Karnataka High Court
Karnataka High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Prison Officials For Alleged VIP Treatment Of AIADMK's Ex-General Secretary VK Sasikala
The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against three officials of the Bengaluru Central Jail, charged with allegedly acting as broker in facilitating luxury amenities inside prison to former AIADMK General Secretary Sasikala Natarajan (VK Sasikala).Sasikala was lodged in prison in the year 2017 on being convicted by Supreme Court in a disproportionate assets...
Planning Authority Forcing Private Landowner To Surrender Property For Proposed Acquisition Free Of Cost Amounts To Extortion: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has quashed an endorsement issued by the Planning Authority of Hoskote Taluk in rural Bangalore, directing a private landowner to surrender a portion of his land free of cost, claiming it has been earmarked for widening of National Highway, and only then it would approve the construction plan submitted on the remaining land. A single judge bench of Justice...
Online Rummy Games Played Are Not Taxable As ‘Betting’ And ‘Gambling: Karnataka High Court Quashes GST Intimation Notice Demanding Rs. 21,000 Crores Against Gameskraft
The Karnataka High Court has quashed the GST Intimation Notice to the tune of Rs 21,000 crore and held that online/electronic/digital Rummy games and other Online/Electronic/Digital games played on Gameskraft’s platforms are not taxable as "betting" and "gambling".The bench of Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar has observed that online, electronic, and digital games, which are also substantially...
Karnataka Elections: High Court Permits Hotels To Serve Free Food To Persons Who Cast Vote Without Receiving Contribution From Political Parties
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday stayed the public notice issued by the Assistant Commissioner (Election), Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike by which it had restrained any hotels from distributing free food or articles at concession rates to those who cast their votes in the Elections to be held on Wednesday. A single judge bench of Justice T G Shivashankare Gowda stayed the notice dated...
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...