Karnataka High Court Recommends Amendments To Avoid Third Party Insurance Cover For Accidents Due To Drunken Driving

The Karnataka High Court has urged the Central and State governments to consider bringing amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act 1988 so as to absolve the liability of an insurer in drunken driving cases.As per Section 149 MV Act, insurer can avoid liability only in the circumstances specified in sub-section (2). Drunk driving is not a ground to avoid liability thereunder.Stating that...

Defaulting Director Can Be Disqualified From All Companies, S.164 Is Reasonable Restriction To Article 19(1)(g): Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that under Section 164 of the Companies Act 2013, an individual can be disqualified from being a Director in a company against which allegations are made, as well as regarding any other company in which the individual is a director against whom no allegations are made.The petitioner directors had argued that they had been disqualified from the...

Conviction For 'Petty Offence' Not Enough: Karnataka High Court Gives Relief To Peon Whose Appointment Offer Was Cancelled By Sessions Court

The Karnataka High Court has upheld a single judge's order which had set aside a communication issued by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kollar cancelling the offer of appointment to the post of 'Peon' in the Judicial Department of Kolar District.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Joshi dismissed the appeal filed by the Chief Administrative Office, of...

[S.153 IPC] Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Against Man For Forwarding Video Of Alleged Shooting Of Cow On WhatsApp Group

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal case registered against a man who was booked by the police for forwarding a video on a WhatsApp group, showing a person allegedly shooting a cow, and the writing that the said shooting was incorrect.A single judge bench of Justice S R Krishna Kumar allowed the petition and quashed the case filed against 29-year-old Vivek Kariappa C K, who...

Karnataka HC Reserves Verdict In X Corp's Plea Seeking Declaration That Govt Officers Can't Issue Blocking Orders U/S 79(3)(b) IT Act

The Karnataka High Court has reserved orders in a plea filed by X Corp seeking a declaration that Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act does not confer authority to issue information blocking orders and such orders can only be issued after following the procedure under Section 69A of the Act, r/w IT Rules.Senior Advocate Raghavan representing the social media company submitted before a bench of...

Karnataka High Court Reserves Verdict On Maintainability Of YouTube Channel's Plea Against 'Gag Order' In Dharmasthala Burial Case

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (July 29) reserved orders on the maintainability of a plea filed by a YouTube Channel challenging an ex-parte interim order restraining media platforms from publishing any "defamatory content" against family running the Sri Manjunathaswamy temple and the temple in relation to Dharmasthala Burial case.After hearing the parties for some time Justice...

Bengaluru Stampede: 'Suo Motu PIL Aims To Look Into State Action, Future Measures': Karnataka HC; Govt Asked To Submit Crowd Control SOP

The Karnataka High Court today heard the suo-motu petition initiated regarding the Bengaluru stampede which occurred outside Chinnaswamy stadium, ahead of an event to celebrate RCB's victory at the 2025 IPL final. At the outset, a bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru & Justice CM Joshi clarified the scope of the suo moto PIL as it orally observed thus: "This is a suo moto...

'Reputation Being Tarnished': DNA Entertainment To Karnataka High Court In Plea To Quash Inquiry Commission's Report On Bengaluru Stampede

Event management firm M/s DNA Entertainment Network Private Limited seeking quashing of a judicial inquiry report regarding Bengaluru Stampede which occurred in May, told the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (July 29) that every second its reputation is being tarnished. The court was hearing the firm's plea to quash the one member judicial inquiry report submitted by Retired justice John...

Victim Not Holding Valid Driving License Cannot Be Construed As Contributory Negligence In Accident Cases: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has held that contributory negligence cannot be attributed to the rider of a motorcycle who meets with a road accident, only because he was not holding a driving license to ride his vehicle.A single judge Justice Dr Chillakur Sumalatha said “Only because the appellant was not holding driving license to ride his vehicle which is involved in the accident it cannot be...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 21 To July 27, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 241 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 250Nominal Index: M/s Banavathy & Company AND Mahaveer Electro Mech (P) Ltd & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 241Vishwas K S AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 242Jagadish Devdas Anchan AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 243Century Club AND S Umapathy & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 244M D...

Place Issue Regarding Reservation For Transgender Persons Before Your Executive Council: Karnataka High Court Directs NLSIU

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (July 28) directed the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) to place the issue of granting reservation in admission to Transgender persons, before its Executive council which is likely to meet in the month of August-September.A division bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Rajesh Rai K said:“We are of the opinion that prayers raised...

Husband Need Not Prove He Was Residing Together With Wife To Claim Loss Of Dependency After Her Death In Accident: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that residing together cannot be added as an additional condition which is to be established by a claimant in order to be entitled for compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act on the ground of loss of dependencyJustice Ravi V Hosmani said this while modifying the order of the tribunal which had refused the claim made by the husband seeking compensation on...