Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: November 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 370 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 409Nominal Index: Saroja Kondai AND Managing Director & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 370DEENANATH AND CHANDRAHAS & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 371THE LEGAL ATTORNEYS AND BARRISTERS LAW FIRM AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 372KARNATAKA PRADESH HOTEL & RESTAURANTS ASSOCIATION & ANR AND Union of India & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 373X AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 374Amit Ashok Vyas AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 375Rajashekar AND Bar Council of India & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 376B S Kiran Kumar & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 377RAVICHANDRAGOUDA R. PATIL AND Karnataka State Bar Council & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 378PRAMOD SHIVASHANKAR AND ABC. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 379Maverick Motors LLP & Others AND Rohith Murthy. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 380BS Yediyurappa AND The Criminal Investigating Department. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 381Ashok Patil AND The Deputy Commissioner & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 382S N Suresh Babu AND T Gururaj. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 383Sri Mukesh Gupta v. The Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 384Gunnam Infra Projects Private Limited. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 385REESHAN THAJUDDIN SHEIKH AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 386State of Karnataka AND MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 387PANDURANG S/O. TUKARAM SHIVANE AND DURDUNDI MALAGOUDA PATIL & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 388DR ARCHANA BHAT K AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 389MICHAEL MAHESH CHRIS SALDANHA AND THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 390THE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD ANd GEORGE MENEZES & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 391M/s DNA Entertainment Networks Private Limited AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 392Karnataka State Cricket Association AND ELECTORAL OFFICER, KSCA. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 393Revanna H D AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 394M/s Merck Life Science Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 395Alphonso Saldana AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 396ANIL S/O. MALLAPPA KANAWADE & Others AND THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 397T H Hosamani AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 398Suresh Vathar AND Siddaramma & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 399YANKAPPA R SAKRE @ VENAKATESH R SAKRE AND Principal Secretary. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 400SRI ADRUSHYA KADESHWARA SWAMIJI AND THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 401Sunil AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 402DEVANAND PUTTAPPA NAYAK AND STATE OF KARNATAKA & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 403Boman R. Irani v. The Official Liquidator of Ideal Jawa. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 404INTAK RAJU N AND KARNATAKA INFORMATION COMMISSION & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 405X AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 406H P Ramesh & ANR AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 407K N SHANTH KUMAR AND ELECTORAL OFFICER & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 408Sri J Ramesh Chand v. Union of India. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 409Judgments/OrdersKarnataka High Court Asks Authority To Consider Relaxing Age Limit For Compassionate Appointment Of WidowCase Title: Saroja Kondai AND Managing Director & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION NO. 106296 OF 2025Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 370The Karnataka High Court recently set aside decision of the Northwestern Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (NWKSRTC) rejecting a widow's pleas seeking compassionate appointment, on the ground that she had crossed the cut-off age as prescribed in the scheme.Justice M Nagaprasanna partly allowed the petition by Saroja Kondai and set aside the endorsements dated 17.01.2025 and 10.05.2025, issued by the corporation which had rejected her request.Further it remitted the matter back to the Corporation to reconsider the application of the petitioner seeking appointment on compassionate grounds within 8 weeks.O. 18 Rule 1, 3 CPC | Right To First Lead Evidence With Plaintiff Even If Burden Of Proving Some Issues On Defendant: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: DEENANATH AND CHANDRAHAS & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION NO. 796 OF 2022Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 371The Karnataka High Court has said that in a suit where there are multiple issues framed, the right to lead the evidence is always on the plaintiff, even if the burden of proving some of the issues is on the defendant.Further, in a case where the plaintiff intends to reserve his right to lead evidence in rebuttal after the defendant leads his evidence, the plaintiff can always make such a request to the court; however it is for the defendant to decide whether he wants to begin with his evidence.Justice S Vishwajith Shetty said thus while allowing a petition filed by one Deenanath and set aside the order of the trial court. "From a plain reading of Rule 1 and 3 of Order XVIII it is clear that in a case which falls under Rule 1 normally it is for the plaintiff to lead his evidence first. It also enables...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: November 2025

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