Karnataka High Court
'PIL Not For Litigants To Vent Ideas': Karnataka High Court Fines Man ₹1 Lakh For Seeking Discussion On Bill Drafted By Him
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 1 Lakh on a litigant seeking direction to various government departments to discuss 'Karnataka Government Transformation Bill 2025' which was drafted by him.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Ramchandra D Huddar while dismissing a petition filed by one Murali Krishna Brahmandam said PIL (jurisdiction) is not...
Karnataka High Court Grants Interim Relief To BJP MP K. Sudhakar In Abetment To Suicide Case
The Karnataka High Court on Monday granted interim relief to BJP Member of Parliament K Sudhakar and restrained the police from taking any coercive steps against him in connection with the FIR registered against him on charges of abetting the suicide of a driver employed with the Zilla Panchayat in Chikkaballapura district.Justice M.I. Arun passed the interim order on the petition filed...
Karnataka High Court Closes The News Minute's Plea After Trial Court Refuses To Extend 'Gag' Order In Dharmasthala Burial Case
The Karnataka High Court was on Monday (August 11) informed that the trial court had refused to extend its July 18 ex-parte interim 'gag' order restraining various media entities and YouTube channels from publishing any "defamatory content" about Harshendra Kumar D and his kin, in connection with the Dharmasthala Burial case. The development happened in a plea filed by Spunklane Media Pvt....
Civil Suit Seeking Corrections In Birth/Death Certificate Not Maintainable: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a civil suit for seeking rectification of entries in a Death Certificate is not maintainable.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum said, “This Court is of the considered view that the present suit, filed before the Civil Court seeking rectification of entries in the Death Certificate, is not maintainable. There exists a clear bar under Section 9 of the CPC,...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 04 to August 10, 2025
Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 258 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 264Nominal Index: Murali Krishna R AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 258State of Karnataka & ANR AND Mahaboob Patel. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 259Vijayeendra G Muddebihalkar & Others AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 260Vijay Mahantesh Mathapati & Others AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw...
Pre-University Education Rules | Denying Compassionate Appointment For Want Of Vacancy In Deceased's Institution Illegal: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court set aside an order passed by Pre-University Education department which had rejected a compassionate appointment plea filed by the son of a deceased employee of a Pre-University solely on the ground that there was no vacancy in the institution where the deceased was working.In doing so the court held that the rejection was in contravention to the state...
O.XI R.5(4) CPC | Right To Cross Examine Is Indispensable, Adverse Inference For Non-Compliance With Orders Can Only Be Drawn At End Of Trial: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has said that the right to cross-examination, whether or not encoded in statute, emerges as a sine qua non of adjudication. It is not merely permissible, it is an indispensable right.Justice M Nagaprasanna held thus while upholding an order passed by the Commercial Court dismissing an application filed by the petitioner Sivagami N, seeking the trial court to draw...
Bengaluru Stampede: State Submits Judicial Inquiry Report To Karnataka High Court In Sealed Cover
The Karnataka Government on Thursday submitted to the High Court copies of the report prepared by the one member judicial inquiry commission, with regard to the Bengaluru Stampede which happened in May this year.Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty submitted copies of the original report in two volumes and also a gist of the report in a sealed cover. The development comes in a petition...
Seat Of Arbitration Retains Jurisdiction Over Execution Proceedings Irrespective Of Location Of Judgment Debtor's Assets: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna has held that the seat court of an arbitration always retains jurisdiction over execution proceedings irrespective of where the award-debtor is located or has its assets, even when another execution petition is pending in another jurisdiction. Brief Facts The petitioner and the respondent company had entered into an...
Karnataka High Court Strikes Down State Rule Enabling Direct Private Complaints To Sessions Court, Says It May Lead To Double Jeopardy
The Karnataka High Court has struck down Rule 6 of Karnataka State Human Rights Courts Rules 2006, wherein a victim can directly approach a sessions court in a private complaint instead of Commission conducting an inquiry, holding it to be unconstitutional and inconsistent with the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.For context, Rule 6 states that a victim of an offence arising out of...
Karnataka HC Stays Proceedings In Case Over Alleged Irregularities In Smart Meter Procurement By State Energy Minister, BESCOM Officials
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday, by way of an interim order, stayed further proceedings before a trial court, initiated on a private complaint filed by BJP leaders against State Energy Minister KJ George and BESCOM officials, alleging irregularities in the issuance of tender in regards to procurement and installation of smart electric meters in the state.Justice M I Arun issued notice...
The News Minute Moves Karnataka High Court Challenging 'Gag Orders' In Dharmasthala Burial Case
Spunklane Media Pvt. Ltd. a company which owns and operates 'The News Minute' Web Portal has moved the Karnataka High Court challenging the ex-parte interim 'gag order' issued by the civil court against media houses in connection with the Dharmasthala burial case. The company has also filed a plea challenging an order passed in respect of the portal's reporting on the alleged murder of...