Benefit Of Equal Pay & Holidays Are Granted To Daily Wage Employees Working Part-Time At HC Circuit Benches: Karnataka Govt Tells High Court

The Karnataka Government informed the High Court that the benefit of general holidays and Government holidays as notified by the Court in the calendar is granted to the part-time daily wage manual workers working in the Benches of High Court at Dharwad and Kalaburagi.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anajaria and Justice M I Arun were informed about this during a public interest...

Sandalwood Drug Case: Karnataka High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Kannada Actress Ragini Dwivedi, Co-Accused

The Karnataka High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against Kannada actor Ragini Dwivedi, who had been arrested by the police for allegedly consuming and supplying drugs at parties and events organized by her and others.Justice Hemant Chandangoudar allowed the petition filed by Ragini (accused no. 2) and co-accused Prashant Ranka (accused no. 4). The petitioners...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: January 1 To January 12, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations 1 - 10]: K Lokesh AND THE BANGALORE DISTRICT MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AND SPECIAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 1 M/s Vigneshwara Transport Company v. Additional Commissioner of Central Tax Bengaluru North-West Commissionerate. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 2 Heritage Basavanagudi...

Respondent In Election Petition Cannot Be Made Petitioner Over Claims Of Collusion Between Election Petitioner & Successful Candidate: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has held that a respondent in an election petition cannot seek for transposition as a petitioner claiming that there is a collusion between the Election petitioner and the successful candidate or any other ground. A single judge, Justice Suraj Govindaraj held thus while dismissing a petition filed by Kudleepa Chittaragi who had questioned the order of the...

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Of Jayalalithaa's Legal Heirs Seeking Return Of Her Properties Confiscated In DA Case

The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal challenging a trial court filed by the legal heirs of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, seeking to release her property/assets seized by the authorities in the disproportionate assets case registered against her in 2004, in their favour. A single judge, Justice V Srishananda, dismissed the appeal filed by J Deepak and...

Karnataka High Court Permits Bangalore University To Conduct B.Com Examination As Per Original Scheduled From Jan 13

The Karnataka High Court, stayed the interim order passed by a Single judge bench, directing the Bangalore University to reschedule the B.Com examination of the first, third and fifth semesters that were scheduled to be held on 13.01.2025, 15.01.2025, 17.01.2025, 20.01.2025 and 21.01.2025. The single bench issued the direction in view of the schedule of the CA foundation examination and...

Karnataka High Court Half Yearly Digest [July 2024 To December 2024]

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 291 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 532Nominal Index:ABC AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 291A Ramesh Babu & Others AND Dharani S. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 292Justice B Padmaraj AND Union of India & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 293G Devaraje Gowda AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 294M/S POWER SMART MEDIA PVT LTD & ANR AND Union of...

[O.39 R.3 CPC] Court Must Give Reasons For Granting Ad-Interim Injunction Without Notice To Opposite Party: Karnataka HC Reiterates

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that before granting an ad-interim temporary injunction without notice to the opposite party, the trial court must assign reasons on whether the object of granting the injunction would be defeated by delay. Justice H P Sandesh, said, “The word used in Order 39 Rule 3 (Civil Procedure Code) is the court shall exercise the discretion and when the...

Karnataka High Court Stalls Framing Of Charge Against Prajwal Revanna In Alleged Sexual Assault Case Till January 16

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the trial court not to frame charges against former Member of Parliament, Prajwal Revanna who is accused in a case of rape and sexual assault, till January 16. However, the trial court is permitted to hear the arguments before framing of charge. Justice M Nagaprasanna has directed thus while hearing a petition filed by Revanna,...

Karnataka HC Directs Private Schools To Submit Structural Stability Report, Fire Clearance Sanction; Govt Schools Also Told To Comply

The Karnataka High Court has upheld a Circular issued by the Department of Education requiring private schools, amongst others, to obtain and furnish a structural stability certificate and sanction plan relating to the building where the school was being run, along with fire safety requirements/facilities for such schools.The court passed the order after noting that the circular only...

Woman Passenger Harassed: Karnataka High Court To Hear Ola's Appeal Against Compensation, PoSH Enquiry On March 17

The Karnataka High Court will hear on March 17, the appeal preferred by ANI Technologies, which owns and operates OLA Cabs, challenging a single judge order which directed the company to pay Rs. 5 lakh compensation to a woman harassed by their driver, during a trip in 2019.Apart from ordering compensation, the single judge Justice MGS Kamal had last year also held that the driver would...

Karnataka HC Declines Plea For Women Reservation In Governing Council Of Advocates' Association Bengaluru, Says Only SC Can Pass Such Order

The Karnataka High Court today (08 May) orally expressed support towards reservation of seats for women in the Governing Council of Advocates' Association Bengaluru.Justice R Devdas however declined a plea moved by the women members of the Bar Association and Federation of Women Lawyers in this regard, stating that only the Supreme Court can pass such orders."All of us are one with you...