Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 27 To September 3, 2023

Nominal Index [Citations 327 - 339]: Saibanna s/o Ningappa Natikar AND The Union of India & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 327The Union of India v. Malini & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 328Muzammil & ANR v. State of Karnataka & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 329Dr Lakhsmi P Gowda AND National Board of Examinations In Medical Sciences & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 330Hampamma & Others And State Through Lingasugur P.S. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 331A S MALLIKARJUNASWAMY, AND STATE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER & others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 332Naveen Kumar H N & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 333M/s Deco Equipments Pvt Ltd AND The State of Karnataka & others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 334P Ramaprasad And Thyagaraj R & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 335Jambo Plastics Pvt. Ltd & Others AND Chief Quality Assurance Establishment & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 336Project Vruksha Foundation V State Board For Wildlife (SBWL). 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 337Dr Kallappa Mahadevappa Hosmani AND The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Karnataka Lokayukt. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 338A MANJU And PRAJWAL REVANNA @ PRAJWAL R. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 339Judgments/OrdersAfter 30 Yrs In Jail, Karnataka HC Commutes Sentence Of 70-Yrs-Old Death Row Convict, Criticizes Unexplained Delay In Deciding Mercy Petition Case Title: Saibanna s/o Ningappa Natikar AND The Union of India & OthersCase No: Writ Petition no. 3297 of 2013Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 327The Karnataka High Court has set aside the death penalty imposed on a 70-year-old murder convict and commuted it to life imprisonment, after he spent 30 years behind bars and of which almost two decades he spent in solitary confinement.A division bench of Justice G Narendar and Justice C M Poonacha allowed the writ petition filed by Saibanna Ningappa Natikar on two grounds—in-ordinate delay of 7 years and eight months in deciding his mercy petition and that he was made to suffer a singular cell confinement/solitary confinement without the sanction of law.Railway Claims Tribunal Cannot Punish Any Person For Non-Payment Of Award Passed By It: Karnataka High Court Case Title: The Union of India v. Malini & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION NO. 12947 OF 2017Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 328The Karnataka High Court has held that the Railway Claims Tribunal has no power to punish any person for disobeying its orders, granting compensation to claimants.A single judge bench of Justice R Nataraj allowed the petition filed by the Union of India and quashed a 2017 order passed by the Tribunal, issuing show cause notice to the General Manager, South Western Railway, as to why action should not be initiated against him for non-compliance of the order of the Tribunal.Hijab Ban Row: Karnataka High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Two Youth Accused Of Making Graffiti On Govt School Wall Case Title: Muzammil & ANR v. State of Karnataka & ANRCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 101193 OF 2023Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 329The Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal case registered against two youth accused of writing “Hijab is our dignity” with black paint on the walls of a Government Girls High School, near CMC Hosapete, Vijayanagara.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna sitting at Dharwad allowed the petition filed by Muzammil (23) and Mohammad Jamaul (25), and quashed the proceedings initiated against them under Section 3 of the Karnataka Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1981.Inadvertence No Reason To Deny Opportunity To Candidate Otherwise Entitled: Karnataka HC Permits NEET-PG Aspirant To Correct Caste & Avail Quota Case Title: Dr Lakhsmi P Gowda AND National Board of Examinations In Medical Sciences & OthersCase No: Writ Petition No 12859/2023Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 330The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of a 23 years old student, who while filling-up the online registration application for National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test-PG (NEET-PG), inadvertently failed to choose her caste under the quota reserved for OBC category.A division bench of Justice G Narendar and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil allowed the petition filed by Dr. Lakshmi P Gowda and directed the National Board of Examinations In Medical Sciences to permit her to correct the entry in Column No.7 of the application/score card and amend it to read from General to OBC.Swachh Bharat Mission: Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Case For Alleged Misappropriation Of About 70L Sanctioned For Public Toilets Case Title: Hampamma & Others And State Through Lingasugur P.SCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO.200652/2022Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 331The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by seven persons accused of misappropriating funds sanctioned in respect of 'Swachh Bharat Mission Project' for construction of toilets within the limits of Honnalli, Gudadanal and Yaradona Villages between July 2016 and May 2017.A single bench of Justice Venkatesh Naik T, sitting at Kalaburagi dismissed the petition filed by Hampamma and...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 27 To September 3, 2023

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