Karnataka High Court
Karnataka High Court Directs Pension For Para Athlete, Says Can't 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...
Karnataka High Court Questions Mutt Over Ill-Treatment Of Captive Elephant, Asks Why It Is Kept In Confinement
If you do not have the space to keep an elephant, whether or not you should be keeping it? Court asked.
Karnataka High Court Seeks ED Reply On Plea By WinZo's Foreign Subsidiaries Against Provisional Attachment Of ₹505 Crore Assets
The Karnataka High Court on Friday (September 11) sought responses from the ED and PMLA adjudicating authority on a plea by two foreign subsidiaries of Indian real money gaming entity WinZO, against provisional attachment of their assets worth Rs. 505 crores. The entities–Winzo US Inc. and Winzo SG Pte. Ltd. (registered at US and Singapore respectively), have challenged the...
Karnataka High Court Upholds FIR Against Ex-SP Accused Of Hurling Paperweight At Subordinate For Missing Sports Activities
The Karnataka High Court has recently refused to quash an FIR against former Superintendent of Police of Chikkamagalur district [accused no.1] accused of hurling a paperweight at a subordinate officer during over being allegedly absent from sports activities. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 348]However, the single judge bench of Justice Ravi V Hosmani has quashed the FIR against the former Inspector...
Supreme Court Collegium Approves Three Appointments to Karnataka High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the appointment of three Judicial Officers as Judges of the High Court of Karnataka.The decision was taken at a meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium held on September 10, 2026, according to a statement issued by the Collegium.The Judicial Officers approved for appointment are Smt. Usharani, Shri K.S. Bharath Kumar and Smt. Nerale Veerabhadraiah...
Karnataka High Court Sets Aside 'Unreasoned' Ex-Parte Takedown Order In Defamation Case
The Karnataka High Court has set aside an ex-parte order directing fintech journalist Arti Singh and tech news platform Head and Tale Media Pvt. Ltd founded by Singh, to take down allegedly defamatory articles against digital payments platform Cashfree Payments. In doing so the court held that the trial court's order–passed in a defamation suit filed by Cashfree–was unreasoned and failed...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Enforcement Of 2% Cinema Cess On Film Tickets
The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of the Multiplex Association of India and PVR INOX Limited by setting aside the measures used to enforce 2% cess on cinema tickets under the Karnataka Cine and Cultural Activists (Welfare) Act, 2024. The single judge bench of Justice H.T. Narendra Prasad ruled that the steps taken to operationalise and collect the cess could not stand because the...
No Supplementary Lease Deed Needed For Statutorily Extended Mining Lease: Karnataka High Court Quashes ₹482 Crore Penalty On ACC
The Karnataka High Court has on September 8 [Tuesday] quashed a Rs 482.69 crore penalty imposed on ACC Limited- a part of the Adani Group- holding that mining operations during a statutorily extended lease term won't be deemed as 'unlawful' merely because a Supplementary Lease Deed was not executed to that effect.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice K.S. Hemalekha...
Karnataka High Court Issues Directions For Financial Management Of Hindu Temples; Mandates Real-Time Monitoring, Tamper-Proof Receipts
Calling for an overhaul of finance management of Hindu temples, the Karnataka High Court has upheld the dismissal of an employee held for misappropriation of temple funds, while simultaneously issuing a comprehensive set of directions applicable to all Hindu religious institutions in the State. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 344]The single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj while hearing the...
Fame Doesn't Create Exception: Karnataka High Court Grants Divorce To Actor 'Duniya Vijay', Awards ₹2 Crore Permanent Alimony To Wife
The Karnataka High Court has granted a decree of divorce to popular Kannada actor 'Duniya Vijay' (B.R. Vijay Kumar) on the ground of cruelty, while awarding Rs 2 crores as permanent alimony to his estranged wife, Nagarathna. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 343]“…Fame does not create an exception to a person's conduct but it magnifies its standard. When a man of public influence strays from the...
Offerings By Devotees To Hereditary Temple Priest In Arati Tray Is His Personal Income, Not Joint Family Property: Karnataka High Court
The Kalaburgi Bench of the Karnataka High Court has held that the offerings made by devotees to a hereditary archak (temple priest) in the mangalarathi (prayer ritual) plate constitute his individual income saved under Section 3 of the Hindu Gains of Learning Act, 1930, and do not form part of a joint family nucleus.“The offerings made by the devotees to the archak is the remuneration that...