High Pendency Of Cases In NDPS Court, Humanly Impossible To Dispose Them In Time Bound Manner: Karnataka HC While Refusing Bail To Kenyan Citizen

The Karnataka High Court recently reflected upon the huge pendency of cases before a Special NDPS Court, while refusing bail to a Kenyan citizen who was held under the Act over two years ago for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs in the country via foreign routes.A single judge bench of Justice M G Uma noted that pendency before the Trial Court as on April 1, 2023 is 1,308 special cases...

Once Criminal Court Finds A Person Guilty Of Rash & Negligent Driving, Motor Accident Tribunal Can't Hold Driver Was Someone Else: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently said that once a competent criminal court has found the driver of an offending vehicle guilty and convicted him for charges of rash and negligent driving and causing death, findings of Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal that the driver of the car was another person, cannot be accepted. A single judge bench of Justice N S Sanjay Gowda set aside the finding of...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 01 to May 07

Nominal IndexCentral Public Information Officer/Deputy Director General, Doordarshan Kendra And Central Information Commission & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 165. D K Shivakumar And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 166D B Jatti And M/s Jamnadas Devidas. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 167Ravi M And Union of India & others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 168B Prashanth Hegde And State of Karnataka. 2023...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Stay PM Narendra Modi's Road Shows In Bengaluru

The Karnataka High Court on Friday refused to stay the roadshows to be held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bengaluru this Saturday and Sunday, ahead of assembly elections in the State on May 10. A vacation bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Vijaykumar A Patil held a special hearing today in the PIL filed by Advocate Amruthesh N P, raising concern over road blocks and traffic jams due to...

Karnataka Golf Association Substantially Financed By Govt In Form Of Subsidised Rent, Qualifies As Public Authority Under RTI Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has declared that the Karnataka Golf Association is a public authority as contemplated under the Right to Information Act (RTI). A single judge bench of Justice N S Sanjay Gowda dismissed a petition filed by the Association challenging the order of Karnataka Information Commission by which it declared the Association as a public authority under Section 2(h) of the...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Take Away Father's Visitation Rights On Ground That He Remarried After Divorce & Bears Another Child

The Karnataka High Court has refused to interfere with the order of a family court granting visitation rights of a minor daughter to her father. The mother of the child had objected to it on the grounds that her ex-husband had remarried twice after being divorced from her. A division bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil observed,“The assertion of the appellant is...

Section 173 CrPC | Instruct All Investigating Agencies To Communicate Final Report To Complainant: Karnataka High Court To DGP, IG

The Karnataka High Court recently directed the Inspector General and Director General of Police (DG and IGP), to instruct all Investigating Officers of the Investigation Agencies to communicate the final report prepared by them to the first informant, as per Section 173(2)(ii) of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).Section 173(2)(ii) obligates investigating officer to communicate, in such manner...

Karnataka Elections 2023: High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Permission For NRIs To Caste Vote From Abroad

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday rejected a PIL filed by a Non Resident Indian (NRI) seeking grant of voting rights to NRIs from the countries they reside in, during the Karnataka Assembly Elections, scheduled to be held on May 10. A vacation bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil rejected the petition filed by Ravi M. In doing so, it accepted the submission made...

Section 87 NI Act | Cheque Not Invalid If Altered With Consent Of Drawer: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that if the payee or holder of the cheque had made alteration with the consent of drawer on cheque, such alteration cannot be a ground to resist right of payee or holder thereof.A single judge bench of Justice Rajendra Badamikar dismissed a revision petition filed by accused D B Jatti who had challenged the conviction order passed by the trial court for...

[DK Shivakumar Disproportionate Assets Case] State's Consent For CBI Probe Merely Executive Order, Not Sanction For Prosecution: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court last month dismissed a petition filed by Congress leader D K Shivakumar seeking to quash the sanction for prosecution granted by State to the CBI, to investigate the offences alleged against him under the provision of Prevention of Corruption Act.A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan said the impugned order was merely a consent given by the State under Section 6...

RTI Act | Public Information Officer Cannot Challenge Appellate Authority's Order Directing It To Disclose Information: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that under the Right to Information Act, a Public information Officer has no authority to prefer an appeal against an order passed by the Appellate Authority, directing him to furnish information to an applicant under the Act. The power to prefer an appeal challenging an order passed by the Appellate authority has been conferred only on the persons...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: April 2023 [Citation 134 - 164]

Nominal Index M/S Tonbo Imaging India Pvt Ltd Versus Union Of India. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 134Manje Gowda And State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 135Rathnamma & ANR And State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 136Bujji @ Babu G And State Of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 137Nanjappa And State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 138Khadar Basha & others...