Karnataka High Court Orders De-Freezing Of Advocate's Account After She Explains Money Received From Cheating Accused Is Toward Professional Fee

The Karnataka High Court has accepted the submission made by an advocate that the amount received by her from a client who is accused in a cheating case is towards professional fee and has directed the police to instruct the bank to defreeze his account. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna disposed of the petition filed by Kanchan Srinivasan and said “In the light of the...

Lulu Mall v. Coolulu Sports Trademark Dispute: Karnataka High Court Directs Centre To Pass Reasoned Orders U/S 16 Companies Act

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Regional Director, Ministry of Corporate Affairs to consider afresh whether the word “lulu” in the title of Coolulu Sports Private Limited company is identical to Lulu International Shopping Malls Private Limited a well known trademark. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Coolulu Sports Private Limited and...

Karnataka High Court Stays Insolvency Proceedings Against Mantri Developers Ltd

The High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru Bench, comprising of Justice M. Nagaprasanna, while adjudicating a petition filed in Mr. Sushil Mantri v The Registrar (NCLT Bengaluru) & Ors. has stayed the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (“CIRP”) initiated against Mantri Developers Pvt. Ltd. by the National Company Law Tribunal, Bengaluru.BACKGROUND FACTSMantri Developers Pvt....

Twitter Defends Foreign Entity's Right To Appear Before Indian Courts, Says Blocking Users Effectively Blocks Content That Isn't Even Generated

The Karnataka High Court was on Wednesday informed by Twitter Inc. that Article 3 of the US Constitution confers a Constitutional Right on Foreign National to get access to courts in the United States. A single judge bench of Justice Krishan S Dixit had on Monday sought a clarification from the microblogging site on how laws of other countries including that of the United States of America...

No Rebuttal To Desertion Allegations Despite Entering Appearance: Karnataka High Court Dismisses Wife's Appeal Against Divorce Decree

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by a woman challenging an order of the family court granting divorce on the grounds of desertion as the wife failed to counter the averments made by the husband in the petition. A division bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil said “It is trite law that if a witness is not subjected to cross-examination by the...

Karnataka High Court Vacates Temporary Injunction Restraining IPS Officer Roopa Moudgil From Circulating Defamatory Content Against IAS Rohini Sindhuri

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday vacated the temporary injunction order passed by a Civil court in Bengaluru, restraining IPS officer D Roopa Moudgil from publishing any defamatory content against IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri.A single judge bench of Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar allowed the petition filed by Moudgil questioning the order dated March 7, by which the trial court had extended...

Karnataka High Court Raps Postal Officials For Opening HUF PPF Account After Withdrawal Of Scheme, Orders Payment Of Interest

The Karnataka High Court recently came to the rescue of a 48 years old Bengaluru resident who was denied interest on PPF deposits, stating that his HUF PPF account was opened irregularly after the scheme was amended.Stating that it was for the authorities to detect such irregular accounts and inform the investors immediately, a single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna cautioned the...

Election Officials Have No Authority To Search And Seize Material Before Announcement Of Election: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that Returning Officer or the election officials would not get any jurisdiction to search or seize any material before announcement of elections. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna observed,“The Returning Officer or the election officials would not get any jurisdiction to search or seize any material before the announcement of...

Can Centre Withhold Reasons Behind Blocking Orders? What Happens In Other Countries Like USA? Karnataka High Court Asks In Twitter's Challenge

The Karnataka High Court on Monday asked Twitter and the Union of India to clarify by Wednesday, on how laws of other countries including that of the United States of America deal with the aspect of disclosure of reasons by governments, while issuing account blocking orders to intermediaries for posting of objectionable content. A single judge bench of Justice Krishan S Dixit said...

Karnataka High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March, 2023 [Citations: 1-133]

Nominal Index [Citation 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 1- 133]Priyanaka R Patil v. Kendriya Sainik Board. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 1Ankit Kumar & others v. State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 2M/S. Provident Housing Limited v. Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 3Latha Choodiah v. Sree Balaji H. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 4P Sunil Kumar & ANR v. State...

Karnataka Court Restrains Shimogga Based Restaurant From Infringing Trademark Of Bengaluru's Famous Vidyarthi Bhavan

A civil court in Bengaluru has passed a permanent injunction order and restrained a restaurant in Shimogga from infringing and using the registered trademark Vidyarthi Bhavan, which is a famous restaurant in Bengaluru. Additional City Civil Judge Padma Prasad passed the order and partly allowed the suit filed by M/s Vidyarthi Bhavan, through its partner S.Arun Kumar Adiga. It was said that...

Be Careful Of Complaints Filed By Parties To Judicial Proceedings To Settle Personal Scores: Karnataka High Court To BBMP

The Karnataka High Court has advised the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to be careful with complaints made by a party to a civil proceedings against its opponent, and initiate action only in accordance with law.A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj allowed the petition filed by one Ramamurthy N and quashed the order passed by the corporation issued under Section 321 (3)...