Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: June 03 - June 09, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 243 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 54Nominal Index:Jithendra Kumar N M AND T Gururaj. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 243Amit Chougule AND Megha. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 244K B Lokesh & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 245V.S.S VISHNU SENA SANGHATANE & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 246Shany Jose AND The Union of India & others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 247Vivek Jain AND The Deputy Commissioner & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 248Rasheedabanu Mohammed Goush Kwati & ANR AND Ashpakaahamad Abdulasab Mulla & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 249Neetha G AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 250Vijaya Bank AND M Ravindra Shetty. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 251Palaniswamy Veeraraja & Others AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 252Annegowda AND State By Yeshvanthapura Police Station & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 253H Channaiah Vs Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayath And Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 254Judgments/Orders[S.139 NI Act] Presumption Is In Favour Of Complaint If Accused In Reply Notice Admits Availment Of Loan: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: Jithendra Kumar N M AND T GururajCase No: CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.2158/2018Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 243The Karnataka High Court has held that there is presumption in favour of the complainant under Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, when in the reply notice issued by the accused to the complainant the transaction of availment of loan is admitted again calling upon the complainant to prove the transaction does not arise at all.A single-judge bench of Justice Rajendra Badamikar reversed the order dated 30.08.2018 passed by the trial court acquitting accused T Gururaj who was charged with the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Act.Husband Who Has Deserted Wife And Child Is Bound To Pay Maintenance Irrespective Of Financial Status: Karnataka High Court Case Title: Amit Chougule AND MeghaCase No: WRIT PETITION NO.102123 OF 2024Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 244The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a husband questioning the interim maintenance granted to the estranged and minor child by the trial court.A single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum dismissed the contention of the husband that he is unemployed as he has lost his job. He is not in a position to pay maintenance as he has no independent source of income.The court said “If the petitioner has deserted the wife irrespective of his financial status, he is bound to maintain his wife and minor children. The petitioner under the garb that he has lost his employment, cannot shy away from his responsibility of maintaining the wife and minor daughter.”State Can't Extract Additional Work And Not Pay: Karnataka High Court Orders State To Pay Licensed Surveyors As Per 2008 GO Case Title: K B Lokesh & Others AND State of Karnataka & OthersCase No: WRIT APPEAL NO. 1267 OF 2014.Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 245The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of 1131 licensed surveyors in the Department of Survey, Settlement and Land Records, by directing the State government to settle their claims and pay to them the remuneration in terms of Government Order dated 12.08.2008, after ascertaining the additional work done by them.As per the government order it was decided to pay Rs.500 for Tatkaal Phodi Work and enhancement of Pre-Mutation Sketch Fee from Rs.403 to Rs.600. This Order was issued as a matter of Government Policy for catering to the needs of agriculturists, subject to them paying the prescribed fees for tapping the services of the appellants.Construction Of Memorial For Film Actor Cannot Be Subject Matter Of PIL: Karnataka High Court Case Title: V.S.S VISHNU SENA SANGHATANE & Others AND State of Karnataka & OthersCase No: WP 29408/2023Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 246The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking directions to the state government to grant 10 guntas of land for construction of a memorial for late Kannada film actor Dr Vishnuvardhan, on the land where he has been cremated in 2009.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind said, “Construction of memorial of a film star cannot become subject matter of public interest litigation. It is difficult to visualise as to what public interest will be achieved by the petitioner insisting for grant of land for the said purpose.”Karnataka High Court Asks Centre To Consider Representation For Release Of Passport Of Nurse Who Travelled From Yemen Despite Ban Case Title: Shany Jose AND The Union of India & othersCase No: WRIT PETITION No.8969 OF 2024Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 247The Karnataka High Court has directed the Regional Passport officer to consider and pass necessary orders within four weeks on the representation to be made by a qualified nurse for return of her passport, which came to be seized as she had travelled from Yemen in violation of a 2017 government notification issued...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: June 03 - June 09, 2024

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