Karnataka High Court Gets Three Additional Judges

The President of India has appointed three judicial officers as Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court in exercise of the powers conferred under the Constitution of India, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India.Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced the appointments through a social media post. The following judicial officers have been elevated as Additional Judges...

'Disturbing Trend Of Dragging Advocates': Karnataka HC Quashes FIR Against Accused's Lawyer Who Filed RTI Seeking Info On Complainant

Cautioning against 'increasingly disturbing trend' of dragging lawyers into criminal proceedings, Karnataka High Court quashed an FIR against a lawyer booked for forgery and offences under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, who had appeared for the co-accused in a matrimonial case and sought RTI information on the complainant. The single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna underscored...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Three Judicial Officers As Additional Judges Of Karnataka High Court

The Central Government on Friday (May 29) notified the appointments of three judicial officers as Additional Judges of Karnataka High Court. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly Twitter) to notify the appointments:The judicial officers appointed as additional judges are:1. Judicial Officer Rajeshwari Narayana Hegde2. Judicial Officer Kedambadi Ganesh Shanthi3. Judicial...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Stay State Bar Council Election Process In Contesting Candidate's Plea Alleging Malpractices

The Karnataka High Court on Friday [May 29] declined to stay the counting process and the declaration of results of the Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) Elections 2026, while hearing a plea by a contesting candidate alleging widespread malpractices including cash bribes, pre-marked ballot papers, and bogus voting.The single judge bench of Justice Lalitha Kanneganti was hearing the writ filed...

Karnataka High Court Declines Anticipatory Bail To Movie Theatre Owner Accused Of Stalking, Sexually Harassing Minor Student

The Karnataka High Court refused to grant anticipatory bail to a 52-year-old cinema theatre owner accused of stalking and sexually harassing a class 9 minor student. The complainant alleged that the accused, who owns Shankar Talkies, made explicit threats over the phone that she and her friends should sleep with him; otherwise, he would stab her.The single judge bench of Justice R...

Karnataka High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Activist Accused Of Outraging Modesty Of Woman By Linking Her To Veerendra Heggade

The Karnataka High Court granted anticipatory bail to social activitist Mahesh Shetty Thimarody accused of making allegedly derogatory remarks about a woman and implying that she had an illicit relationship with Rajya Sabha MP Veerendra Heggade, administrator (Dharma Adhikari) of Dharmasthala Temple.The single judge bench of Justice R. Nataraj opined that custodial interrogation was...

Yogesh Goudar Murder: CBI Opposes In Karnataka HC Suspension Of Convicted Ex-Cop's Sentence, Says S.389(3) CrPC Doesn't Apply Once Appeal Filed

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday (May 26) opposed the suspension of sentence sought by former police inspector Channakeshava B. Tingarikar, convicted for manipulating evidence and protecting the real perpetrators in the Yogesh Goudar murder case.Arguing before the Karnataka High Court, CBI submitted that the relief of bail under Section 389(3) CrPC applies only at the...

Right Of Appeal Under Karnataka Police Act Can't Be Defeated By Immediate Enforcement Of Externment Order: High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday [May 26] stayed an externment order passed under the Karnataka Police Act, 1963, against a person allegedly involved in illegal cricket betting, holding that the order cannot be implemented on the same day it is issued, as the statute provides a 30-day window to file an appeal under Section 59 of the Act.The single-judge bench of Justice Lalitha...

Violation Of Arrest Safeguards Can't Be Used As “Backdoor Entry” For Bail In Commercial NDPS Cases: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed the bail plea preferred by a Nigerian national for possessing commercial quantity of MDMA crystals, reasoning that the non-furnishing of grounds of arrest could not be utilised as 'a backdoor entry' to avail bail by superseding the twin conditions for bail laid down in Section 37 of the NDPS Act.The vacation bench of Justice V Srishananda...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 18 – May 24, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 186- 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 189Nominal CitationsShri Sheenappa & Ors. vs. State of Karnataka & Ors, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 186Irfan Pasha v. National Investigation Agency, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 187Mr. Riyaz Ahmed v. Karnataka State By North Traffic P.S., Mangalore, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 188M.B. Nagaraj v. State of Karnataka & Ors, 2026 LiveLaw(Kar)...

'No Prima-Facie Evidence Of Gross Dereliction Of Duty': Karnataka High Court Quashes Suspension Of Engineer Over Hospital Wall Collapse

The Karnataka High Court quashed the suspension of an executive engineer over the collapse of Bowring Hospital's compound wall in Bengaluru which claimed 7 lives in April, observing that the falling of the wall does not create "prima facie evidence of gross dereliction of duty" in absence of specific evidence against the officer.The Division Bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj and Dr Justice...

Road Accident | Driver's Conduct In Immediately Taking Victim To Hospital Merits Leniency In Sentence: Karnataka High Court

Taking into account the accused-driver's act of shifting the injured victim to the hospital in his own car as a mitigating circumstance, the Karnataka High Court has modified the sentence awarded for rash and negligent driving resulting in death from one year to one day.The single judge bench of Justice V Srishananda, acknowledging the driver's decision not to flee the spot after the...