Karnataka High Court To Have Portraits Of Dr BR Ambedkar In All Court Halls

The Karnataka High Court has decided to display the portrait/photograph of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in all court halls of High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru and Benches at Dharwad and Kalaburagi and District Judiciary of the State. Referring to the full court resolution dated 26.04.2025 in which it was said that in view of the representations submitted by the General Public, Advocates, Forums...

Karnataka High Court Directs Regularisation Of Mangalore Workers Serving Through Outsource Agency Subsequent To Order Abolishing Contract Labour

The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of 16 contract workers employed in the water supply department of Mangalore Mahanagara Palike, and it has directed the corporation to regularise their services.Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav allowed the petition filed by Bhagwan Das and others and said “The order of regularization is to be passed within 60 days from the date of receipt of copy of...

Karnataka High Court Quashes ED Complaint Against Greenpeace NGO For Alleged FEMA Violations

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the complaint and show cause notice issued by the Enforcement Directorate to NGO Greenpeace Environment Trust, Greenpeace India Society, in an alleged case of violation of provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act.A single judge, Justice Suraj Govindaraj said “The show cause notice dated 25.02.2020 issued by respondent No.2 at Annexure-A in both...

Karnataka High Court Stays Govt Order Forming SIT To Probe Allegations Of Land Grabbing Against Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday by way of an interim order stayed the government order forming a Special Investigation Team to probe allegations of land-grabbing against Union Minister of Heavy Industries, HD Kumaraswamy.Justice E.S. Indiresh passed the order while hearing the petition filed by Kumaraswamy."Having taken note of the submission made by learned Senior Counsel appearing for...

Karnataka High Court Suggests State To Bring Regulations To Monitor Sewage Treatment Plants, Curb Manual Scavenging

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday orally observed that the State Government should urgently consider bringing in regulations to monitor Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) installed in public and private properties, where most deaths have occurred due to manual scavenging, in the past few years.Acting Chief Justice V M Kameshwar Rao and Justice C M Joshi said, “Is there any statutory...

Plea Filed By Sole Legatee Seeking Probate Of Will Of Deceased Is Maintainable: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that a petition filed by the sole legatee seeking probate of the will of the deceased is maintainable before the court.A division bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice K. Manmadha Rao held thus while allowing an appeal filed by Jayaram B S, who had challenged the order of the trial court rejecting his probate application. The probate court had rejected...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To KSCA, RCB & DNA In Suo-Motu Case Over Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the registry to implead Karnataka State Cricket Association, Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL)–which manages RCB IPL team and event management firm DNA Entertainment Ltd, as respondents and issue notice to them in the suo-motu petition initiated regarding the Bengaluru stampede which occurred outside Chinnaswamy stadium, ahead of...

Karnataka High Court Declines Relief To President Of US-Based Company Accused Of Supplying Faulty Equipment To DRDO, DARE

The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings initiated against 76-year-old Surya Sareen, President and Chief Executive Officer of M/s AKON Inc, a company incorporated in the United States of America, which is accused of cheating Defence Avionics Research Establishment ('DARE') and Defence Research and Development Organization ('DRDO') by supplying faulty VO based...

Installation Of Smart Electricity Meters Only For New Houses, Not Existing Consumers: BESCOM Tells Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM), the State Government and others on a batch of petitions questioning the tender and decision of the state government making it mandatory for electricity consumers to install smart pre-paid meters.Acting Chief Justice V M Kameshwar Rao and Justice C M Joshi issued notice on...

Wife Tutored Daughter, Was Building Case Against Husband: Karnataka High Court Acquits Father Accused Of Sexually Abusing Child

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the order of the trial court acquitting a father accused of sexually assaulting his minor daughter. The complaint was made by the wife of the accused.A division bench of Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar and Justice K S Hemalekha while dismissing the appeal filed by Suja Jones Mazurier who was the complainant in the case said “The fact that PW.4 met...

Not Mandatory To Accept Application For Extension Of Time To File Written Statement Filed Within 120 Days: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that in commercial disputes, the filing of written statements under Order VIII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure cannot be permitted beyond the limitation period of 120 days.The court also rejected the argument of the petitioner that if the defendants had filed an application seeking extension of time before the expiry of 120 days, it should have...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 09 - June 16, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 200 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 204Nominal Index:Karavali Bus Owners Association & Others AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 200Taha Husain AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 201.A V Poojappa AND Dr S K Vagadevi. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 202M/S SAPTHAGIRI SHELTERS AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 203Manjunath...