Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 22 - April 28, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 186 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 201Nominal Index:M/s Radical Works Pvt Ltd AND Padmanabh T G. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 186P Anandan AND The Divisional Controller. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 187R BHARATH AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 188HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 189ABC AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 190.Iranna & ANR AND Union of India & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 191Vijayraj Surana AND CBI & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 192Raju Naik & Others AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 193M/s Sujal Pharma AND Karnataka State Medical Supplies Corporation Limited. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 194Rojamani & Others AND Union Bank of India. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 195KIKKERI KRISHNA MURTHY And THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 196B G Uday AND H G Prashanth. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 197Smt. N. Bhuvaneshwari vs The Management of M/s Ambuthirtha Power Pvt. Ltd. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 198Shashanka J Sreedhara AND B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 199The Divisional Controller (South), N.W.K.R.T.C. vs Vasant B Jogi. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 200Shivaraj Kamshetty v. The Managing Director Karnataka State Agricultural Marketing Board. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 201Judgments/OrdersChief Metropolitan Magistrate Can't Transfer Cases Pending Before Additional CMM Under Section 410 CrPC: Karnataka High Court Case Title: M/s Radical Works Pvt Ltd AND Padmanabh T GCase No: CRL.P.NO. 1291/2023Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 186The Karnataka High Court has held that while exercising power under Section 410 CrPC, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate cannot transfer two cases pending before two different courts presided by Additional Metropolitan Magistrate to one court presided by the same rank judicial officer.A single judge bench Justice S Vishwajith Shetty allowed the petition filed by M/s RadicaL Works Pvt Ltd and quashed the order dated 13-01-2023 passed by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate by which it transferred CC No.17424/2020 on the file of XXVIII Additional Chief 3 Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Bengaluru and CC No.12667/2021 on the file of IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Bengaluru, were transferred to the Court of XLI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Bengaluru, for disposal in accordance with law.Industrial Tribunals Bound To Give Proper And Cogent Reasons For Their Orders: Karnataka High Court Case Title: P Anandan AND The Divisional ControllerCase No: Writ Petition No 22673 OF 2015Citation no: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 187The Karnataka High Court has observed that Industrial Tribunals must give proper and cogent reasons for their orders. If the tribunals give reasons for an order, it will be an effective restraint on the abuse of power, as the order, if it discloses extraneous or irrelevant consideration, will be subject to judicial scrutiny and correction.A Single judge bench of Justice K S Hemalekha said, “The Tribunal, while rejecting the claim statement, must assign proper and cogent reasons, giving reasons introduces clarity and excludes or, at any rate, minimises arbitrariness; it gives satisfaction to the party against whom the order is made, and it also enables the Appellate or the Supervisory Courts to keep the Tribunal within bounds. A reasoned order is a desirable condition of judicial disposal.”Karnataka High Court Upholds State Govt's Ban On Storage, Sale, Consumption And Advertisements Of All Types Of Hookah Products Case Title: R BHARATH AND State of Karnataka & ANRCase No: WP 4461/2024 & othersCitation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 188The Karnataka High Court on Monday rejected a batch of petitions challenging a government notification banning the sale, consumption, storage, advertisement and promotion of all types of hookah products within the State. In doing so, the Court upheld the ban on all types of hookah products in Karnataka.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna had reserved the judgment on March 11, after hearing both sides. As per the notification, hookah bar is a cause of fire hazards and violates state fire control and fire safety laws. Consumption of hookah in hotels, bars and restaurants makes food items unsafe for public consumption and may adversely affect public health, the notification further states.Belgavi Stripping Incident: Karnataka High Court Directs Completion Of Trial Against Accused Within A Year Case Title: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERSCase No: Writ Petition No 27927/2023Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 189The Karnataka High Court has directed that trial against the accused in Belgavi stripping incident, where an elderly woman was assaulted, paraded naked and tied to an electric pole, be completed within a year.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice Krishna S Dixit said, “The trial against the accused persons shall be completed by the competent Court where it is pending, expeditiously within an outer limit of one year. The...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 22 - April 28, 2024

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