Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up [January 8 To January 14, 2024]

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 10 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 20Nominal Index:H Manjunath AND Karnataka State Bar Council & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 10All India HDPE/PP Woven Fabric Manufacturers Association AND The Secretary Government of India, Competition Commission of India & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 11ABC AND XYZ. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 12Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad AND Government of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 13Sanjay M Peerapur & Another & Union of India & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 14H T Munikumar & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 15ANI Technologies Private Limited AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 16Gururaj Jeevan Rao And State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 17Nagaraj AND The Commissioner Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 18G R Medical College Hospital and Research Centre AND Union of India & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 19M/S Hatsoff Helicopter Training P Limited Versus State Of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 20Judgments/OrdersKarnataka High Court Directs State Bar Council To Afford Hearing To Advocate Accused Of Sexually Harassing Female Lawyer, Quashes Suspension Case Title: H Manjunath AND Karnataka State Bar Council & ANRCase No: Writ Petition No 27909 OF 2023Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 10The Karnataka High Court has set aside an order of the State Bar Council (KSBC) suspending an advocate from practising in any Courts of the country, for allegedly sexually harassing a female lawyer.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by H Manjunath and remitted the matter back to the Council to consider the objections of the petitioner that he has to file on or before January 10.Will Help Meet Global Standards: Karnataka HC Upholds Union Govt Notification Imposing Quality Control On Polyethylene Used To Make Plastic Case Title: All India HDPE/PP Woven Fabric Manufacturers Association AND The Secretary Government of India, Competition Commission of India & OthersCase No: Writ Petition 287 OF 2024Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 11The Karnataka High Court has upheld a Government of India notification dated 15-04-2021 which imposes quality control on polyethylene, used to manufacture different types of plastic.A Single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed the plea filed by All India HDPE/PP Woven Fabric Manufacturers Association and said that if the product was sought to be exported under the “Made in India” tag, then quality insistence from the threshold would ensure that the final product would meet all the necessary global standards.Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Ex-Parte Divorce Decree Passed During Covid-19 Pandemic; Says Marriage Sacrosanct, Wife Can't Be Condemned Unheard Case Title: ABC AND XYZCase NO: Miscellaneous First Appeal No 6578/2021Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 12The Karnataka High Court has set aside an ex-parte divorce decree passed by the trial court in 2021, as the trial Court had conducted the hearing including recording of the evidence when the world was in the grip of Covid-19 pandemic.A division bench of Justice K S Mudagal and K V Aravind allowed the appeal filed by the wife and set aside the decree passed by the trial court on the petition filed by the husband seeking divorce on grounds of cruelty under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act.God Is One, Though Called By Many Names: Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Disqualification Of Ministers & MLAs For Not Taking Oath As PrescribedCase Title: Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad AND Government of KarnatakaCase No: Writ Petition No 24939 OF 2023Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 13The Karnataka High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking the disqualification of 9 ministers and 37 MLAs, who did not take oath as per the prescribed format under Schedule III of the Constitution of India.The plea also called for their appointments to be declared unconstitutional and illegal.A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit dismissed the plea filed by Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad and said “Oath can be taken in the name of God or by solemn affirmation without taking any name of God. This becomes evident by a sheer look at all the formats enlisted in the Third Schedule to the Constitution of India which employs the expression “swear in the name of God” and alternatively other expressions “solemnly affirm.”Karnataka High Court Strikes Down 100% Reservation For Women In Recruitment To Cadre Of 'Nursing Officers' In Military Case Title: Sanjay M Peerapur & Another & Union of India & Others.Case No: Writ Petition No 62966 OF 2011Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 14The Karnataka High Court has struck down the expression "if woman" found in Section 6 of the Indian Military Nursing Services Ordinance, 1943 as unconstitutional. By this expression, 100 percent recruitment was reserved for women in the cadre of 'nursing officers'.A Single judge bench of Justice Ananth Ramanath Hegde sitting at Dharwad partly allowed the ...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up [January 8 To January 14, 2024]

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