Karnataka High Court
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 25 - December 01, 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 481 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 489Nominal Index:Krishnappa M T & ANR AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 481National Institute of Mental Health And Neuroscience AND S Anitha Joseph. 2024LiveLaw (Kar) 482K Ramakrishna AND Assistant Director 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 483M/S COMPASSION UNLIMITED PLUS ACTION (CUPA AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024...
Bengaluru Court Can Try Suit By Resident Manna Dey's Daughter Against 'Defamatory' Bengali Content Published At West Bengal: Karnataka HC
Karnataka High Court has held that a competent court in Bengaluru will have jurisdiction to hear the defamation suit filed by late singer Manna Dey's kin, for restraining certain entities from circulating a Bengali language book on the late singer.Justice H P Sandesh pointed that though the book is published in West Bengal, it is available in Bengaluru.The High Court held thus while setting...
Don't Raise Office Objection About Petitioner Not Signing Withdrawal Memo Presented By His Counsel: Karnataka High Court To Registry
The Karnataka High Court has directed its registry not to raise office objections to the effect that the signature of the petitioner is not forthcoming in the memo of withdrawal if the petition is sought to be withdrawn by the advocate appearing for the petitioner.In doing so the court observed that such office objections discredits the authority of the counsel who appear on behalf of...
Actor Darshan's Medical Certificates Don't Show Any Health Complication Preventing Surgery: Karnataka HC Observes Orally During Bail Hearing
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday orally observed that medical certificates produced by Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa Srinivas, who was granted interim bail on October 30 in the Renukaswamy Murder case to undergo spinal surgery, do not reflect any medical complications preventing him from undergoing the surgery.A single judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty, who had earlier...
Filing Application U/S 8 Of Arbitration Act Before Statement On Substance Of Dispute Doesn't Waive Right To Invoke Arbitration Clause: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court bench of Justice H.P. Sandesh has held that if an application under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is filed before submitting the first statement on the substance of the dispute, the party cannot be deemed to have waived its right to invoke the arbitration clause. The court observed that the filing of the written statement and...
In-Subordination Is Contagious Malady In Public Service Resulting In Maladministration, Cannot Be Viewed Leniently: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed with cost a petition filed by a delinquent employee of the State Administrative Tribunal, questioning the order passed by the Tribunal whereby his two annual increments with cumulative effect were withheld on charges of disobeying instruction of the Chairman, and employing rude language.A division bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice C M...
Karnataka HC Reserves Order On BJP MLA Basangouda Patil's Plea For Quashing FIR Over Alleged Derogatory Remarks Against Rahul Gandhi
BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal, while arguing his plea for quashing an FIR registered against him for making alleged derogatory remarks against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, told the Karnataka High Court on Thursday (November 28) that he merely responded to certain statements made by Gandhi when the Congress MP went overseas.The BJP MLA told the court that no ingredients of the...
Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against State BJP President BY Vijayendra, Another Over Allegedly Offensive 'X' Post On Congress Leaders
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (November 27) quashed proceedings initiated against Karnataka State BJP President B Y Vijayendra in connection with an FIR registered over an allegedly offensive post made on X (formerly Twitter), by the party's Karnataka Unit on alleged Muslim appeasement by the State Congress.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition and...
Karnataka HC To Consider Whether POCSO Act Is Gender Neutral Or Not, Stays Proceedings Against Woman Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor
While staying further proceedings in a POCSO Act case registered against a 52-year-old woman on a complaint by the parents of a minor boy, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (November 27) orally said that considering the case was against a woman it would have to lay down whether the law is gender neutral or not. The court further orally expressed its "shock", adding that it had come...
Karnataka High Court Reserves Verdict In Plea For CBI Probe Into Lawyer's Suicide After Alleged Torture By Police Officer
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on an application filed by Advocates Association of Bengaluru, seeking a direction to transfer to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), an abetment to suicide case–concerning the death of an advocate–registered against a Deputy Superintendent of Police.While reserving its verdict, the orally questioned the police authorities if it...
Karnataka High Court Calls For Higher Penalty On Pet Owners Who Don't Clean Their Pet's Excrement In Public Parks
The Karnataka High Court has directed the state authorities to increase the penalty amount to be imposed on dog owners, who or whose dogs, are found to be conducting themselves irresponsibly in treating and cleaning of the excrement of their pets in public parks. This penalty amount the court said would be higher than that which is imposed on the "other class of people" who breach...
No Bail U/S 479(1) BNSS On Completing Half Or 1/3rd Sentence If Accused Booked In Multiple Cases: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has rejected the bail plea of 73-year-old K Ramakrishna, former Chairman of Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank Niyamitha and Sri Guru Sarvabhauma Souhanda Credit Co-operative Ltd, booked under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, for allegedly de-frauding the bank to the tune of Rs.1,553 Crores by creating fictitious documents and granting loan in favour of...