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Plea Filed Before Karnataka High Court To Restore PIL Challenging Aadhaar Contracts With Foreign Private Companies

The Karnataka High Court has sought the Union's response in a plea to restore a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a 82 -year-old retired Army officer and defence missile scientist challenging the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) contracts with foreign private companies for biometric technology. The original petition, filed by one Mr. Mathew Thomas, alleges that...

Shopping Mall Needs One-Time Permission To Install Diesel Generator, Not Annual Trade Licence Renewal: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that owners of shopping malls who operate diesel generator (DG) in their premises cannot be mandated to renew trade licenses annually, observing that Section 354 State Municipal Corporations Act only contemplates a one-time “permission” to install machinery and not renewable “trade licence”.For context, Section 354 requires prior permission to...

Karnataka High Court Convicts Lawyer For Contempt Over Shouting, Appearing Intoxicated Before Trial Court; Sends Him To 1-Day Jail

The Karnataka High Court has sentenced an advocate to a one-day simple imprisonment along with fine of Rs 2,000 under Contempt of Courts Act, accused of interrupting court proceedings in an intoxicated state, shouting at a Judicial Magistrate, and making scandalous and unfounded allegations against judicial officers.The Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Venkatesh Naik T...

Mere Smell Of Alcohol Cant Prove Workman Was Under Its Influence At Time Of Accident: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a smell of alcohol emanating from the stomach as per a post-mortem report is insufficient to conclude that a deceased workman was 'under the influence' of alcohol. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 361]The single judge bench of Justice Ravi V. Hosmani has set aside a Tribunal order dismissing a compensation claim under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923 preferred by...

Karnataka High Court Issues Contempt Notice To Top Officials Over Failure To Compensate Kodagu Homestay Owner For Illegal Arrest

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday [September 16] issued notice to the Chief Secretary and the Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department in a contempt petition alleging wilful disobedience of a direction to pay Rs 5 lakhs as compensation for the illegal arrest of a Kodagu homestay owner over a US woman's rape.The Division Bench of Justices Jayant Banerji and Geetha K.B was hearing a...

Karnataka High Court Seeks Report On Steps Taken By Rule Committe To Frame Formal Rules Based On Child Custody Guidelines

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (September 16) directed the Registry to place before it the proceedings of the Rule Making Committee on the framing of formal rules based on child custody guidelines adopted by the Calcutta High Court, along with the steps taken by the Committee and the date fixed for its next meeting.The direction came while the Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman...

Insurer Not Liable If Learners Licence Holder Not Accompanied By Instructor With Valid License At The Time Of Accident: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that an insurance company won't be liable if a vehicle driven by a learner's license holder met with an accident, and the driver failed to prove compliance with Rule 3 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, such as being accompanied by an instructor with valid license when the accident happened. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 360]The single judge bench of...

Karnataka High Court Awards ₹10.52 Lakh To Parents Of Boy Electrocuted While Retrieving Kite, Quashes Finding On Childs Negligence

The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed a 2015 order of Belagavi Lok Adalat which had rejected compensation claim for a minor boy's death by electrocution by attributing negligence to the boy who had died while trying to retrieve a kite entangled in a high-tension electric line. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 359]Th single-judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum allowed the plea filed by...

Gulbarga Fort: Karnataka High Court Asks ASI To Verify Encroachments Within 100-Metre Protected Area

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (September 15) directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to verify whether any encroachments exist outside the Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) Fort but within the 100-metre protected area surrounding the historic monument.A Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice T.P. Vivekananda was hearing a 2018 public interest litigation (PIL) filed by...

Karnataka High Court Asks 32-Year-Old Woman To Clarify Basis Of Challenge To 35-Year Minimum Age For Surrogacy

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (September 15) asked a 32-year-old woman challenging the constitutional validity of the 35-year minimum age prescribed for single women seeking surrogacy to clarify the basis of her challenge.Justice C.M. Poonacha was hearing the woman's plea seeking a direction to the authorities to issue Essentiality and Eligibility Certificates to enable her to...

MACT | Pay Protection No Bar To Compensation For Loss Of Future Income If Post Is Reduced Following Accident: Karnataka High Court

The Kalaburagi Bench of the Karnataka High Court has held that a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) cannot deny compensation under the head of loss of future income merely because the claimant's salary has been protected pursuant to being assigned a lower position/reduction in post after a road accident. The court said that reliance on pay protection benefit without examining the loss...