Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 17 - June 23, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 265 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 276Nominal Index:Mrs X AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 265Alla Baksha Patel AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 266Invest Karnataka Forum & ANR and M/s BBP Studio Virtual Bharath Pvt. Ltd & Anr. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 267ABC AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 268Bhavani Revanna AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 269Vijayalakshmi H S AND Principal Secretary & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 270Lakkamma & Others AND Jayamma. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 271Sagad Kareem Ismael AND Union of India & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 272P Reethi Mune Gowda AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 273Parvathamma M AND Chandrakala V. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 274ABC & ANR AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 275A M Harish Gowda AND Chaluvaraju H S. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 276Judgments/OrdersVictim Of Prostitution Cannot Be Prosecuted U/S 5 Immoral Traffic Prevention Act: Karnataka High Court Case Title: Mrs X AND State of Karnataka & ANRCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 807 OF 2024Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 265The Karnataka High Court has held that a woman who is a victim of prostitution cannot be punished for offences punishable under Section 5 of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by a woman who had been charged under the provision and said, “The provisions, the purpose or the object of the Act is not to abolish prostitution or the prostitute. There is no provision under the law, which penalises a victim who indulges in prostitution. What is punishable is sexual exploitation for commercial purposes and to earn or make a living upon it against such person/s.”Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR For Outraging Woman's Modesty By Writing Her Mobile Number On Toilet Wall Case Title: Alla Baksha Patel AND State of Karnataka & ANRCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 1995 OF 2022Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 266The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against a man who allegedly wrote the number of a married woman on the walls of gents toilet at Majestic bus stand, Bangalore, calling her “a call girl” following which she started receiving unexpected calls at odd hours from various numbers who also threatened to her life.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed the petition filed by Alla Baksha Patel and said “In today's digital age one need not cause physical harm, a woman's modesty can be railroaded by sheer circulation of pejorative statements, pictures or videos in the social media. It is therefore, when such cases are projected before this Court seeking quashment, it should not be interfered with, but be dealt with a stern manner. The petitioner has indulged in one of the ingredients of such insult by fresco or a writing on the wall. He, therefore, cannot get away with making such belittling comments on a woman in public.”Court In Writ Jurisdiction Cannot Enter Arena Of Interpretation Of Contractual Terms: Karnataka High Court Case Title: Invest Karnataka Forum & ANR and M/s BBP Studio Virtual Bharath Pvt. Ltd & AnrCase No: C.C.C NO.495 OF 2023 (CIVIL) C/W WRIT APPEAL NO.1095 OF 2023 (GM-RES) AND WRIT APPEAL NO.1266 OF 2023Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 267The Karnataka High Court has set aside an order passed by the Single judge bench by which it directed the State government to release balance payments due to M/s BBP Studio Virtual Bharat Pvt Ltd, which was appointed to produce a 3D film during the Global Investors Meet, in November 2022, but the contract was cancelled last minute as the film did not meet required parameters.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice Krishna S Dixit allowed the appeal filed by Invest Karnataka Forum and the State of Karnataka and said “It is difficult to agree with the view of the learned Single Judge.”Consensual Relationship Is No Licence To Assault A Woman: Karnataka High Court Case Title: ABC AND State of Karnataka & ANRCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 6913 OF 2022Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 268The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash charges of assault levelled by a woman against a man with whom she was in a consensual relationship for years.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna said, “Any amount of consensus or a consensual relationship between the accused and the complainant will not become a licence to the accused to assault a woman.”Kidnapping Case:Karnataka HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to Prajwal Revanna's Mother Case Title: Bhavani Revanna AND State of KarnatakaCase No: Criminal Petition No 5125/2024Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 269The Karnataka High Court today granted anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna, Prajwal Revanna's mother, who has been charged with kidnapping a woman.A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit while pronouncing the order remarked, "I have marched a step forward in protecting a woman from...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 17 - June 23, 2024

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