Karnataka High Court Rejects PIL To Disband Tatkal, Emergency Quota Schemes For Rail Tickets

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (February 13) dismissed a PIL seeking to disband tatkal and emergency quota schemes for railway tickets, stated to be implemented without legislative backing. When the matter was called, a division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha dismissed the petition for non-prosecution. The PIL prayed for disbanding existing Tatkal and...

Centre Can Issue 'Leave India Notice' To Foreign National Residing On Employment Visa Obtained Through Fraud: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the 'Leave India' notice issued to an Australian national who was residing on an Employment Visa, noting that the visa was obtained via misrepresentation as no process for recruiting local talent for the post was conducted.It held that the Leave India notice was not vitiated for violation of principles of natural justice and the petitioner, as a...

Indian Succession Act | Mother Has No Right Over Inheritance When Son Who Died Intestate Is Survived By Wife & Children: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held where a son dies intestate leaving behind wife and children–being direct lineal descendants, his mother would not have a right to estate/inheritance under the Indian Succession Act. The court was hearing an appeal challenging a trial court order which had dismissed a family's plea seeking issuance of succession certificate of the deceased member. The...

Karnataka High Court Stays Counter FIR Against Actress Kavya Gowda, Husband Over Alleged Assault

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (February 12) stayed investigation into an FIR against Kannada actress Kavya Gowda and her husband, claimed to have been filed as a counter case pursuant to an alleged assault on them by certain family members. As per news reports Gowda and her husband were allegedly assaulted by certain family members last month. During the hearing on Thursday,...

Karnataka High Court Grants Relief To Woman Accused Of Hurting Neighbour Over Quarrel On 'Drying Clothes', Grants ₹50,000 To Victim

The Karnataka High Court modified a woman's conviction from voluntarily causing grievous hurt to voluntarily causing hurt with dangerous, after noting that a quarrel had suddenly arisen between her and her female neighbour over drying of clothes which was a "trivial issue". The court modified the conviction to Section 324 IPC (voluntarily causing hurt using dangerous weapons or means) which...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Bangladeshi National Accused Of Forging Indian Passport Citing Non-Supply Of Grounds Of Arrest

The Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to a Bangladeshi national accused of forging an Indian passport by using a fake Aadhar Card after noting that the grounds of arrest had not been provided to the petitioner.The court was hearing the bail plea by a Bangladeshi national accused of offences under Section 319(Cheating by personation), 336(3)(Forgery), 340(Forged document or...

Karnataka High Court Rejects Plea Making Corruption Allegations Against CM Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM DK Shivakumar; Warns Of Costs

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a plea making allegations of corruption against Chief Minister Siddaramiah, Deputy CM DK Shivakumar and seeking registration of criminal proceedings observing that the petitioner had added every person holding office and if the plea is permitted it would be abuse of law. The court was hearing a petition moved by National president of Bhrastachar...

Bigamy Charge Not Sustainable Against Alleged Second Wife: Karnataka High Court Reiterates, Retains Cruelty FIR Against Husband

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (February 12) quashed charge of Bigamy (Section 494 IPC) against the alleged second wife of a man, in a complaint filed by the first wife of the husband reiterating that such a spouse cannot be dragged into the case specially where the allegations stems from a suspicion.The court was hearing a petition moved by a husband and his family as well as his...

Gold Loan Company Can't Keep Stolen Gold Pledged To It, Security Interest No Defence: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has observed that a financial company offering loan based on pledged stolen gold cannot defeat the lawful title of the owner whose gold is stolen or impede investigation into FIR pertaining to such alleged acts. The court was hearing a plea by IIFL Finance Limited seeking to quash a notice issued under Section 94 (Summons to produce document or other thing) BNSS by...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Congress Leader For Giving 'Malicious Speech' Against Hindus Over 2022 Hijab Row

The Karnataka High Court (Kalaburagi bench) refused to quash an FIR against Congress leader Mukram Khan accused of making a speech, which had outraged the religious feelings of Hindu community, by allegedly stating that "he will cut them into pieces" in respect of the 2022 Hijab incident.The court was hearing a plea by Khan and his son Dr. Soyab Khan seeking quashing of an FIR under IPC...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Murder Conviction, Life Sentence Of Four; Rejects Claim That Eye Witness Had Seen Accused's Photo Prior To TIP

Upholding the murder conviction and life sentence of 4 men, the Karnataka High Court rejected their contention that the deceased's wife–an eye witness to the incident, had already seen the photographs of the accused persons purportedly published in newspapers prior to Test Identification Parade. In doing so the court said that there was no specific question put to the wife during the...

'Not A Political Speech, But Instigation Against Community': Karnataka Govt Opposes RSS Leader's Quash Plea In High Court

The Karnataka Government on Wednesday (February 11) opposed RSS Leader Prabhakar Bhat's plea for quashing an FIR over alleged hate speech he delivered in a college and was circulated on a YouTube channel, contending that the speech was not a political speech but one made against a particular community. The Additional Special Public Prosecutor appearing for the State submitted before Justice...