Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 23 - March 1, 2026

Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 71 to 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 86Nominal IndexPrabhugowda Patil v/s State of Karnataka & Anr. Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 71Ravi Hegde v/s Kelachandra Joseph George Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 72Venugopal B.C., v/s State of Karnataka & Anr. Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 73Rohini Sindhuri, IAS v/s Roopa Divakar Moudgil Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 74Ramana Reddy GV v/s State of Karnataka and Anr. Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 75Syed Saif v/s State of Karnataka Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 76Praveen D @ Madhu @ Maddy v/s State of Karnataka and Anr. Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 77Brijesh Indira v/s State of Karnataka & Anr. Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 78Sanjukumar v. The Divisional Controller, North Western Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation & Anr. Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 79Taj Parveen & Anr. v. Ezazulla Shariff & Ors. Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 80Glastronix LLP v. Glastronix Karmika Sangha & Ors. Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 81Murali BN & Anr. v/s State of Karnataka & Anr. Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 82Chandrakanth Y Toravi v/s The Managing Director & Ors. Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 83Devaraju @ Vinith Devendra @ Devu v/s State of Karnataka & Anr.Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 84The Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner v/s M/s Enchanting Travels Pvt. Ltd. Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 85High Court of Karnataka v/s State of Karnataka & Others Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 86Judgment/OrdersPolice Officer Can't Be Prosecuted For Corruption Without Proof Of Demand Or Acceptance Of Bribe: Karnataka High Court ReaffirmsCase title: Prabhugowda Patil v/s State of Karnataka & Anr.CRIMINAL PETITION No.5163 OF 2023Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 71The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that both demand and acceptance of bribe by a public servant to perform a public duty are a pre-requisite to invoke offence under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act.In doing so the court quashed an FIR registered against a police Sub-Inspector for allegedly demanding Rs. 1 Lakh from the complainant to close a case registered against the latter.Minister KJ George's Defamation Case Against Kannada Prabha Editor Must Be Tried By Magistrate, Not MP/MLA Court: Karnataka High CourtCase title: Ravi Hegde v/s Kelachandra Joseph George CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 4209 OF 2021Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 72The Karnataka High Court set aside proceedings before the sessions court against Editor-in-Chief of Kannada Prabha newspaper Ravi Hegde in a criminal defamation case lodged against him by Minister K J George with respect to certain newspaper articles.The legislator had in 2020 filed a defamation case against Ravi Krishna Reddy and N R Ramesh, president and general secretary of the Karnataka Rashtra Samithi, and Hegde for allegedly making “baseless, deliberate, reckless, malicious and false allegations” against him.Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav was hearing Hegde's plea–who is accused no.4 before the trial court–seeking setting aside of an order dated 17.01.2020 whereby cognizance was taken against Hegde.Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against School Principal Over Morphed Photo Of Him Standing On National FlagCase title: Venugopal B.C., v/s State of Karnataka & Anr.CRIMINAL PETITION No.11694 OF 2024Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 73The Karnataka High Court quashed an FIR registered against a school principal over a picture circulated on WhatsApp which showed him standing on the National Flag, noting the picture of the petitioner had been edited by his student and thus no mens rea was attributable to the former.The petitioner, principal of a Government High School, had challenged an FIR registered for offences punishable under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insult to National Honors Act.Karnataka High Court Upholds Order Taking Cognizance Of IPS Officer Roopa Moudgil's Defamation Complaint Against IAS Officer Rohini SindhuriCase title: Rohini Sindhuri, IAS v/s Roopa Divakar Moudgil WRIT PETITION No.3379 OF 2025Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 74The Karnataka High Court dismissed a plea by IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri challenging a trial court order taking cognizance of a criminal defamation complaint lodged by IPS officer D Roopa Moudgil, observing that it was well reasoned passed with due application of mind.Justice M Nagaprasanna in his order noted that when Sindhuri had lodged criminal defamation proceedings against Moudgil, then the latter's plea challenging the same before the high court was dismissed on the ground that Moudgil had made the alleged statements in good faith. The court thus said:"It bears emphasis that this very plea was urged by the respondent (Moudgil) in the earlier proceedings and was repelled by a coordinate bench of this Court, which held in unambiguous terms that question of good faith is a matter of evidence to be adjudicated in the crucible of a full fledged trial. The order is quoted hereinabove. The law does not countenance a differential application of principle. What was held to be triable issue for...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 23 - March 1, 2026

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