Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: April 07 - April 13, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 133 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 140Nominal Index: SRI JAGADGURU BASAVA JAYMRITYUNJAY SWAMIJI & others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 133Mahalaxmi AND Karnataka Public Service Commission & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 134S Basavaraj AND Bar Council of India & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 135H T Umesh & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 136State of Karnataka AND B G Prakash Kumar & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 137Amit Garg AND Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 138The Union Of India and Anr. Versus Sri. Kothari Subbaraju. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 139M/s Fortious Infradevelopers LLP V. The Additional Commissioner of Commercial Taxes. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 140Judgements/OrdersKarnataka HC Directs Inquiry Into Police Action Against Protestors Seeking Reservation For Panchamasali Community After Allegations Of 'Lathi Charge'Case Title: SRI JAGADGURU BASAVA JAYMRITYUNJAY SWAMIJI & others AND State of Karnataka & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION No.107792 OF 2024Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 133The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to constitute a Commission of Inquiry headed by a retired Judge of the High Court, into the police action (lathi charge) taken on 10-12-2024 at Suvarna Soudha, Belagavi, against the petitioners and several others who are said to have held a peaceful protest demanding reservation for the Panchamasali Community.Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order while allowing a petition filed by Sri Jagadguru Basava Jaymrityunjay Swamiji and others. He said, “The respondents/State to constitute a Commission of Inquiry in terms of the Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952 on the subject matter and the appointed Commission of Inquiry should be single member or a multi member headed by a retired Judge of this Court. The Commission of Inquiry so appointed shall submit its report within three months of such appointment.”Karnataka HC Slams State's Reluctance To Arrange Local Exam Centre For Pregnant Govt Job Aspirant; Says Crores Are Spent On ElectionsCase Title: Mahalaxmi AND Karnataka Public Service Commission & ANRCase No: WRIT PETITION NO.201012 OF 2025Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 134Coming to the aid of a pregnant woman, the Karnataka High Court has directed the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) to conduct the main examination for the woman at Kalaburagi rather than the allotted centres, owing to her advanced stage of pregnancy.The designated centres for the main exam for the Group-A post are Bengaluru and Dharwad. However, due to her pregnancy, the petitioner prayed to allow her to take the exam at her residency city in Kalaburagi.Finding justifiable grounds in the woman's petition, Justice Dr Chillakur Sumalatha was not impressed with KPSC's arguments that it could not conduct the exam at Kalaburgi for the convenience of a single candidate.Karnataka High Court Quashes BCI's Resolution Suspending Senior Advocate S Basavaraj Upon Withdrawal Of ComplaintCase Title: S Basavaraj AND Bar Council of India & ANRCase No: WP 24962/2024Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 135The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed a resolution passed by the Bar Council of India (BCI), placing Senior Advocate S Basavaraj under interim suspension. The resolution was earlier stayed by the High court by way of an interim order.Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Basavaraj and said, “It needs to be noticed that BCI has passed the impugned resolution on the revision petition and the R2 (Complainant-Surya Mukundraj) today wants to withdraw the revision petition filed before the BCI and before this court as well. Therefore, the foundation on which the BCI has passed the resolution has itself today tumbled down.”It added, “In that light the BCI cannot now contend that it wants to continue the proceedings notwithstanding there being nothing before it as the revision petitioner himself has withdrawn the revision petition and is before this court. In that light nothing further survives for BCI to further consider.”University Professors Don't Discharge Duties In Public Domain, Their Post Not 'Public Office' For Invoking Writ Of 'Quo Warranto': Karnataka HCCase Title: H T Umesh & Others AND State of Karnataka & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION NO. 2906 OF 2021Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 136The Karnataka High Court has held that lecturers, assistant professors or associate professors bear jural relationship with the University and since they do not discharge any public function, their post cannot be characterized as 'public office' for invoking the writ of Quo Warranto.Writ of Quo Warranto can be issued where the person holding public office does not meet the eligibility criteria or when the appointment was contrary to the statutory rules.Karnataka HC Set Aside Suo-Motu Discharge Order By Trial Court Against BBMP Officials Accused Of Irregularities Causing Loss To State ExchequerCase Title: State of Karnataka AND B...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: April 07 - April 13, 2025

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