Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 26 to September 1

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 380 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 387Nominal Index:Mahathma Gandhiji Grama Hitha Mandali AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 380Mayukh Mukherjee AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 381Chaithanya Reddy S V AND Nayana & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 382Chidanandaya & ANR AND Shivalingappa Mallappa Biradar & Others for Respondents. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 383Gajendra K M & Others AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 384State of Karnataka AND H D Revanna. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 385BASANAGOUDA R PATIL (YATNAL) AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 386Mohammed Dastagir AND Telecom Regulatory Authority of India & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 387Judgments/OrdersFair Price Shops Must Enable Access For Impoverished Classes And Ensure Distribution To All Citizens In Speedy, Cheap Manner: Karnataka HC (livelaw.in)Case Title: Mahathma Gandhiji Grama Hitha Mandali AND State of KarnatakaCase No: WRIT PETITION NO.202758 OF 2022Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 380The Karnataka High Court has said that the object and purpose of establishing a fair price shop is to enable the citizens of the country to have easy access to fair price shops, more so, when the ration card holders belong to the impoverished class of society and many of them are below the poverty line.A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj dismissed a petition filed by Mahatma Gandhiji Grama Hitha Mandali, a fair price shop questioning the government's decision to start another shop in the same village.[S.306 IPC] Prosecution For Allegedly Instigating Wife To Commit Suicide Can't Be Quashed After Filing Chargesheet: Karnataka High Court Case Title: Mayukh Mukherjee AND State of Karnataka & ANRCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.9707 OF 2023Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 381The Karnataka High Court has held instigation or otherwise by a husband for the commission of suicide of the wife can only be deciphered in a full-blown trial after recording evidence.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna while refusing the quash the abatement to suicide charge against Mayukh Mukherjee said “In the life of husband and wife it cannot be said that there should be minimum proximity. The wife being driven to the wall to an extent of commission of suicide cannot happen at the spur of the moment. It is a collection of agony that has resulted in the fateful incident. It is akin to the explosion of a dormant volcano. Instigation or otherwise of a husband for commission of suicide of the wife can only be deciphered in a full blown trial.”Father Responsible To Pay Child's School Fees Apart From Interim Maintenance Particularly When Wife Unemployed At His Insistence: Karnataka HC Case Title: Chaithanya Reddy S V AND Nayana & ANRCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 4463 OF 2024Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 382The Karnataka High Court has said that payment of child's school fees by a father would not mean that he would not pay maintenance amount to the child on account of him living separately with his mother.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna rejected the petition filed by a husband challenging an order of the trial court directing him to pay Rs 5,000 each to wife and child as interim maintenance.Person With LMV License Permitted To Drive Tractor As Unladen Weight Is Below 7500 Kgs, Insurance Company Must Compensate In Case Of Accident: Karnataka HC Case Title: Chidanandaya & ANR AND Shivalingappa Mallappa Biradar & Others for Respondents.Case No: MISCL. FIRST APPEAL NO.200721 OF 2019 (MV-D) C/W MISCL. FIRST APPEAL NO.200722 OF 2019(MV-D) MISCL. FIRST APPEAL NO.200038 OF 2020(MV-D) MISCL. FIRST APPEAL NO.200039 OF 2020Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 383The Karnataka High Court has said that a person holding a light motor vehicle driving licence is permitted to drive a tractor as the unladen weight does not exceed 7500 kg and the insurance company is liable to pay compensation to the claimants in case the driver of the tractor causes an accident.A Single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan held thus while dismissing the appeal filed by the Branch Manager of M/s United India Insurance Co Ltd, which had challenged the order passed by the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal questioning the fastening of liability on it as well as the quantum of compensation awarded to the claimants.Karnataka High Court Says Same Investigating Officer Must Probe Cross-Cases Registered By Parties To Same Incident Case Title: Gajendra K M & Others AND State of Karnataka & ANRCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 6248 OF 2024Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 384The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to ensure that one investigating officer probes cases registered against each other by parties to the same incident.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna has directed the registry to send its order to the Department of Home Affairs, Deputy General of Police and the Law Minister, suggesting to bring about an amendment to the Karnataka...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 26 to September 1

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