Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea By WinZo's Subsidiary Against ₹193 Crore Account Freeze By ED

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (January 19) issued notice on a petition moved by Gaming company WinZo's subsidiary Zo Private Limited against Rs 193 Crore account freeze by Enforcement Directorate in connection with an earlier ECIR lodged against WinZo. After hearing the matter for some time, Justice BM Shyam Prasad in his order dictated:"learned senior counsel is heard on the ground of...

Karnataka High Court Asks Centre To Submit Notification Governing Online Applications To Seek Indian Citizenship

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (January 19) asked the Union Government to place on record the notification under which online application seeking Indian citizenship is required to be made with the concerned Deputy Commissioner. The court was hearing a woman's plea seeking citizenship for her son who was born in Canada and presently living in India along with her, pursuant to a marital...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking SOP For Access To Archival Court Recordings

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (January 19) issued notice on a petition seeking formulation of Guidelines/Standard Operating Procedure on grant or refusal of access to archival recordings of court proceedings. The plea has been moved by advocate Angad Kamath who had made an application in form III under the Karnataka Rules On Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings 2021...

Karnataka High Court Stays FEMA Proceedings Against Cafe Coffee Day CEO Malavika Hegde

The Karnataka High Court in an interim order on Monday (January 19) stayed proceedings initiated against CEO of popular coffee chain 'Cafe Coffee Day' Malavika Hegde subsequent to a 2022 complaint lodged under the Foreign Exchange Management Act. Appearing for Hegde, senior advocate Sajjan Poovaya argued that Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) was a company started, managed and controlled by the...

Appeal Against Acquittal In Bailable Offences Lies Only Before High Court, Not Sessions Court: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently set aside a conviction order passed by a Sessions Court, which had held the accused guilty of causing death by negligence. The High Court found that the State Government had wrongly filed an appeal before the Sessions Court challenging the order of acquittal passed by the trial court, even though the Sessions Court had no jurisdiction to entertain such...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Cheque Bounce Case Against Director Who Resigned Before Cheques Were Issued, Cites MCA Records

The Karnataka High Court quashed a cheque dishonour complaint lodged against a man who was the Director of an infrastructure company, after referring to records of Ministry of Corporate Affairs and noting that when the cheques were issued to the complainant the petitioner was not a director. Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Sujith Sudhakaran, Director of M/S Dreamz...

'Prima Facie No Allegations': Karnataka High Court Stays Probe Against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar In Alleged Land Encroachment Case

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday(January 13) stayed till January 21, further investigation against spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who is named as an accused in an FIR over alleged encroachment of public lands in Bengaluru.Notably last week the court had refused to stay probe or pass any protective orders. Justice M Nagaprasanna in its order noted said: “A perusal at the...

'Remains Only On Paper': Karnataka High Court Directs State To Relook Implementation Of Bangalore Mysore Expressway Project

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to re-look implementation of Bangalore Mysore Expressway and Infrastructure Corridor project and directed it to take appropriate steps in this regard observing that the project aimed at decongesting the city has remained only on papers.A division bench of Justice D K Singh and Justice Venkatesh Naik T referred to a Supreme...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Over 30 Acres Of Land In Central Bureau Area For New HC Complex

The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice to the State Government and Registrar General on a Public Interest Litigation seeking a direction to grant 30 or more acres of land in the central bureau area, for the construction of a new high court building complex.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha issued notice on the PIL filed by one Sharan Desai....

'Passport Obtained Using Fake Aadhaar, Travelled To Bangladesh Five Times': Karnataka High Court Denies Bail In Human Trafficking Case

The Karnataka High Court recently refused to grant bail to an alleged Bangladeshi national accused by the NIA in a Human trafficking case, noting that he had travelled to Bangladesh five times using a passport obtained using a fake Aadhaar card.A division bench of Justice HP Sandesh and Justice Venkatesh Naik T dismissed the appeal filed by Amol Chandra Das @ Amol Das @ Sujib who is charged...

Section 498A IPC Targets Only Grave Cruelty, Not Incompatibility Or Imperfect Marriages: Karnataka High Court

While quashing a 498-A IPC case registered by a woman against her husband and in-laws the Karnataka High Court said “The law does not criminalize incompatibility, nor does it punish imperfect marriages. Section 498A of the IPC is not a panacea for all matrimonial ills.” A single judge, Justice M Nagaprasanna said that “It is a targeted provision meant to address grave cruelty, conduct...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Stay Probe Against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Booked In FIR Over Encroachment Of Public Lands

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (January 7) refused to stay further investigation or pass any protective order in favour of spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who is named as an accused in an FIR over alleged encroachment of public lands in Bengaluru. The spiritual guru had approached the high court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by the Bangalore Metropolitan Task...