Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: February 03 To February 09, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 38 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 51Nominal Index: Rahul H M AND The Registrar (Evaluation) & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 38Newspace Research and Technologies Private Limited and Anirudh Putsala & others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 39Rajkumar Agarwal AND Income Tax Department. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 40Rooda Veershetty AND Union of India & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 41Shripati Mariyappa Doddalingannavar AND The Chief Personnel Manager & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 42Sarojinin Bhanvi & Others AND Yallappa Kempanna Badiagawad. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 43LT.GEN (Retd BNBM Prasad AND The Commissioner & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 44Ullas Kotian Yane Ullas K V AND Government of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 45Gurunath Vadde AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 46Udaya Kumar Shetty AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 47Snehamayi Krishna AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 48BS Yediyurappa v/s The Criminal Investigating Department CID. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 49Bhaskar Naidu and Arvind Yadav. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 50Imran H AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 51Judgments/Orders'Serious Issue': Karnataka HC Directs State Law University To Formulate Guidelines To Stop Malpractices In Examinations Using TechnologyCase Title: Rahul H M AND The Registrar (Evaluation) & ANRCase No: WRIT PETITION NO. 104890 OF 2024Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 38The Karnataka High Court has directed the Vice Chancellor and Registrar of the Karnataka State Law University to formulate necessary Rules in relation to safeguard the sanctity of examinations and avoid malpractises indulged by students, so as to make available a level playing field for all students.Justice Suraj Govindaraj also directed that the rules issued shall be made applicable to all colleges coming within the jurisdiction or affiliated to the said University and be implemented in a time bound manner.Ex-Parte Order Appointing Commissioner To Conduct Search/Seizure In IPR Infringement Cases Is To Preserve Evidence, Necessary: Karnataka HCCase Title: Newspace Research and Technologies Private Limited and Anirudh Putsala & othersCase No: WP No.32999 OF 2024Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 39The Karnataka High Court has said that in intellectual property rights cases, the ex-parte order of appointment of the Court Commissioner for search and seizure–an Anton Piller order, is to ensure that a surprise element remains intact in the absence of which the respondents can easily remove the infringing products when the commissioner visits the latter's premises.Anton Piller orders are court orders giving the right to search premises and seize evidence without prior warning in order to prevent destruction of evidence specially in case of intellectual property right infringement.Justice H T Narendra Prasad observed this while disposing of a petition filed by Newspace Research and Technologies Private Limited, who had challenged the order of the trial court refusing to appoint a court commissioner on the application made by it to seize the data from the respondents.Merely Paying Penalty For Wilful Delay In Filing Income Tax Returns Does Not Exonerate Assessee From Being Prosecuted: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: Rajkumar Agarwal AND Income Tax Department.Case No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 201214 OF 2023 (482(Cr.PC)/528(BNSS)) C/W CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 201213 OF 2023 CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 201215 OF 2023 CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 201216 OF 2023Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 40The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash prosecution initiated by the Income Tax Department against an assessee who had willfully failed to submit his income tax returns in time for the Assessment Years 2012- 13 to 2015-16 and thereby committed the alleged offence.A single judge, Justice S Vishwajith Shetty dismissed the petitions filed by Rajkumar Agarwal. It said, “Delay in filing of the income tax returns would not only result in payment of penalty, but it also results in prosecution as provided under Chapter 22 of the Act. Therefore, merely for the reason that petitioner has paid the penalty levied by the Competent Authority for the delay in filing of the returns, the same does not exonerate the petitioner from being prosecuted.”'Misconceived': Karnataka HC Rejects PIL Seeking Direction To Govt To Protect Life, Property And Religious Places Of Hindus In BangladeshCase Title: Rooda Veershetty AND Union of India & ANRCase No: WRIT PETITION NO. 33725 OF 2024Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 41The Karnataka High Court recently dismissed a public interest litigation filed seeking a direction to the Union and State Government, to protect the life, property and other religious places of Hindus and other Minority Community people, residing in Bangladesh.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun while dismissing a petition by Rodda Veershetty said, “The subject matter and the prayer are based on the news item dated 13.08.2024 in Kannada newspaper Prajavani titled "Communal ...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: February 03 To February 09, 2025

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