Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 1 - July 7, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 291 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 304Nominal Index: ABC AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 291A Ramesh Babu & Others AND Dharani S. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 292Justice B Padmaraj AND Union of India & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 293G Devaraje Gowda AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 294M/S POWER SMART MEDIA PVT LTD & ANR AND Union of India & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 295The Joint Commissioner Of Commercial Taxes (Appeals)-3 Versus Transways India Transport. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 296Admar Mutt Kaliya Mardana Krishna Devaru v Vishalakshmi & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 297C V Mahalingaiah & Others AND The State of Karnataka & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 298M/S Hitachi Energy India Limited Versus State Of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 299ABC AND XYZ & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 300Bennett Coleman And Co Ltd & Others AND M/s Bid And Hammer Auctioneers Private Limited. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 301ABC & ANR AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 302Shyamal Mukherjee Vs Pricewaterhousecoopers Services LLP. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 303GENERAL ATLANTIC SINGAPORE TL PTE LTD v. BYJU RAVEENDRAN. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 304Judgments/Orders[S.498A IPC] Karnataka HC Allows Husband To Initiate Criminal Proceedings Against Wife For Falsely Accusing Him Of Cruelty, Claiming He Had HPV Case Title: ABC AND State of Karnataka & ANRCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.1803 OF 2023Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 291The Karnataka High Court has granted liberty to a husband to initiate criminal proceedings for malicious prosecution, under Section 211 of the IPC (Falsely accuse others of committing an offence) against his estranged wife.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by a husband and quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against him by the wife under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The wife had claimed that the husband was suffering from Human Papilloma-Virus (HPV), which is a sexually transmitted disease (STD).Sessions Court Not Empowered To Quash Entire Proceedings U/S 12 Domestic Violence Act, Party Must Approach High Court: Karnataka HC Case Title: A Ramesh Babu & Others AND Dharani SCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.3578 OF 2022Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 292The Karnataka High Court has held that a petition calling in question the entire proceedings initiated under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 would be maintainable before the High Court, not the Sessions Court.However, if any particular order is passed on any application filed under Sections 18, 19, 20 or 22 of the Act, those specific orders are to be agitated before the Court of Sessions invoking Section 29 of the Act.Retired High Court Judge Entitled To Leave Encashment When He Completes Tenure As Chairman Of Railway Claims Tribunal: Karnataka HC Case Title: Justice B Padmaraj AND Union of India & ANRCase No: WRIT PETITION NO.13125 OF 2012Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 293The Karnataka High Court has directed the Union of India to calculate and disburse the leave encashment amount due to a former Judge of the High Court, who on retiring was appointed as Chairman of the Railway Claims Tribunal and served in the position for over two years.A Single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum partly allowed the petition filed by Justice B Padmaraj (retired) and said “This Court is of the opinion that the petitioner is entitled for grant of leave encashment in respect of the earned leave standing to his credit during his tenure as Chairman of the Railway Claims Tribunal.”Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Whistleblower Advocate G Devarajegowda In Alleged Rape Case Case Title: G Devaraje Gowda AND State of Karnataka & ANRCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 5449 OF 2024Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 294The Karnataka High Court on Monday granted bail to Advocate G Devarajegowda in a rape case registered against him at the Holenarasipura Police Station.A single-judge bench of Justice M G Uma allowed the petition filed by the accused. Gowda is reported to be the whistle-blower of the alleged obscene video scandal involving former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna Karnataka High Court Denies Relief To Kannada News Channel Power TV In Plea Challenging Restraint On Its BroadcastCase Title: M/S POWER SMART MEDIA PVT LTD & ANR AND Union of India & ANRCase NO: WA 949/2024 c/w WA 951/2024Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 295The Karnataka High Court has denied an appeal filed by M/s Power Smart Media Private Limited which operates Kannada news channel 'Power TV' challenging the interim order passed by a single judge bench, restraining it from broadcasting.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind had earlier heard the parties and reserved the order.The Bench took into consideration that since 2021 there the channel is operating without a valid licence and several notices alleging violation have been issued to ...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 1 - July 7, 2024

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