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Karnataka High Court Sentences Advocate To 15 Days Jail For Calling Trial Court Judgment A Result Of Match Fixing

The Karnataka High Court has recently sentenced a lawyer from Chitradurga to simple imprisonment for a period of 15 days, after finding him guilty of criminal contempt in a suo motu petition registered through the Registrar General of the Court. [ 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 374]The Division Bench of Justice D K Singh and Justice H. Shanthi Bhushan passed the order, noting that the first charge...

After Karnataka High Court Nudge, KSLU Grants 1% Reservation To Transgender Students In 3-Year LLB Course

The Karnataka State Law University (KSLU) has provided 1% reservation for transgender students in its 3-year LL.B. programme, pursuant to a special order issued by the State Government following directions from the Karnataka High Court.The Karnataka High Court on Monday (September 21) took on record the KSLU's admission notification incorporating the reservation.A Division Bench...

Singing Vande Mataram Not Mandatory: Karnataka Govt Defends Before High Court Order Directing Recital Of Only First-Two Stanzas

The Karnataka Government told the High Court on Tuesday (September 22) that the performance of the National Song Vande Mataram is not mandatory unlike the National Anthem, while defending its circular mandating singing of only first two stanzas of the National Song at State functions. The court was hearing a PIL challenging State Government's order mandating singing of only first two stanzas...

Para Asian Games 2026: Karnataka High Court Directs Reconsideration Of Womens Doubles Table Tennis Selection

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) to reconsider the team selection process for the women's doubles events in table tennis for the upcoming Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games after finding the selection method “ex-facie contrary" to well known norms of selection for double events.The Asian Para Games are set to take place between October 18 -24,...

Karnataka High Court Mandates Admitting, Marking Of Undisputed Documents Under S.330(3) BNSS To Ensure Speedy Trial

The Karnataka High Court has mandated all the trial courts in the State to adhere to Section 330 BNSS, corresponding to Section 294(3) CrPC, to ensure the fundamental right to a speedy trial. Under Section 330(3) of the BNSS, if the genuineness of a document is undisputed, it can be admitted as evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under BNSS without formally proving the signature...

Promotion Cant Be Withheld If Complaint Against Employee Does Not Result Into Departmental Inquiry, Other Action: Karnataka High Court

The Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court has ruled that promotion of a government employee cannot be withheld merely on the grounds that a complaint has been filed against the employee, if it has not resulted in any departmental inquiry or other action as contemplated under the Service Law. Justic T.M. Nadaf observed, “In that view of the matter, withholding the promotion of the...

Karnataka High Court Directs SIT Probe Into KPSC Veterinary Officer Recruitment Scam, Declines CBI Investigation

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (September 21) constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct a de novo investigation into the alleged Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) Veterinary Officer (Group A) recruitment scam, while declining to entrust the probe to the CBI.[2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 367]The single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order in a batch...

Karnataka High Court Directs State To Decide Representation On Reconstruction Of Parashurama Statue At Udupi Theme Park

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to consider a representation seeking reconstruction and reinstallation of the Lord Parashurama statue at the Parashurama Theme Park in Karkala, Udupi district.Disposing of a PIL filed by Uday Shetty Muniyal, a Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice T.P. Vivekananda observed that the dispute was “purely factual” and...

Stipendiary Nurses Performing Full-Time Duties Of Staff Nurse For Years Entitled To Regular Wages Under 2019 GO: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has upheld an order directing an autonomous medical institute to pay the “stipendiary nurses” at par with regular employees as well as to not discontinue their service until recruitment for staff nurses on a regular basis takes place.For context, stipendiary nurses are employed on a contractual basis who receive a regular fixed stipend instead of a salary. A...

Karnataka High Court Clubs Minimum Wage Pleas With Pending Appeals, Later Decides To Hear Them Itself After Division Bench Reserves Verdict In Appeals On Same Day

In a significant development, the Karnataka High Court initially directed that a batch of petitions challenging the State Government's notification revising minimum wages for 81 scheduled employments be clubbed with connected appeals pending before a Division Bench. In a notable twist, after being informed that the connected appeals before the Division Bench had been disposed of on the same...

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge Moves High Court To Quash Defamation Case Over Alleged Remarks Against RSS

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge has approached the Karnataka High Court seeking quashing of criminal defamation proceedings initiated against him over alleged remarks concerning the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).The petition challenges the order dated June 27, 2026, passed by the Bengaluru Special Court for cases against sitting and former MPs and MLAs, whereby the court...