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Byju Raveendran Withdraws Contempt Plea Before Karnataka High Court Against Byjus Interim Resolution Professional Over CoC Meeting

Byju Raveendran and other suspended directors of Think & Learn, the parent company of ed-tech platform Byju's, have withdrawn their contempt petition against interim resolution professional Pankaj Srivastava before the Karnataka High Court. The petition alleged that Srivastava wilfully disobeyed the High Court's October 2024 orders by calling for a Committee of Creditors (CoC) meeting...

Cant Invoke SC/ST Act Against Stranger In Absence Of Specific Intent: Karnataka High Court Quashes Atrocity FIR Against Cameraman

The Karnataka High Court has held that the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 cannot be invoked against a stranger who lacks any specific intent with regard to the offences under the Act. Justice V. Srishananda quashed the criminal proceedings against a cameraman working with a media agency, observing that filming a public...

No Parent Is A Visitor In Childs Life: Karnataka High Court Directs Courts To Use Parenting Time Instead Of Visitation In Custody Cases

The Karnataka High Court has recently directed all Family Courts and courts dealing with Guardianship and Wards matters in the State to substitute the term 'visitation' with 'parenting time' during judicial proceedings. The court reasoned that the former term carries an unfortunate suggestion that one parent is merely a 'guest' in the child's life.The single judge bench of Justice...

Wife Spending On Childs Birthday From Her Own Earnings Not Cruelty By Husband: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that the mere fact that a wife spent money from her own earnings to celebrate her child's birthday cannot by itself lead to the conclusion that her husband subjected her to cruelty.The court pointed out that the wife had not asserted that she requested such financial assistance from the husband on the said occasion. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 402]A Division Bench...

2016 Rohith Vemula Protest: Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Against 15 Students, Says Assembly Below 250 Persons Didnt Need Permission

The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed criminal proceedings against 15 students who were booked for allegedly assembling without permission and obstructing traffic in Bengaluru during a 2016 a protest over the suicide of student Rohith Vemula, who had ended his life over alleged caste discrimination. The single judge bench of Justice H.P. Sandesh, while allowing the quashing plea,...

Opposition To Matrimonial Alliance Not Enough To Book Accuseds Family For Abetment Of Rape On Pretext Of Marriage: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that the mere opposition of family members to a proposed matrimonial alliance cannot, by itself, disclose the ingredients of offences such as rape or abetment against them. Consequently, Justice Suraj Govindaraj quashed criminal proceedings against the mother and sister of the principal accused in a rape case, while refusing to quash the proceedings against...

Earnings From Sale Of Shares Part Of Husbands Income: Karnataka High Court Enhances Monthly Maintenance To ₹1.2 Lakh

The Karnataka High Court enhanced the monthly maintenance awarded to the wife and minor son from Rs 50 thousand to Rs 1.2 lakh, while holding that the husband's earnings from the sale of shares form part of his income and should be considered while determining the maintenance, even if such financial gains are variable.Justice Lalitha Kanneganti heard two separate petitions filed by a husband...

Husband Paying Maintenance To Wife Without Court Order Cant Later Claim Inability To Pay: Karnataka High Court Imposes ₹2 Lakh Fine

The Karnataka High Court has imposed costs of Rs 2 lakh on a husband challenging an interim maintenance order of Rs 1,10,000 per month granted to his wife, calling his petition a “luxurious litigation” aimed at wasting Court's time.Justice Lalitha Kanneganti held that where a husband was already paying Rs 1,03,382 per month to the wife without any Court order, he cannot subsequently...

Sending FIR To Wrong Court Is Mere Irregularity, Not Ground To Quash: State Tells Karnataka High Court In Case Against BJPs Pratap Simha

The Karnataka High Court was on Monday told that merely sending an FIR to a court lacking jurisdiction would amount to a procedural irregularity and would not, by itself, warrant quashing of the criminal proceedings against BJP leader and former MP Pratap Simha.State Public Prosecutor made the submission while opposing Simha's challenge to two FIRs registered against him in connection with...

Dharmasthala Mass Burial | SIT Cant Wait For DGP To Transfer Cases, Must Register FIR & Investigate: Petitioner Tells Karnataka High Court

The petitioner in a PIL concerning 74 cases of unnatural deaths in and around Dharmasthala has told the Karnataka High Court that the SIT cannot wait for the Director General and Inspector General of Police to transfer the cases, and it must register FIRs and investigate them.The submission was made before a Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice K.S. Bharath Kumar on Monday...