Foreigners Have No Right To Reside Or Do Business: Karnataka High Court Upholds 'Leave India' Notice For Running Restaurant On Tourist Visa

The Karnataka High Court has refused to set aside a 'Leave India' notice issued against a French national for running a restaurant in Gokarna on a tourist visa for the past 15 years, holding that foreign nationals have no fundamental right to reside or carry on their business in India.The single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum has directed Christophe Stephane Monxion, a...

Goonda Act | Preventive Detention Invalid If Based On Acts Committed As Juvenile: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court held last week [April 29] that a preventive detention order passed against a 19-year-old under the Karnataka Goonda Act, 1985 would stand vitiated since most of the offences forming the foundation of the said order were committed by the detenu when he was a juvenile.The division bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju allowed a habeas corpus...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 27– May 03, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 164- 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 170Nominal CitationM/s. Vishnu Sri Builders and Developers vs The Commissioner, BBMP & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 164Mr B K Diganth V. State Of Karnataka & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 165Smt. Rathna P v. Sri Chikkamanchaiah S.M., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 166TV9 Karnataka Pvt Ltd & Ors v. CBI & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw(Kar) 167H.D.Revanna...

Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against Ranveer Singh Over 'Kantara' Mimicry; Orders Him To Visit Chamundeshwari Temple Within 4 Weeks

The Karnataka High Court has closed the criminal proceedings initiated against Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh for allegedly outraging religious sentiments during a mimicry performance of the daiva/deity from the movie Kantara. A single-judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna recorded the affidavit containing the actor's unconditional apology and directed him to visit the Shri Chamundeshwari...

Karnataka High Court Rejects Filmmaker Santosh Kumar's Plea To Cancel 'Dhurandhar 2' Certification Over Alleged Plagiarism By Aditya Dhar

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking cancellation of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) certificate granted to the Hindi movie 'Dhurandhar The Revenge' on the allegation that the movie was a plagiarised version of a Bengaluru-based script writer's original script titled 'D-Saheb'.The single judge bench of Justice K S Hemalekha laid down in unequivocal...

'Don't Want Another Vijay Mallya Case': Karnataka HC While Allowing Conditional Release Of DNA Officials' Passports In Bengaluru Stampede Case

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (April 30) directed release of passports of three functionaries of event management firm M/s DNA Entertainment Networks in connection with the Bengaluru Stampede case, on the condition that they will not leave the country until May 12. For context, a stampede had occurred in Bengaluru near Chinnaswamy stadium on June 4, 2025, ahead of the IPL team...

Transgender Amendment Act Challenge: Karnataka High Court Reserves Order On Interim Plea For Continuation Of Hormone Replacement Therapy

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday [April 30] reserved its order on interim reliefs sought by two transwomen who have challenged the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026.The single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum was hearing two separate pleas, one filed by a transwoman undergoing hormonal replacement therapy for a few years and another by a...

JD(S) Leader HD Revanna Withdraws From Karnataka High Court Plea Seeking Quashing Of Kidnapping Case

Janata Dal (S) Leader H.D Revanna withdrew on Thursday (April 30) his plea before Karnataka High Court seeking quashing of proceedings initiated against him for allegedly kidnapping a woman. The single judge bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav accepted the memo of withdrawal filed by Revanna's counsel and disposed of the petition to quash the proceedings. On February 26 the high court...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Against TV9 Channel Over 2012 Court Violence, Says Decriminalization Of Cable TV Act Is Retrospective

Quashing proceedings against TV9 Karnataka Pvt. Ltd. and its ex-correspondents in the 2012 City Civil Court complex violence case, the Karnataka High Court said that offence under Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 was decriminalised by a 2023 central amendment and its beneficial effect must be applied retrospectively.A single-judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna allowed...

Karnataka High Court Stays CERC's New Deviation Penalty Formula For Renewable Energy Generators, 2014 Regime To Continue In Interim

The Karnataka High Court in an interim order on Monday (April 27) stayed the operation of certain provisions of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Deviation Settlement Mechanism and Related Matters) Regulations 2024, concerning electricity grid discipline which came into effect from April 1 in the renewable energy sector.The court passed was the order in a batch of petitions filed...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni's Appeal Against Conviction, Life Term In Yogesh Goudar Murder Case

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (April 28) issued notice on Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni's appeal challenging a trial court order convicting and sentencing him to life imprisonment for the murder of BJP Leader Yogesh Goudar. The division bench of Justice Venkatesh Naik and Justice Mohammed Nawaz issued notice to the CBI and asked the high court's registry to secure the trial court record....

Special Marriage Act | Marriage Registration Not Mandatory To Maintain Divorce Petition: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently held that marriage registration under the Special Marriage Act is not necessary for maintaining a petition for divorce under Section 27 of the aforesaid Act.The single judge bench of Justice K.Manmadha Rao was considering a plea filed by the wife against the Family Court order that rejected her application to dismiss the divorce petition filed by the...