Public Authorities Can't Shift Burden To Citizens: Karnataka High Court Directs Information Commission To Maintain RTI Implementation Data

The Karnataka High Court has issued a slew of directions to the State Information Commission to prescribe a uniform format for the collection, maintenance and disclosure of information relating to the implementation of the RTI Act by public authorities in the State. The petitioner an RTI applicant had sought names of the Public Information Officer or Public Information Officers against...

2% Cinema Ticket Cess: Karnataka High Court Records State's Assurance Of No Coercive Action Against Petitioner-Theatres; But No Stay On Act

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (September 30) recorded the State's assurance that no coercive action would be taken against the petitioners challenging to the constitutional validity of the 2% cess imposed on cinema tickets under the Karnataka Cine and Cultural Activists (Welfare) Act, 2024, till the next date of hearing. However, there is no stay on the operation of the Act as...

Karnataka High Court To Examine Section 17A PC Act Applicability To Pre-2018 Offences, Consequences Of Delay In Granting Sanction

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (September 29) decided to examine the applicability of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, to offences allegedly committed before the provision was introduced in 2018, as well as the consequences of a prolonged delay by the State Government in granting approval to investigate a public servant.The single judge bench of Justice V...

Karnataka High Court Constitutes Three-Judge Committee To Examine Feasibility Of Circuit, Permanent Benches Across 8 Regions

The Karnataka High Court has constituted a three-member committee of judges to examine the feasibility of establishing circuit or permanent benches of the High Court in several regions across the State, including Mangaluru, Udupi, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu-Madikeri, Hassan, Davanagere, and Uttara Kannada.The committee, constituted by Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru through a...

Karnataka High Court Directs State Law University To Complete Transgender Student's Admission, Orders Hostel Accommodation & Financial Aid

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday [September 29] directed the Karnataka State Law University (KSLU) and Seshadripuram Law College to complete the admission procedure for the transgender law aspirant and ensure that the student joins the college and commences the three-year LL.B. course.The Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice K.S Bharath Kumar has also directed the State's...

Karnataka High Court Seeks State's Response To Plea Challenging 2% Cinema Ticket Cess; Act Comes Into Force Tomorrow

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (September 29) sought the State's response to a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the 2% cess imposed on cinema tickets under the Karnataka Cine and Cultural Activists (Welfare) Act, 2024 and the Rules framed thereunder.Justice H.T. Narendra Prasad was hearing a petition filed by Vinayaka Chitra Mandira Theatre challenging Sections 9(1),...

Assault On Pregnant Woman's Abdomen Can Attract 'Attempt To Murder' Charge Even If Medical Certificate Records No Injury: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court held that an assault on the abdomen of a woman, who was stated to be in an advanced stage of pregnancy, cannot fall outside ambit of attempt to murder under Section 307 IPC merely because no visible injury was recorded in the medical certificate or because both the mother and baby are currently healthy. Justice Anant Ramnath Hegde was hearing the petition filed by...

Karnataka High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To BJP MLA's Daughter Booked For Slapping Cop, Notes Her Public Apology

The Karnataka High Court has granted anticipatory bail to BJP MLA B. Suresh Gowda's daughter who is accused of assaulting a woman Police Sub Inspector (PSI) at Maramma temple in Arathi Ukkada. Allowing the petition seeking anticipatory bail, Justice S Vishwajith Shetty noted that the incident took place on the spur of the moment, the petitioner and her father had already issued an...

SC, ST, OBC Reservation Cannot Be Applied To NRI Quota Seats: Karnataka High Court

The Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court has held that the reservation for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) or Other Backward Class (OBC) cannot be applied to the Non- Resident Indian quota in the NEET-UG counseling process.The Division Bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna and Justice Hema Kulkarni rejected a petition filed by an 18-year-old NEET-UG candidate seeking directions...

Military Land Register Conclusive Record, Private Title Claim Can't Stand: Karnataka High Court Restores Land To Indian Air Force

The Karnataka High Court has set aside a single judge bench's order which had directed the revenue entries in favour of a private claimant over a few acres of land in Yelahanka, which the Defence Ministry claimed was acquired in 1943 for the Air Force Station's aircraft taxi track. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 383]The Division Bench of Justice D K Singh and Justice H Shanthi Bhushan noted that...

Wife's Masters Degree, Rejection Of Permanent Alimony Can't Be Grounds To Deny Maintenance U/S 125 CrPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a claim for maintenance under Section 125 CrPC cannot be denied to a wife merely because her earlier claim for permanent alimony was rejected in divorce proceedings, or on the grounds that she holds an educational qualification that might allow her to earn a livelihood. Justice Dr. Chillakur Sumalatha allowed the revision petition filed by a wife against...

Karnataka High Court Censures RTI Applicants For Filing Thousands Of Pleas, Says RTI Must Not Be Filed 'For The Sake Of It'

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (September 28) censured several RTI applicants challenging their blacklisting by the Karnataka Information Commission (KIC), after the Commission submitted that some petitioners had filed thousands of RTI applications and appeals, including one petitioner who had allegedly filed around 20,000 applications over seven years.The Court observed that RTI...