Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: May 05 - May 11, 2025

Nominal Index [Citation 164 - 169]:Chandrashekhar AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 164High Court Of Karnataka AND The Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 165Mohamed Ikbal AND Secretary to Government of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 166CV Rajanna & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 167ABC AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 168Raviraja Rai M And State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 169Judgments/OrdersKarnataka HC Quashes NDPS Case Against Senior Citizen After Cannabis Plants Were Found Growing In His BackyardCase Title: Chandrashekhar AND State of KarnatakaCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.11138 OF 2024Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 164The Karnataka High Court has quashed a case registered against a 67-year-old man living in Jayanagar area of Bengaluru who was accused of cultivating 5 to 6 cannabis plants in the backyard of his property.A single judge, Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Chandrashekar, and quashed the case registered against him under Sections 20(a) and 20(b)(ii)(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.The court said “The prosecution has not placed an iota of evidence to demonstrate that the petitioner was cultivating ganja and the quantity of ganja found from the backyard of the petitioner was admittedly weighed along with the entire plants that were uprooted without segregation.”'E-Surveillance, Underground Cables': Karnataka High Court Issues Directions To Minimize Risk Of Elephant Deaths By ElectrocutionCase Title: High Court Of Karnataka AND The Union of India & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION NO. 16219 OF 2024Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 165The Karnataka High Court has directed Central and State forest authorities to commit themselves to conserve and preserve the "animal-asset" elephant, by taking steps to minimize, avoid and obliterate the risk of elephants succumbing to death by electrocution.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun directed thus while disposing of a suo-motu petition initiated last year, based on a newspaper report pointing to the repeated incidents of elephant deaths due to electrocution or other unnatural reasons.Party's Capacity To Draft And Plead Should Be Assessed Before Giving Certification To Appear In-Person: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: Mohamed Ikbal AND Secretary to Government of KarnatakaCase No: WRIT PETITION NO.23615 OF 2022Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 166The Karnataka High Court has said that parties-in-person who are not able to plead properly in their petition and draft their pleadings should not be granted the certification by the Registry to argue in the court in-person.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind observed thus while dismissing a petition filed by one Mohamed Ikbal.The petitioner-party-in-person is an advocate, claimed to be a social worker and administrator of Masjid and Khabrastan at Rudrapatna, Arkalgud Taluka, Hassan District. He had approached the court seeking a direction to the authorities to undertake proper survey of a land which he claimed to be Muslim burial ground.Pay Cash Awards To Physically Challenged Athletes Who Participated, Won Medals At 2017 World Dwarf Games: Karnataka HC Directs StateCase Title: CV Rajanna & Others AND State of Karnataka & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION No.28822 OF 2024Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 167The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to grant cash awards to physically challenged athletes who participated and won medals at the 7th World Dwarf Games conducted in August 2017.Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by C V Rajanna and others and directed, “Respondents to grant cash awards to the petitioners as claimed by them in terms of Government Order dated 30-11-2013. This order shall be complied within a period of eight weeks.”India-Pakistan Tensions: Karnataka HC Rejects Pak Minors' Plea For No Coercive Action, Says Visa Revocation Safeguards Citizens' InterestCase Title: ABC AND Union of India & Others Case No: WP 13182/2025Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 168The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (May 8) dismissed a petition filed by three minor children who are Pakistani Nationals, seeking to restrain the authorities from taking any coercive action against them until May 15, the date by which they are expected to leave India. A vacation bench of Justice M G Uma said “The Undersecretary to Government of India passed the order dated 25-04-2025 regarding revocation of visa of Pakistani National. Therefore the Union of India, through the Cabinet Committee on Security has taken a conscious decision to safeguard interest of citizens in India. In such circumstances, I do not find any reason to interfere with the same, to pass a favourable order in favour of the petitioners. Hence petition stands dismissed.”Burden Of Rebutting Presumption That Forest Produce Is State's Property Lies On Accused Booked Under State...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: May 05 - May 11, 2025

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