Karnataka High Court Relaxes Video Conferencing Rules Allowing Wife To Depose On VC From US Residence In Cruelty Case Against Husband

The Karnataka High Court recently permitted a wife to record her examination-in-chief and be cross-examined by her husband in a cruelty case, via video conferencing from her residence in the USA, by relaxing the provisions of the 2020 Video Conferencing Rules. For Context, Rule 5.3.1 of the Video Conferencing Rules, 2020 requires that where the deponent is situated outside the territory of...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Extend Deadline For Submission Of Online Applications Under State's Laptop & Braille Kit Scheme

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (October 31) refused to direct the State authorities to extend the last date for submission of online applications for its 'Laptop and Braille Kit Scheme 2025' by another 60 days. The last date for submission of the application is today i.e. October 31. The court passed the order while hearing a PIL seeking a direction for extension of the last date. A...

Denial Of Subsistence Allowance During Suspension Amounts To “Economic Excommunication”: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that subsistence allowance is mandatory in any circumstance of suspension of an employee, and “he cannot be denied his statutory subsistence allowance.”Justice M. Nagaprasanna said this while allowing a petition by Basavaraj Pundalikappa and quashing the suspension order dated 22-07-2025. The petitioner joined as an attender in Bagalkote Municipal Council...

RSS Route March: Karnataka High Court Directs Second Meeting Between RSS Kalaburagi Convenor & District Authorities On Nov 5

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (October 30) asked the Convenor of RSS Kalaburagi Ashok Patil to meet with district authorities on November 5 at the Advocate General's office with respect to holding a proposed march (Pathasanchalana) in Chittapur Town.The court also asked the senior counsel appearing for the petitioner senior advocate Aruna Shyam as well as Advocate General Shashi...

Karnataka High Court Quashes State Law University's Circular Enhancing Student Registration Fee Citing Lack Of Statutory Backing

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a circular issued by Karnataka State Law University enhancing the fee structure for registration of students for the 5-year and 3-year courses. Justice R Devdas passed the order while allowing a batch of petitions filed by Pranava KN and others, all law students. Prior to the circular dated 02-07-2025, the respondent-University was levying and...

High Court Restrains Karnataka University From Announcing Results Of Interviews Held For PhD In Law

The Karnataka High Court has, by way of an interim order, restrained the Vice Chancellor of Karnataka University and other respondents from announcing the results of the interview held for the Ph.D programme in Law.A Single judge, Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde passed the order on October 28, while hearing the petition filed by Deepak Rajashekhar Tongli. The court while issuing notice to...

'Person Claiming Adverse Interest Cannot Oppose Will': Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Impleadment Of Tenant In Probate Case

The Karnataka High Court has held that a person who claims a right against the Testator's interests cannot be allowed to come on record to oppose the Will, and such a person also cannot be considered to have a caveatable interest.Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty made this observation while allowing a petition filed by Meera M.R., and setting aside the trial court's order dated 11.12.2023, which...

Appeal Against Order U/S 39(2) Arbitration Act Is Not Maintainable U/S 13 Commercial Courts Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court dismissed an appeal under section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act), holding that no appeal under section 13 of the Commercial Courts Act lies against an order passed under section 39(2) of the Act. The court further held that the appeal under section 13 of the Commercial Courts Act is maintainable against those orders...

'Suicide Note' By Deceased Employee Is Untrue: OLA CEO Bhavish Aggarwal, Others Tell Karnataka High Court In Plea To Quash Abetment FIR

Ola Electric Technologies Private Limited CEO Bhavish Aggarwal told the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (October 29) that the suicide note allegedly left behind by the deceased employee K Aravind was not true.The submission was made by Aggarwal and others seeking quashing of an FIR registered against them on charged of abetment to suicide. The FIR was registered on October 6, based on...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On PIL Alleging Bias In Distribution Of CM Infrastructure Development Fund To Assembly Constituencies

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a PIL claiming unequal distribution of funds under Chief Ministers Infrastructure Development Program to assembly constituencies represented by ruling party MLAs and constituencies represented by opposition MLAs as violative of Article 14. A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha issued notice to the...

No Trees Are Being Cut Inside Bengaluru's Lalbagh For Construction Of Twin Tunnel Road: Karnataka Govt Tells High Court

The Karnataka Government informed the High Court on Tuesday (October 28) that no trees are being cut inside Bengaluru's Lalbagh Botanical Garden for construction of the proposed Twin Tunnel Road.On October 25 a division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha while hearing two public interest litigations filed by Dr Adikesavalu Ravindra and Prakash Belawadi had asked...

'Prima Facie Violates Fundamental Rights' : Karnataka High Court Stays Govt Order Restricting Gatherings In Public Places

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday stayed a government order issued by the Home Department on October 18 that prohibited gatherings of ten or more persons for peaceful civic, social, or cultural activities in public places and declared such assemblies as unlawful.Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the interim order while hearing a petition filed by Punashchetana Seva Samaste, challenging...