Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: July 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 223 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 256Nominal Index: B S Gupta AND The Commissioner & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 223Devibai AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 224Ranjith Balkrishnan AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 225C Bhavani @Hamsa AND The Petitions Committee Karnataka Legislative Council & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 226M/S. KALPATHARU BREWERIES & DISTILLERIES PRIVATE LIMITED AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 227Muthulaxmi B N AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 228Venugopal Krishnamurthy & ANR AND M Tejaswini. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 229Suresh Babu C AND V Varadarajan & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 230Mohamed Umar Seeni Ariff Khan & ANR AND Mrs Tanzia Bano. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 231M/S. VISWAS TEXTILE PROCESSORS AND ICICI BANK LIMITED & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 232Prajwal Revanna AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 233Dr Manjunath R AND The Secretary To Government of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 234Rohit Jawa AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 235Abhishek Mishra AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 236Asif & ANR AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 237Balakrishna K P & ANR AND K P Puttaraju & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 238M Sharadamma & Others AND Kiran Kumar & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 239Ansari AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 240M/s Banavathy & Company AND Mahaveer Electro Mech (P) Ltd & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 241Vishwas K S AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 242Jagadish Devdas Anchan AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 243Century Club AND S Umapathy & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 244M D Devamma AND K V Kalavathi & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 245Mustafa & Others AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 246State of Karnataka AND Nagesh. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 247M/s Muni Naga Reddy HUF v. The Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Taxes. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 248Google India Pvt. Ltd vs Nayana Krishna. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 249M/s Alstom Transport India Limited v. Commissioner of Commercial Taxes. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 250K M Gurushivakumar AND LIC Of India & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 251Ningappa AND PRABHATBHAI & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 252Shivegowda AND Nanjeshgowda & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 253Vivek Kariappa C K AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 254Chief Administrative Officer & ANR AND Mallappa Basappa Sajjan. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 255Dilipraj Pukkella & ANR AND Union of India & OThers. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 256Judgment/OrdersAd Tax Cannot Be Imposed On Educational Institutions For Putting Up Non-Commercial Signages On Their Property: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: B S Gupta AND The Commissioner & ANRCase No: WRIT PETITION NO. 46688 OF 2017Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 223The Karnataka High Court has set aside an advertisement tax demand notice issued by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to an educational institution for displaying non-commercial signage and boards on its own property.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held thus while allowing the petition filed by BS Gupta, Secretary of Gupta Education Trust, who had challenged the legality/validity of the order issued by BBMP, under Section 134 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act, 1976.The court said “This Court is of the view that power to levy advertisement tax under Section 134 of the Act must be strictly confined to displays that fall within the statutory definition of advertisement under the above said section, which necessitates a commercial or promotional character. The signage in question or hoardings being a non-commercial institutional identifier does not meet this threshold.”S.483(3) BNSS | High Court Can't Cancel Bail Granted By Sessions Court In Absence Of Breach Of Conditions: Karnataka HCCase Title: Devibai AND State of Karnataka & ANRCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO.200940 OF 2025Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 224The Karnataka High court has said that in absence of any violation of bail conditions, the order of Sessions Court granting bail to an accused cannot be sought to be cancelled before the High Court by filing an application under Section 483(3) of BNSS, 2023.A Single judge, Justice V Srishananda held thus while dismissing the petition filed by the mother of a rape victim, challenging grant of bail to the accused charged under provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). It was her case that grant of bail for such a serious offence had resulted in miscarriage of justice.The court said “Even though concurrent powers vested in this Court along with the Special Court or the Sessions Court to grant or cancel the bail, the application seeking cancellation of bail shall not be construed as if it is an appeal over the order of grant of bail. Even in BNSS, 2023, no such provision is carved out by the legislature so as to vest the power of either revision or appeal over the discretionary order of grant of bail.”Karnataka High Court Quashes...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: July 2025

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