Karnataka High Court
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Interfere In Plea Alleging ₹1.45 Lakh Fraud By Religious Figure, Cites Alternative Remedies
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (February 17) refused to interfere in a woman's plea seeking police action on her complaint alleging financial fraud of Rs. 1.45 Lakh by a religious person, granting her liberty to avail alternative remedy of approaching senior police officers and the magistrate court.The petitioner contended that she was duped of certain money by a "religious person"....
Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Election Of Congress MLA SN Subbareddy But Rejects BJP Leader's Claim To Be Declared Winner
The Karnataka High Court has set aside the election of Congress MLA SN Subbareddy elected from the Bagepalli constituency in the 2023 legislative assembly polls, over allegations of malpractice raised by the BJP's C Muniraju. The court however partly allowed Muniraju's election petition while refusing to declare him as the winning candidate. After examining various issues raised in the...
Karnataka High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Sudanese National's Plea For Visa Extension Which Expired 2 Years Ago
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (February 17) issued notice to the Central Government on a Sudanese national's plea seeking extension of visa which had expired over two years ago. The counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted before Justice BM Shyam Prasad that he had sought a direction to the Union of India to consider his online application for extension of visa. He submitted that...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 09 - February 15, 2026
Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 38 to 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 53Nominal IndexMohan v/s The State of Karnataka and batch 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 38 Mr Irfan Nasir @ Irfi v/s The NIA 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 39The Registrar General v/s Jayban Adivasi @ Jay Singh and Others and batch 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 40X v/s Y 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 41Sri Venkataiah v/s The State of Karnataka & Others 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 42NIA v/s...
Karnataka High Court Directs Bengaluru Municipality To Inspect Paying Guest Accommodations From February 18
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to inspect accommodations run by the Paying Guest Accommodation Welfare Association in Bengaluru, including to check whether the construction in question is as per the sanction plan. The court was hearing the Association's petition challenging certain notices issued to it by the BBMP over alleged violation...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Dowry FIR, Notes Alleged Payments Unbelievable Given Complainant Family's Financial Condition
The Karnataka High Court quashed a dowry demand FIR registered against the husband and his kin, finding that the allegations were baseless specially in view of the fact that the wife's family belonged to economically weaker section wherein no financial sources were shown to prove how the alleged demand was paid. The charge sheet alleged that husband and his kin demanded Rs.10 Lakh, 1 kg of...
Karnataka High Court Rejects PIL To Disband Tatkal, Emergency Quota Schemes For Rail Tickets
The Karnataka High Court on Friday (February 13) dismissed a PIL seeking to disband tatkal and emergency quota schemes for railway tickets, stated to be implemented without legislative backing. When the matter was called, a division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha dismissed the petition for non-prosecution. The PIL prayed for disbanding existing Tatkal and...
Centre Can Issue 'Leave India Notice' To Foreign National Residing On Employment Visa Obtained Through Fraud: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has upheld the 'Leave India' notice issued to an Australian national who was residing on an Employment Visa, noting that the visa was obtained via misrepresentation as no process for recruiting local talent for the post was conducted.It held that the Leave India notice was not vitiated for violation of principles of natural justice and the petitioner, as a...
Indian Succession Act | Mother Has No Right Over Inheritance When Son Who Died Intestate Is Survived By Wife & Children: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held where a son dies intestate leaving behind wife and children–being direct lineal descendants, his mother would not have a right to estate/inheritance under the Indian Succession Act. The court was hearing an appeal challenging a trial court order which had dismissed a family's plea seeking issuance of succession certificate of the deceased member. The...
Karnataka High Court Stays Counter FIR Against Actress Kavya Gowda, Husband Over Alleged Assault
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (February 12) stayed investigation into an FIR against Kannada actress Kavya Gowda and her husband, claimed to have been filed as a counter case pursuant to an alleged assault on them by certain family members. As per news reports Gowda and her husband were allegedly assaulted by certain family members last month. During the hearing on Thursday,...
Karnataka High Court Grants Relief To Woman Accused Of Hurting Neighbour Over Quarrel On 'Drying Clothes', Grants ₹50,000 To Victim
The Karnataka High Court modified a woman's conviction from voluntarily causing grievous hurt to voluntarily causing hurt with dangerous, after noting that a quarrel had suddenly arisen between her and her female neighbour over drying of clothes which was a "trivial issue". The court modified the conviction to Section 324 IPC (voluntarily causing hurt using dangerous weapons or means) which...
Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Bangladeshi National Accused Of Forging Indian Passport Citing Non-Supply Of Grounds Of Arrest
The Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to a Bangladeshi national accused of forging an Indian passport by using a fake Aadhar Card after noting that the grounds of arrest had not been provided to the petitioner.The court was hearing the bail plea by a Bangladeshi national accused of offences under Section 319(Cheating by personation), 336(3)(Forgery), 340(Forged document or...