Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 07 - July 13, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 226 to Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 233Nominal Index:C Bhavani @Hamsa AND The Petitions Committee Karnataka Legislative Council & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 226M/S. KALPATHARU BREWERIES & DISTILLERIES PRIVATE LIMITED AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 227Muthulaxmi B N AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 228Venugopal Krishnamurthy & ANR AND M Tejaswini. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 229Suresh Babu C AND V Varadarajan & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 230Mohamed Umar Seeni Ariff Khan & ANR AND Mrs Tanzia Bano. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 231M/S. VISWAS TEXTILE PROCESSORS AND ICICI BANK LIMITED & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 232Prajwal Revanna AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 233Judgments/OrdersHC Decision Rejecting Claim Of Encroachment Of Public Road Binding On Legislative Council Petitions Committee: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: C Bhavani @Hamsa AND The Petitions Committee Karnataka Legislative Council & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION NO. 30129 OF 2017Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 226The Karnataka High Court has set aside a direction issued by the Petition Committee of the Karnataka Legislative Council regarding the alleged encroachment of a public road in Rajakaluve.Justice Suraj Govindaraj allowed the petition filed by C Bhavani @Hamsa and quashed the directive issued by the Committee on March 8, 2017. It said “The impugned direction dated 8.3.2017 issued by the Respondent No.1, is hereby quashed.”Gram Panchayat Cannot Levy Property Tax On Industrial Establishment Within Notified Industrial Areas: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: M/S. KALPATHARU BREWERIES & DISTILLERIES PRIVATE LIMITED AND State of Karnataka & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION NO.26031 OF 2017 (LB - RES) C/W OthersCitation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 227The Karnataka High Court has held that the Gram Panchayat cannot levy or collect property taxes in respect of Industrial establishments located within areas notified by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB). Mere execution of a lease-cum-sale agreement or any administrative communication cannot vest power in the Gram Panchayat to levy tax in the absence of express delegation or statutory backing.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held thus while allowing a batch of petitions and quashing the demand notices issued by the Sompura Gram Panchayat levying property tax on the industrial property of the petitioners located within the notified industrial area established and maintained by the respondent-Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB).Delayed Justice Is 'Dented': Karnataka High Court Fines State Officers ₹2 Lakh For Denying Caste Certificate To Lawyer By Defying Settled LawCase Title: Muthulaxmi B N AND State of Karnataka & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION No.10897 OF 2024Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 228"Justice Delayed Is Justice Dented", said the Karnataka High Court while imposing exemplary cost of Rs 2 Lakh on the Chairman, members of District Caste and Income Verification Committee of Hassan District for refusing to issue a caste and income certificate to an assistant Public Prosecutor, despite the law being settled on this aspect.The court underscored that the cost will be paid to the lawyer out of their own funds and not from State's funds, observing that the imposition of such cost is to be seen as a cautionary call to those who hold public office that dereliction cloaked in ignorance shall find no refuge before court.Karnataka High Court Allows Landlord's Plea To 'Strike Off' Tennant's Defence In Eviction Suit For Defying Order To Pay Outstanding RentCase Title: Venugopal Krishnamurthy & ANR AND M TejaswiniCase No: WRIT PETITION No.21479 OF 2024.Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 229"Judicial discretion must not be exercised in favour of a party indulging in contumacious defiance. No party has a right to be heard on merits, when interim orders are violated with impunity,” said the Karnataka High Court while quashing a trial court order which rejected a landlord' plea to strike off the tenant's defence in an eviction suit.Noting that the tenant had not paid arrears of rent for the last five years despite court orders, Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the application filed by property owner Venugopal Krishnamurthy. The bench said,Tenants' Suit For Injunction Collapses Once Counterclaim Is Made By Landlord Seeking Ejectment After Serving Notice: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: Suresh Babu C AND V Varadarajan & ANRCase No: REGULAR FIRST APPEAL NO. 1340 OF 2025Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 230The Karnataka High Court has held that the moment a landlord files a counter-claim seeking ejectment preceded by a statutory notice under Section 106 of the Transfer of Property Act, the very foundation of the tenant's suit for injunction alleging unlawful dispossession collapses.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held thus while dismissing an appeal filed by a tenant, Suresh Babu C, challenging the trial court order which held that in a ...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 07 - July 13, 2025

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