Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: November 24 - November 30, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 396 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 409Nominal Index:Alphonso Saldana AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 396ANIL S/O. MALLAPPA KANAWADE & Others AND THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 397T H Hosamani AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 398Suresh Vathar AND Siddaramma & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 399YANKAPPA R SAKRE...

Senior Citizens Act | Assistant Commissioner Empowered To Issue Eviction Order Where Rights Of Elderly Need Protection: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that the Assistant Commissioner under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act can issue an eviction order reiterating that this "jurisdiction is extraordinary" and must be invoked where rights of the elderly need protection.Justice M Nagaprasanna held thus while dismissing a petition filed by a daughter-in-law who had challenged an...

Karnataka High Court Allows KN Shanth Kumar's Plea To Contest Elections For President Of State Cricket Association

The Karnataka High Court on Saturday directed the Electoral Officer conducting the elections to the Karnataka State Cricket Association to declare KN Shanth Kumar as a valid candidate to contest the elections to the post of President.It thus allowed Kumar's plea. Justice Suraj Govindaraj said, “The writ petition is allowed. The order dated 24.11.2025 passed by respondent No.1 is quashed....

Even 60-Yr-Old Compensation Claim Maintainable When State Admits It Acquired Private Land Without Following Procedure: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that delay, even extending across 'half a century', does not semi articulate the landowners claim to just compensation, when it is admitted by the State that it has without legal formalities taken over the private land.Justice M Nagaprasanna held thus while allowing a petition filed by a father-daughter duo Ramesh and Sushmitha, questioning an order passed by...

Karnataka High Court Restores Classic Legends' Rights To The 'Yezdi' Marks For Motorcycles

The Karnataka High Court has recently allowed a series of appeals filed by Classic Legends Pvt. Ltd. and its founder, restoring their right to use the 'Yezdi' name and logos for motorcycles. The judgment overturns a 2022 decision that had declared the marks to be the property of Ideal Jawa, the defunct manufacturer of the original Yezdi bikes.A Division Bench of Justice D K Singh and...

RTI Not A Tool To Obtain Others' Exam Answer Sheets: Karnataka High Court Rejects Activist's Plea For KPSC Answer Script Disclosure

The Karnataka High Court recently said that merely being a Right to Information activist would not give a person the right to seek answer scripts of a person who had appeared for the exam conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC).A single judge, Justice Suraj Govindaraj said thus while dismissing the petition filed by one Intak Raju N, who claimed to be a RTI activist...

S.498A IPC | Offence Of Cruelty Attracted Even To Live-In Relationships, Void & Voidable Marriages: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that the provisions of Section 498A IPC (cruelty) are attracted even in cases of a void or voidable marriage, or a relationship in the nature of marriage such as live-in relationships provided the ingredients of the offence are otherwise established.The petitioner man had alleged that the complainant and him were not legally married and thus she could not...

“Lack Of Criteria Violates Articles 14, 16”: Karnataka High Court Directs State To Frame Rules For Appointments To Courts For Land Grabbing Cases

The Karnataka High Court recently directed the State government to frame, in three months, appropriate guidelines for selection and appointment of Chairperson and Members to the Karnataka Land Grabbing Prohibition Special Courts.Justice Ashok S Kinagi, while allowing a petition filed by a former district judge, Devananda Puttappa Nayak said, "The impugned notice or advertisement issued by...

Karnataka High Court Orders Refund Of ₹10 Crore, Says Payment During GST Search Was 'Not Voluntary' U/S 74(5) CGST Act

The Karnataka High Court held that the assessee's payment of Rs. 10 crores could not be treated as a voluntary payment under Section 74(5) of the CGST Act (Central Goods and Services Tax Act), as the DRC-03 shows 'NIL' entries for both interest and penalty. The bench observed that the 'NIL' entries clearly indicated that the payment was made by the assessee under coercion and...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On PhonePe's Appeal Against Order Allowing Police To Seek User Details, Transaction Data

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the State Government on an appeal preferred by digital payment intermediary 'Phonepe', challenging a single judge order which had dismissed its petition questioning a police notice seeking transaction details/ full account credentials of its registered users and merchants, while investigating a criminal case.A division bench of Chief...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Overnight Removal Of Govt Pleader; Says 'Doctrine Of Pleasure' Not A Licence For Arbitrary Action

The Karnataka High Court has set aside a notification cancelling the appointment of an Additional District Government Pleader within 24-hours of his appointment and appointing another advocate in his place.A single judge, Justice M Nagaprasanna said,“The appointment made is on one day, and undone the next day, within a span of just 24 hours. The petitioner so appointed, as Government...

'Proceeds On Conjecture, Devoid Of Reasons': Karnataka High Court Quashes Order Barring Seer's Entry In Dharwad For Two Months

The Karnataka High Court (Dharwad bench) on Tuesday (November 25) set aside a prohibitory order dated November 04 passed against Adrushya Kadeshwara Swamiji, restraining him from entering the territorial limits of Dharwad district, for the period commencing from November 05 till January 03 next year.Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition and said: "The order is devoid of reasons,...