Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: May 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 161 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 193Nominal Index: X & others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 161Kanaka Lakshmi B M AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 162SRI C T RAVI v/s STATE BY BAGEWADI P S AND OTHERS. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 163handrashekhar AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 164High Court Of Karnataka AND The Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 165Mohamed Ikbal AND Secretary to Government of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 166CV Rajanna & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 167ABC AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 168Raviraja Rai M And State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 169Rishi Kumar AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 170D S Veeraiah AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 171Ashok AND Fayaz Aahmad. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 172Anil Kumar S B AND Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 173Arbaz Khan AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 174PhonePe Private Limited AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 175Sandya Anil Kumar AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 176Rekha Kannan & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 177Keerthi Harmony Apartment Owners Association AND M/S KEERTHI ESTATES PVT. LTD & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 178N. H. Gowda Versus Mr. Rangarama And Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 179Shrishail Irappa Kempwad & ANR And State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 180Savinaya AND Mrs Sheela G Bhat & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 181Karnataka State Private Management Association of Health Institutions AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 182Addanada Karriappa And Philiphose Mathew. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 183Athaulla Jokatte & AND And State Of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 184Anumandala Rajesh Reddy AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 185B R Anand AND V R Gisha. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 186Somarapu Vamashi AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 187Girish Bharadwaj AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 188Ramesh Naik L AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 189Vidya M V AND Bhavana S. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 190Rait Sena Karnataka AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 191Naveen Kumar N & Others AND M/S Karnataka Power Corporation Limited & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 192Shashank J Rai AND National Anti Doping Agency-India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 193Judgments/OrdersKarnataka High Court Quashes POCSO Complaint Lodged By Sister Against Her Brothers Over Property DisputeCase Title: X & others AND State of Karnataka & OthersCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.6965 OF 2024Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 161While quashing an FIR registered on the complaint of a woman under POCSO Act against her brothers, the Karnataka High Court noted that the siblings were fighting over property and it was in this light the crime was registered as a counter-blast which cannot be accepted.Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition and quashed the prosecution initiated against the petitioners under Sections 8(Punishment for sexual assault) and 12(Punishment for sexual harassment) POCSO Act and Sections 354(Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 506(criminal intimidation) and 34(common intention) of the IPC.Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Deputy Superintendent Of Police Booked For Abetting Lawyer's SuicideCase Title: Kanaka Lakshmi B M AND State of KarnatakaCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 4873 OF 2025Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 162The Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to Deputy Superintendent of Police Kanaka Lakshmi B M, who is accused of abetting the suicide of an advocate Jeeva S.Justice S Vishwajith Shetty allowed the petition filed by the police officer who is booked under sections 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 108 of BNS, 2023."SPP has fairly brought to the notice of this Court that investigation of the case is already completed and draft charge sheet is prepared and submitted before this Court in compliance of the order passed in Crl.P.No.12695/2024. He also has submitted that State Government has also granted sanction as provided under Section 218 of BNSS, 2023, to prosecute the petitioner and therefore, charge sheet will be filed before the jurisdictional Court forthwith. The maximum punishment for the alleged offence is imprisonment for a period of ten years. Since the petitioner is a Government Servant there cannot be any apprehension that she is likely to flee away from justice," it noted.Karnataka HC Refuses To Quash Case Against BJP Legislator CT Ravi For Allegedly Abusing Female Congress Leader In State CouncilCase title: SRI C T RAVI v/s STATE BY BAGEWADI P S AND OTHERSCase No: CRL.P 791/2025Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 163The Karnataka High Court on Friday (May 2) refused to quash a case registered against BJP Legislator CT Ravi booked for allegedly using derogatory words against Congress Legislator...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: May 2025

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