Bengaluru Stampede: Karnataka High Court Declines Interim Relief From Arrest To RCB's Marketing Head Nikhil Sosale

The Karnataka High Court has adjourned a plea filed by Marketing and Revenue head of RCB Nikhil Sosale challenging his arrest by the Bengaluru Police in the early hours of Friday (6th June).Though the court prima facie opined that an FIR was enough to make the arrest, noting that the matter involved personal liberty of an individual, the court adjourned the case to Monday.Sosale had argued...

Chinnaswamy Stampede Case : High Court Stays Arrest Of Karnataka Cricket Association Officials

The Karnataka High Court has asked the State police to not take any precipitative action against the Karnataka State Cricket Association in connection with the stampede that took place near the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru ahead of the victory celebration of Royal Challengers Banglore (RCB) in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Justice S R Krishna Kumar asked the authorities to not take...

Bengaluru Stampede: RCB's Marketing Head Nikhil Sosale Approaches Karnataka High Court Challenging Arrest

Marketing and Revenue Head of the Royal Challengers Banglore (RCB), Nikhil Sosale has approached the Karnataka High Court challenging his arrest in connection with the stampede that occured near the Chinnaswamy stadium ahead of RCB's victory celebration. Sosale was arrested by the Bengaluru Police in the early hours of June 6th (Friday).He has contended that the arrest was illegal, arbitraty...

KSCA Approaches Karnataka High Court Seeking To Quash Case Over Stampede Outside Chinnaswamy Stadium

A petition has been filed in the Karnataka High Court by the Managing Committee of Karnataka State Cricket Association, Bangalore and its office bearers, seeking to quash the FIR filed by the Cubbon Park police station against it following the stampede that occurred on Wednesday, outside the Chinnaswamy stadium, in which 11 people died.A single judge, Justice S R Krishna Kumar is likely to...

'Rashness Must Be Assessed On Case-To-Case Basis': Karnataka High Court Acquits Man Convicted For Causing Death Of Motorcyclist By Rash Driving

Observing that “rashness and negligence are multi-faceted concepts which cannot be comprehended and interpreted in isolation, it significantly depends on facts and circumstances of each case,” the Karnataka High Court recently acquitted an accused convicted for driving his car rashly and causing the death of a motorcyclist.Justice Rajesh Rai K, while allowing a revision petition filed by...

Karnataka High Court Directs State To Ask IISc About Timeline Needed To Carry Out Study On Impact Of Blasting Near KRS Dam

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government to get instructions from the Indian Institute of Science as to in how much time they would carry out the scientific study to assess the impact of blasting within 20-kilometre radius of Krishnaraja Sagara dam, popularly known as KRS dam. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice V M Kameshwar Rao and Justice C M Joshi passed...

Karnataka High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Bengaluru Stampede During Celebrations Of RCB's 2025 IPL Victory

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (June 5) took suo motu cognizance of the Bengaluru stampede that occurred on Wednesday outside the Chinnaswamy stadium ahead of an event to celebrate Royal Challenger Bangalore's (RCB) victory at the 2025 IPL Final. In doing so the court issued notice to the Karnataka Government to ascertain cause of the tragedy and how to prevent it in future. Reportedly...

Named Arbitrator In Notice U/S 21 Of A&C Act Can't Pass Orders Without Consent Of Other Party Or Order Of Appointment U/S 11: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj has held that a person who is the named Arbitrator in a notice issued under Section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, cannot enter reference and pass orders without the other person consenting thereto or without an order of appointment of Arbitrator by institution or a Court under Section 11 of...

Karnataka High Court Orders Authorities To Not Grant Permission For Construction Near Protected Monuments Without ASI's Consent

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Urban Development Department to issue a circular restricting officers from granting permission allowing to put up new constructions, in and around the protected monuments, and if any permission is to be granted in tune with the statute, such permission shall precede a no objection from the Archeological Survey of India.

[MV Act] Allowances Outside Salary Are Composite Earnings & Should Be Considered While Granting Compensation: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that in assessing just compensation, for claims made under Motor Vehicles Act, amounts that were paid to the deceased by his employer, whether as perks or any other nomenclature, should be added to his monthly income. Such monthly income forms the basis for computing compensation.A division bench of Justice K S Mudgal and Justice K V Aravind held thus...

'Thug Life' Film Won't Release In Karnataka For Now As Kamal Haasan Refuses To Apologise Before High Court For Tamil-Kannada Remark

Actor Kamal Haasan agreed to stall the release of his upcoming film Thug Life in Karnataka, after a row erupted over his remarks allegedly undermining the sentiments of the Kannada community.While stating before the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (June 3) that he had "no malice", the actor refused to apologise for the statement and proposed to have a dialogue with the Karnataka Film Chamber...

'You May Be Kamal Haasan But You Can't Hurt Sentiments Of Masses': Karnataka High Court Tells Thug Life Actor To Apologize For Remarks

"You may be Kamal Haasan or anybody, you cannot hurt the sentiments of the masses," remarked the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (June 2) while orally suggesting to actor Kamal Haasan to apologise for his statement which is stated to have hurt the sentiments of people of the state.Justice M Nagaprasanna after seeing the video of the audio release of the film 'Thug Life', said “He has said...