Don't Tweet On Judiciary, Sub-Judice Issues: Karnataka High Court While Staying Actor Chetan Kumar's OCI Cancellation Till June 2

The Karnataka High Court by way of interim relief has stayed the operation of 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 said “I deem it appropriate, in the facts and circumstances of the case, to direct the respondents not to...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up [April 17 - April 23, 2023]

Nominal Index: Mohammed Shariff And National Investigating Agency. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 152H D Naveen And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 153Thirakavva & ANR Ratnavva & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 154Sudarshan V Biradar And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 155M/s TTK Healthcare Ltd And P V Ravi. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 156XIAOMI Technology India Private Limited. v. Union of...

Karnataka High Court Rejects Xiaomi's Petition Challenging Seizure Of ₹5551.27 Crore By Enforcement Directorate, Upholds S.37A FEMA

The Karnataka High Court on Friday rejected the petition filed by Xiaomi India challenging an order passed by the Competent Authority appointed under the Foreign Exchange Management Act,1999 (FEMA), confirming the order issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seizing Rs.5,551.27 crores of the company.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna though upheld the maintainability of...

Karnataka High Court Reserves Order On Twitter's Plea Against Centre's Account Blocking Orders

The Karnataka High Court on Friday reserved its order on the petition filed by Twitter Inc, challenging the blocking orders issued to it by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY) under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act. A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit reserved the order after hearing both parties. Twitter has claimed that the blocking orders...

No "Moral Boost" To Culprits: Karnataka High Court Refuses Benefit Under Probation Of Offenders Act To Woman Behind Gas Cylinder Scam In Village

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the conviction handed down to a woman for cheating villagers and collecting money from them on the pretext of distributing gas cylinders to them. A Single judge bench of Justice Rajendra Badamikar partly allowed the appeal filed by Kousalya and modified the sentence of two years imprisonment imposed on the accused to six months. However, the court rejected...

Karnataka High Court Launches Webpage Of Judgments Translated Into Kannada

Judgments of the Supreme Court of India and the Karnataka High Court are now available on the High Court website in Kannada language. Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, Prasanna B Varale on Tuesday launched a Webpage wherein the judgments translated to Kannada language are available. The webpage was launched as part of the project of AI-Assisted translation of Judgments and...

Labour Court Can't Declare Domestic Enquiry Against Terminated Workman Perverse Without Affording Hearing To Employer: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that Labour Court before coming to a conclusion that domestic enquiry conducted by the employer against terminated employee is not fair and proper, it has to grant opportunity to the employer to establish the Articles of Charge, levelled by it against the employee. A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj allowed the petition filed by M/s TTK...

Karnataka Amendment Conferring Judicial Magistrate's Power To Decide Delayed Birth/ Death Registration Upon Executive Authority Ultra Vires: High Court

The Karnataka High Court has declared the Karnataka Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Rules, 2022 by which it amended Rule 9 of the Births and Deaths Rules, 1999, and conferred powers on Revenue officials to decide on application for delayed registration of births and death, as ultra vires, the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. The State Government by the amendment...

Exception To Section 6(1) Hindu Succession Act Does Not Apply To Properties Alienated In Violation Of Court Orders: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that the exception made under Section 6 (1) of the Hindu Succession Act, can be availed by a person who has alienated properties lawfully and the benefit cannot be extended if the alienation is made in violation of court orders. Section 6 (1) was amended in the year 2005 and it confers the status of a coparcener to a daughter of a male...

Amendments Long Overdue: Karnataka High Court Suggests Increasing Pecuniary Jurisdiction Of District Courts To Hear First Appeals U/S 96 CPC

The Karnataka High Court has suggested amending provisions of the law relating to the pecuniary jurisdiction of the High Court and the District Court to hear the first appeals filed under Section 96 of the Civil Procedure Code, which is governed under Section 5 of the Karnataka High Court Act of 1961 and Section 19 of the Karnataka Civil Courts Act, 1964, to ensure expeditious disposal...

Unemployed Husband Perhaps Had "Inferiority Complex" From Working Wife: Karnataka High Court While Upholding Conviction U/S 498A IPC

The Karnataka High Court recently upheld a husband's conviction under Section 498-A (Cruelty) IPC for harassing his wife, stating that he perhaps developed inferirority complex.A single judge bench of Justice Ramachandra D.Huddar while dismissing the revision petition filed by H D Naveen observed,“Accused No.1 is unemployed. Perhaps he must be having an inferiority complex as his...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Commission To Consider Geo-Political Autonomy Of Codava Tribe In Coorg

The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice to the State of Karnataka and Union Government on a public interest litigation filed seeking to set up a commission to consider the demands for granting Coorg, which is part of State of Karnataka, a Geo-Political Autonomy/Self-Rule and inclusion in the Schedule List (ST) list of the Indian Constitution.A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna...