in fact rendered "distributive justice" to all the regions and thus, the...
Karnataka High Court Quashes POCSO Case Against Man Who Dropped Minor Victim At Her Home On Instructions Of Main Accused
The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings launched under the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) against a man who dropped the minor victim at her home on the instructions of main accused.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna noted that Petitioner-accused was neither involved in the planning nor commission of the offence."The allegation is...
Karnataka High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP MLA Ashwath Narayan Over 'Finish Off Siddaramaiah' Remark For Four Weeks
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday by way of interim relief stayed investigation against former Deputy CM of Karnataka and BJP MLA Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan for allegedly making a derogatory statement against now Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, during an election rally in February.Narayan had approached the court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him under sections 506...