Balajiga Community Can't Be Classified Differently For Educational & Employment Purposes, State's Dual Standards Not Justified: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has held that a particular community cannot be classified for educational purposes under a different group than the classification made for the very same community for employment purposes under a different group.Justice Suraj Govindaraj said:"I am of the considered opinion that a particular class or category of persons cannot be said to be socially and...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: April 14 - April 20, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 141 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 146Nominal Index:Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 141 to Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 146THE MYSORE EDUCATION SOCIETY & ANR AND Babu P & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 141Divisional Controller AND Shyamala B. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 142Dr A A Muralidharswamy And State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 143J Ramesh AND M/s...

Lawyers' Associations Write To CJI Khanna To Reconsider Proposed Transfer Of Four Karnataka High Court Judges

Lawyers and various Advocates Associations in Karnataka have raised concerns about the proposed transfer of four Judges from the High Court to other courts in the country by the Supreme Court Collegium and have written to the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to reconsider the same.Recently the Supreme Collegium has recommended that transfer of seven High Court Judges–four of them from...

Karnataka HC Orders CBI Probe Into Ex-Zilla Panchayat President's Murder, Slams Police Agency Over Shoddy Investigation

The Karnataka High Court recently directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a de-novo investigation into the murder of M. Srinivas, a former President of Zilla Panchayat, Kolar District.Justice M Nagaprasanna was of the view that the local police conducted the investigation "recklessly". He noted that, considering the magnitude of the case and the way in which...

Karnataka High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 1 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 126Nominal Index:K Lokesh AND THE BANGALORE DISTRICT MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AND SPECIAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 1M/s Vigneshwara Transport Company v. Additional Commissioner of Central Tax Bengaluru North-West Commissionerate. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar)...

S. 391 CrPC | Court's Power To Record Additional Evidence Must Be Exercised In Rare & Exceptional Cases: Karnataka HC Reiterates

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that a court's power to record additional evidence under Section 391 Criminal Procedure Code, should only be exercised when the party making such request was prevented from presenting the said evidence in the trial, despite due diligence.The high court said that though the concerned Court has the power to secure additional evidence under Section 391 of...

Gold Smuggling Case | 'Search & Seizure By Revenue Officials Violated Customs Act': Actress Ranya Rao Tells Karnataka HC In Bail Plea

Kannada Actress Harshavardhini Ranya Rao, who has been arrested for smuggling gold from Dubai, while seeking bail contended before the Karnataka High Court on Thursday (April 17) that the search and seizure carried on her by the Directorate Of Revenue Officials was in violation of the provisions of the Customs Act. Senior Advocate Sandesh J Chouta appearing for Rao while seeking bail...

Daily Wage Employee Continuously Serving For Over 10 Years In Sanctioned Post Is Entitled To Regularization, Procedural Irregularities Can't Be Grounds For Denial: Karnataka HC

A Division bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice Ramachandra D. Huddar held that a daily wage employee continuously serving for over ten years in a sanctioned post is entitled to regularization, and procedural irregularities or delay cannot be sole grounds for denial. Background Facts The petitioner was engaged as a daily wage...

MUDA Case: Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To CM Siddaramiah, Others On Appeal Against Order Rejecting Transfer Of Probe To CBI

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice to Chief Minister Siddaramiah, his wife Parvathy and others on an appeal preferred by Snehamayi Krishna challenging an order rejecting his plea for transfer of Lokayukta police's investigation into alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) "scam", to the CBI. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind...

Identify And Act Immediately Against Clinics Run By Fake Doctors Hoodwinking Innocent People: Karnataka High Court Tells State Govt

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to immediately act, identify and pull the curtains down on those clinics which are run by "quacks" in the state.Justice M Nagaprasanna said “It is these quacks, who project themselves to be Doctors are endangering the life of innocent rural people, by opening clinics in remote areas and hoodwinking them. Such instances have...

Karnataka High Court Orders Post-Morterm Of Migrant Labourer Who Died In Police Encounter After Being Accused Of Killing 5-Yr-Old Girl

The Karnataka High Court today (April 15) directed the State government to conduct a post-mortem of the body a migrant labourer from Bihar, who was allegedly killed in a police encounter on April 13 at Hubballi. The deceased, Ritesh Kumar, was accused of killing a 5-year-old girl in Huballi. On April 13, he was shot by the police. As per the police, the accused was shot after he was trying...

Karnataka HC Allows CID To File Chargesheet Against BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi For Violating Conditions Of ₹439 Cr Loan Taken From Co-Op Bank

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday permitted the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to file its chargesheet before the Special Court in a case against BJP MLA and former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi and two others for violating the condition of the loan taken from the Karnataka Cooperative Apex Bank and other banks of its group to the tune of Rs 439 crore.A single judge, Justice Pradeep...