Govt Employee's Brother Eligible For Compassionate Appointment If Employee's Spouse Predeceases Him, Without Leaving Children: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has said that if the spouse of an employee has predeceased the employee and there are no children, the mere marriage of the deceased employee cannot be a ground to reject an application for compassionate appointment to the brother of the deceased.Justice Suraj Govindaraj held thus while allowing a petition filed by Mantava and Sanganna, mother and brother of...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 18 – August 24, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 276 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 285Nominal Index: Archana Patil AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 276Karnataka State Pollution Control Board AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 277Munisanjeevamma & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 278Mohammed Shoiab AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025...

Karnataka High Court Directs State Bar Council Not To Recognise Or Register Any New Advocate's Association Without Court's Leave

The Karnataka High Court on Saturday (August 23) in an interim order directed the Karnataka State Bar Council to not act on any pending applications or received applications for recognition and registration of a new advocates' association, without seeking leave of the high court. A single judge bench of Justice B M Shyam Prasad passed the order while hearing a petition filed by...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Police Circular Barring DJ, Sound Systems In Processions And Public Pandals During Gauri Ganesh & Eid-Milad

The Karnataka High Court on Saturday dismissed the petition filed by an officer bearer of Karnataka Light Music and Cultural Artists Association, challenging the decision of Police to prohibit DJ's and use of sound systems, in processions and public pandals, during Gauri Ganesh and Eid-Milad festivals. A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Joshi dismissed...

Parole Leave Is A 'Valuable Right' Of A Convict, Police Must Pass Reasoned Order After Applying Mind: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that the grant of parole is a valuable right of a convict, which would also be a right under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.It said that the concerned authorities must apply their mind in a proper manner and pass a reasoned order on case to case basis, rather than reproducing the same grounds in all the reports which are submitted. The court passed...

Deportation Of Russian Woman, Her Children Rescued From Gokarna Cave Will Take Time: Centre Tells Karnataka High Court

The Central Government has informed the Karnataka High Court on Friday (August 22) that the process for the deportation of a Russian woman and her two minor children, who were found living in a cave in the state's Uttara Kannada district (Gokarna) recently, will take some time. Additional Solicitor General Aravind Kamath, appearing for the Union of India informed Justice BM Shyam Prasad that...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Penalty Of Compulsory Retirement Imposed On Civil Judge Accused Of Threatening Police

The Karnataka High Court upheld an order which refused to interfere with the penalty of compulsory retirement imposed on a Civil Judge (Sr.Dvn), accused of threatening the police and interfering in police investigations, observing that that there was no infirmity in procedure. The decision came in an appeal filed by a civil judge against an order passed by high court's single judge bench....

'Not Permitted Bike Taxis To Operate, State Can Take Action Without Harrassing Individual Taxi Owners': Karnataka High Court Clarifies

The Karnataka High Court on Friday clarified that it has made no observations in its order passed on Wednesday (August 20) permitting aggregators to operate Bike taxis in the state.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Joshi were informed by the Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty that aggregator apps have started the business (biketaxis) soon after the order passed...

Karnataka High Court Orders Compassionate Appointment Of Widow Despite Crossing Upper Age Limit, Calls For 'Humane' Policy

The Karnataka High Court has asked the Managing Director of North West Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) to formulate a humane policy for compassionate appointment of kin of deceased employees who expire during course of employment. The court also directed the Divisional Controller KSRTC, Gadag Division (respondent no. 4) to appoint a woman, widow of deceased employee of...

'Create An Integrated Geospatial Platform With Digital Maps Of All Land In Karnataka Using Satellite Imagery': High Court Tells State Govt

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to create a unified geospatial platform which would include digital/unified, and immutable (unchangeable) maps of all land parcels in the State by leveraging high-resolution satellite imagery from agencies like Forest Survey of India (FSI) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).Justice Suraj Govindaraj said: "The...

Prison Authority Can't Refuse To Consider Convict's Parole Merely Because He Didn't Seek Bail Or Suspension Of Sentence: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that a convict who files a parole plea, cannot be deprived of consideration for parole merely because he did not move an application for suspension of sentence or bail.Justice Suraj Govindaraj said thus while partly allowing a petition filed by Eshwaramma seeking release of her son on general parole for 90 days, sought on account of her illness.“...it would...

Karnataka High Court Issues Directions On Using Technology To Resolve Title Disputes, Protect Forests; Forms Panel To Oversee Implementation

The Karnataka High Court passed a slew of directions to incorporate use of modern technology to resolve complex title disputes and protect forest areas from illegal conversion, including formation of a high level committee of various State departments' officials to oversee the implementation of its directions. Justice Suraj Govindaraj passed the order while considering a land dispute case...