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Permanent Alimony Not Intended To Equalise Wealth: Karnataka High Court Slashes Wifes ₹2 Crore Alimony To ₹50 Lakh

The Karnataka High Court has recently upheld the dissolution of marriage between a couple on grounds of cruelty, while substantially reducing the permanent alimony awarded to the wife from Rs. 2 crores to Rs. 50 lakhs. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar 348]The court held further that permanent alimony is not intended to equalise the assets or wealth of the parties but to ensure reasonable maintenance....

Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Trial Courts Spot Inspection In Property Suit, Says It Must Generally Follow Recording Of Evidence

The Karnataka High Court has held that the power of a trial court under Order XVIII Rule 18 CPC to inspect a suit property and record a memorandum of facts must ordinarily be exercised only after evidence has been recorded in the suit.ORDER XVIII pertains to hearing of the suit and examination of witnesses wherein Rule 18 states that Court may at any stage of a suit inspect any property or...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Cheating FIR Against Accused In Ambidant Investment Scam, Refuses To Quash ED Summons In PMLA Case

The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed a cheating FIR against realtor-businessman Vijay Tata, booked in the Ambidant Marketing investment "scam"–a company accused of cheating its customers of their money, holding that there was no incriminating material against him except inadmissible confession statements of co-accused. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 347]For context, in 2018, a case was...

Waqf Board Cant Appoint Ad-Hoc Panel To Manage Waqf Institution By Bypassing Statutory Rules: Karnataka High Court

The Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court quashed an Office Memorandum issued by the State Board of Auqaf constituting an ad-hoc committee for eleven months to manage and supervise a waqf institution, holding that the Board bypassed the statutory mechanism under the Karnataka Wakf Rules, 2017.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum was hearing a plea moved by the President and Secretary of the...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Over MBBS Seat Fraud, Says Cloak Of Civil Transaction Cant Defeat Criminal Probe

The Karnataka High Court refused to quash an FIR against a couple, accused of defrauding a woman of Rs 1.40 crore on the promise of securing an MBBS seat for her daughter, holding that mere presence of a monetary/civil transaction cannot be permitted to “smother” a legitimate criminal investigation.The couple claimed that the case was at best a civil transaction between them and...

Development Projects Cant Be Abandoned, Shifted Or Stalled Merely Due To Change In Govt: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a government scheme or a developmental project cannot be “abandoned, shifted or stalled” merely because there has been a change in political dispensation.In doing so the court quashed a communication issued by the sitting MLA of Siruguppa who had directed shifting of an irrigation project from Ibrahimpur village to Nagalpur village. “A change...

Karnataka High Court Questions GBAs Waste Management Claims, Seeks Report On Segregation, Disposal And Landfills

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (September 11) questioned the Greater Bengaluru Authority's (GBA) claims regarding waste segregation in Bengaluru and directed it to place on record a comprehensive report on the action taken for disposal of waste generated in the Greater Bengaluru area, including whether it is ultimately being deposited in landfills.The Division Bench of Justice Anu...

Karnataka High Court Directs Pension For Para Athlete, Says Cant Exclude From Scheme Over Nomenclature Of Event

The Karnataka High Court has held that a para sports-person cannot be excluded from the benefits of pension scheme over nomenclature of the sporting event. The court thus ruled that para players who won medals at Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled (FESPIC Games) cannot be denied pension merely because the pension scheme covers Asian Para Games and not FESPIC Games. This, when...

Subsequent Ratification By Police Establishment Board Can Cure Prior Procedural Defect In Police Transfer Order: Karnataka High Court

A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising Justice D K Singh and Justice H.Shanthi Bhushan held that a transfer order issued without prior approval of the Police Establishment Board can be cured by subsequent ratification, and a transfer before completion of the minimum tenure is not illegal if approved by the competent authority. Background Facts The...