Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: August 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 348 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 387 Nominal Index:THE BANGALORE, BANGALORE RURAL AND RAMANAGARA DISTRICT CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD AND Assistant Commissioner & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 348ABC AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 349Nagamma & Others AND Rudrayya & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 350Principal Additional Director General...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Against IIT Graduate Who Developed Software Tool To Reduce Time For Booking Railway Tatkal Tickets

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings initiated under the Railways Act against an IIT Graduate and startup founder, who developed a software tool using which Railway Tatkal tickets would be generated within 45 seconds instead of the usual 5 to 7 minutes it would take on the railway website.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Gaurav Dhake who was charged under Section 143 of the Railways act, alleging that he had illegally procured...

'Must Be Dealt With Iron Hand': Karnataka HC Upholds Conviction Of ESI Office Storekeeper Booked For Seeking Bribe To Provide Injection

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the conviction handed down to a storekeeper working in the office of ESI for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1,000 for supplying the required injection prescribed by a Doctor of NIMHANS hospital to the complainant.A single-judge bench of Justice Ramachandra D Huddar partly allowed the appeal filed by B M Venkatappa and upheld the conviction but reduced the sentence imposed by the trial court on him. The court, while convicting the accused, noted the...

Karnataka High Court Temporarily Stays Look-Out Circular Against Developer Sushil P Mantri And His Family Members

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed that the look-out notice issued against Developer Sushil P Mantri and his family members be kept in abeyance and not acted upon.A single judge bench of Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the order on the petitioner filed by Mantri. It took into consideration that all further proceedings in the criminal cases registered against the petitioners have been stayed by the high court. The petitioners had questioned the lookout circular issued by the Bureau...

Compensation For Future Prospects Must Be Provided To Claimants Even In Injury Cases: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that compensation under the head of future prospects is provided to claimants even in injury cases.A single judge bench of Justice Dr Chillakur Sumalatha held thus while partly allowing the appeal filed by Santhosh K S who had challenged the order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, which had awarded Rs 4,97,732 instead of Rs 25 lakh which was sought for. The appellant was 22 years old and working as a coolie. He had sustained type B open fracture distal 3rd...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 26 to September 1

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 380 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 387Nominal Index:Mahathma Gandhiji Grama Hitha Mandali AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 380Mayukh Mukherjee AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 381Chaithanya Reddy S V AND Nayana & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 382Chidanandaya & ANR AND Shivalingappa Mallappa Biradar & Others for Respondents. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 383Gajendra K M & Others AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 384State of...

Karnataka High Court Directs Creation Of Online System For Expeditious Testing Of Drug Samples By Govt Analyst, Uploading Of Reports

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Drugs Controller General (India) to ensure that an efficient online system is created, whereby the drug samples which are sent for test/analysis are expeditiously tested and analysed by the Government Analyst within sixty days, and the reports sent by them are available online on a real-time basis.A single judge bench of Justice N S Sanjay Gowda issued the directions while quashing the prosecution initiated against M/s Zim Laboratories Ltd and its...

Karnataka HC Deletes Observations In Order Allowing Husband To Initiate Criminal Proceedings Against Wife For Malicious Prosecution U/S 498A IPC

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday deleted the observation made by it in its order dated June 28 2024, permitting a husband to initiate criminal proceedings for malicious prosecution, under Section 211 of the IPC (Falsely accuse others of committing an offence) against his estranged wife.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order on an application made by the wife, seeking to recall the order. The court said “The judgment is not rendered without hearing parties therefore...

Accused Charged Under Wildlife Protection Act Walk Around With Pride Because Of Delay In Concluding Trial: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday orally said that offences under the Wildlife Protection Act should not be kept pending for long and trials against the accused should be completed expeditiously.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna, observed thus while dismissing a petition filed by accused Abdul Rehman and others who were booked in 2008, for killing a spotted deer in Bandipur forest under sections 2(36),9,31,34,35(6,8) 48(a)R/W 51 and trial of which is still pending. It said “Why...

Owner Of Premises Where Drugs Are Found Can Only Be Prosecuted If He Knowingly Permitted Use For Commission Of Offence: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that the owner or occupier of a premise only if he knowingly permits it to be used for commission of the offence under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS), would he become punishable.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by one R Gopal Reddy and quashed the proceedings initiated against him under Sections 8(c), 22(b), 22(C), 22(A), 27(B), 25, 27 of the Act. It said, “There should be more than prima...

Karnataka HC Declines To Quash Molestation Case Against Astrologer Accused Of Touching Woman Inappropriately To 'Fix' Her Kundali

The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash proceedings initiated against an astrologer who outraged a woman's modesty by inappropriately touching her under the guise of performing puja to set right her kundali. The Court also declined to quash charges against the woman's husband who took her to the astrologer and threatened her to not reveal her ordeal to anyone else.A single judge bench...

Governor's Sanction To Prosecute CM Siddaramaiah In MUDA Case To Ensure Purity in Public Administration: Complainant Tells Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court on Monday was told that the Governor's sanction order against CM Siddaramaiah may not be looked at as adversarial but for ensuring purity in public administration.This submission was made by the complainant in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's plea against the governor's order to prosecute him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam. A single judge...