LiveLaw Karnataka High Court Weekly Round Up: July 20 - July 26, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 256 to 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 266NOMINAL INDEXM v. B, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 256Girish Patil & Anr. V. State of Karnataka & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 257Vincent Correa v. Viyola Prathvi Correa , 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 258P v. State of Karnataka & Ors.., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 259TJ V. State Of Karnataka & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 260Bharathi Education Society Trust v. State of Karnataka & Panchayat Development Officer, Grama Panchayat, Bharathinagara., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 261Divisional Manager, Reliance Gen. Ins. Co. Ltd. V. Sri Satish S/o Basavaraj Kurubar, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 262Gadilinga S/o Dodda Basappa v. State of Karnataka & Sharabhayya B., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 263Y. Venkateshwara Prasad & Ors. v. The State Commissioner for Persons with Disability & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 264Suresh Babu J.N. & Ors. v. Jaganmohan & Ors.., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 265K v. M., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 266Husband Can't Seek Divorce Merely Because He Has 'Lost Interest' In Marriage: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: M v. BCase No: Miscellaneous First Appeal No. 4343 Of 2026Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 256Emphasising the sanctity of marriage under Hindu Law, the Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed a husband's appeal seeking dissolution of his 21-year-old marriage, observing that one cannot walk away from a marital relationship merely on the ground that they no longer have 'interest' in it. 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 256The Division Bench of Justice D K Singh and Justice T M Nadaf, while dismissing the appeal against Family Court's rejection of his divorce application noted that the husband cannot be allowed to 'take advantage of his own wrong'.“…The person who fell in love with the respondent and fathered a girl child who is now almost a major, has come before the Court stating that he is left with no interest in the marriage and therefore, decree of divorce be granted. The marriage under the Hindu Law is a sacrament and it is not a contract. Once the parties are married, the marriage is for life and one person cannot walk away from the marriage on the ground that he/she is left with no interest in the marriage with the other party”, the court noted in the order.JJ Act | Media Can't Publish Identity Of Child Victim On Ground That It Was Done In Child's Interest: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: Girish Patil & Anr. V. State of Karnataka & Anr.Case No: CRL.P No. 101182 of 2022Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 257The Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed a criminal petition filed by a journalist and an editor of a Newspaper Daily, accused of publishing a news report disclosing the identity of a child victim of assault. 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 257The single judge bench of Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde upheld the ongoing prosecution under Section 74(1) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. While doing so, the court noted that the publication of a child's name or school details is prohibited irrespective of whether the child is a 'victim, witness, or in conflict with law'.“…No report in any newspaper, magazine, news-sheet or audio-visual media or other forms of communication regarding any inquiry or investigation or judicial procedure, shall disclose the name, address or school or any other particular, which may lead to the identification of a child in conflict with law or a child in need of care and protection or a child victim or witness of a crime, involved in such matter, under any other law for the time being in force, nor shall the picture of any such child be published”, the court underscored in its order.Major Unmarried Daughter Can Seek Educational Expenses For Post-Graduation Under Domestic Violence Act: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: Vincent Correa v. Viyola Prathvi CorreaCase No: CRL.RP No. 870/2026Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 258The Karnataka High Court has held that a father is obligated to bear the educational expenses of his unmarried daughter pursuing postgraduate medical studies under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, even after she has attained majority, observing that the parental obligation to provide education does not cease merely because the child has become an adult. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 258]A Single Judge Bench of Justice H.P. Sandesh dismissed a revision petition filed by the father against concurrent orders of the Trial Court and the District & Sessions Court directing him to pay ₹16 lakh towards his daughter's MD Dermatology course fees.The Court held that educational expenses can be awarded as monetary relief under Section 20 of the DV Act, noting that deprivation of such financial support amounts to "economic abuse" under Section 3(d)(iv) of the Act."...While defining economic abuse, the Legislature has also included deprivation of all or any economic or financial resources to which the aggrieved person is entitled under any law or custom. It is the custom and practice that everywhere in the world that parents are morally obligated to provide basic...

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