Bengaluru's Century Club Built On Land Granted By Maharaja Of Mysore, Is Public Authority Under RTI Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that Bengaluru's Century Club, which is situated abutting Cubbon Park and is built on land granted by the then Maharaja of Mysore in 1913, is public authority under the Right To Information Act and is thus bound to furnish information. Dismissing the Club's petition against an order directing it to provide information under the Act, Justice Suraj Govindaraj...

'Systemic Fraud' Involving Public Servants: Karnataka High Court Denies Relief To Hotelier Accused Of Forging Aadhar To Usurp Vacant Lands

Refusing to quash a cheating case against a hotelier and kitchen steward accused of creating fake Aadhar Cards and usurping vacant properties in Mangalore in connivance with officials of the sub-registrar office, the Karnataka High Court expressed its concern at the involvement of public servants remarking it was a cause of public concern. While dismissing the petitions filed by Jagadish...

Karnataka High Court Seeks BCI's Response On Plea To Dissolve State Bar Council, Hold Fresh Elections

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Bar Council of India to respond to a petition seeking to dissolve the present office of the Karnataka State Bar Council, which completed its statutory tenure of 5 years in June 2023, and to hold fresh elections.Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav said, “Bar Council of India is to take stand as regards the contention of the petitioner who has...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To Centre, NHAI On PIL Against 'Illegal' Toll Collection At Nagasandra In Bengaluru North

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Union of India and National Highways Authority of India, on a PIL seeking a direction to restrain them from "illegally" collecting toll at Nagasandra. A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Joshi issued the notice on the petition filed by Advocate A V Amarnathan and posted the matter for hearing...

'All Sports Are Equal': Karnataka High Court Slams State For Withholding Para-Swimmer's Cash Award, Imposes ₹2Lakh Cost On Officials

"All sports are equal; the sportspersons of all sports are also equal; the effort they put is equal, it is unfortunate that the State pampers only a few sports and leaves the other sportsmen in the lurch," said the Karnataka High Court while directing the State to release over Rs 1 Lakh to a para-swimmer who was denied cash awards. Justice M Nagaprasanna in his order passed on...

'Attempts To Usurp Power From BBMP': PIL In Karnataka High Court Challenges Greater Bengaluru Governance Act 2024, Notice Issued

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (July 21) issued notice to the State government, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on a PIL challenging vires of the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act 2024, claiming that the law is a blatant attempt by the State to usurp power from local bodies like BBMP and divert resources to itself. A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 14 - July 20, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 234 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 240Nominal Index: Dr Manjunath R AND The Secretary To Government of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 234Rohit Jawa AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 235Abhishek Mishra AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 236Asif & ANR AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 237Balakrishna K P & ANR AND K...

Karnataka High Court Half Yearly Digest: January To June 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 1 To 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 222Nominal Index:K Lokesh AND THE BANGALORE DISTRICT MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AND SPECIAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 1M/s Vigneshwara Transport Company v. Additional Commissioner of Central Tax Bengaluru North-West Commissionerate. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar)...

Justice Vibhu Bakhru Takes Oath As Chief Justice Of Karnataka High Court

Justice Vibhu Bakhru on Saturday was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. The oath was administered to Justice Bakhru by Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot. The ceremony took place at the Raj Bhavan. It was attended by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and Acting Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao. Justice Bakhru graduated from Delhi University in...

SG Shows To Judge Fake X Account 'Supreme Court Of Karnataka' To Show Misuse

In an interesting turn of events today, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta showed to the Karnataka High Court a fake account in the name of 'Supreme Court of Karnataka' which was verified by platform X, to illustrate the rampant misuse of social media and the need to curtail it."We have opened one account in the name of 'Supreme Court of Karnataka' and Twitter (X) has opened that account...

'Chilling Effect' Not Absolute Shield, Reasonable Restrictions On Free Speech 'Elastic' & Evolve With Tech: Centre To Karnataka HC In X Corp's Plea

The Central government on Friday (July 18) argued before the Karnataka High Court that reasonable restrictions under Article 19(2) of the Constitution on Freedom of Speech and Expression is an "elastic" concept which must evolve with the ever expanding scope of Article 19(1)(a) in today's technologically advanced era.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the Centre added that...

Karnataka High Court Recalls Order Quashing SC/ST Case Against Infosys Co-Founder For Role In Alleged Wrongful Removal Of Ex-IISc Professor

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (July 17) recalled its order quashing proceedings under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act intiated against Infosys co-founder S Krish Gopalakrishnan and others who are members of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), following allegations of wrongful dismissal, caste-based discrimination made by a former professor. Among others named in the FIR...