Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up [September 30 To October 06, 2024]

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 419 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 427Nominal Index:ABC AND XYZ. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 419ABC AND Internal Complaints Committee & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 420Arafath Ali @ Arafath AND National Investigation Agency. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 421Sanjana Raghunath AND Karnataka Examination Authority & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 422Roshan A AND Union of India & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 423Vishwanath Koraga Shetty AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 424Reserve Bank of India & ANR AND Sanjukumar & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 425M/S Patanjali Foods Limited (Formerly Ruchi Soya Industries Limted) vs. Commissioner of Customs. 2024 LiveLaw (kar) 426Kesar Colour Chem Industries vs. Intelligence Officer. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 427Judgments/OrdersCourts Can Stay Divorce Proceedings Instituted By Husband Until He Pays Arrears Of Maintenance To Wife: Karnataka High Court Case Title: ABC AND XYZCase No: WRIT PETITION NO. 11721 OF 2020Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 419The Karnataka High Court has recently held that courts can stay the divorce proceedings instituted by the husband until he pays arrears of maintenance amount to the wife as ordered by the court.The observations were made, while the high court allowed a petition filed by an estranged wife and set aside the order of the trial court which had dismissed her application seeking stay on the divorce proceedings initiated by the husband for non payment of the arrears of interim maintenance.A single judge bench of Justice Lalitha Kanneganti in its order said, "This court is coming across several cases where the husband will not pay the maintenance as ordered by the court and which attains finality but he insists for proceeding with the main case...In these pending matrimonial matters, when the order is passed for maintenance pendentilite, the party who is contesting the matter cannot tell the opposite party that I will proceed with the case and you can go before the executing court for recovery of money".Karnataka HC Directs OLA Cabs To Pay Rs 5 Lakh Compensation To Woman Allegedly Harassed By Their Driver, Hold Inquiry Under POSH Act Case Title: ABC AND Internal Complaints Committee & OthersCase No: WP 8127/2019Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 420The Karnataka High Court today directed ANI technologies, which owns and operates OLA Cabs, to pay a sum of Rs 5 lakh towards compensation to a woman who allegedly faced sexual harassment at the hands of their driver, during a trip in 2019.A single judge bench of Justice M G S Kamal also directed the Internal Complaints Committee of the company to hold an inquiry into the complaint in accordance with provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Woman At Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 [POSH Act]. The process is to be completed within 90 days and a report is to be submitted to the District Officer.Individual Not Greater Than Country, Personal Liberty Subservient To National Interest: Karnataka HC Denies Bail To Alleged ISIS Operative Case Title: Arafath Ali @ Arafath AND National Investigation AgencyCase No: CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 704 OF 2024Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 421The Karnataka High Court has observed that whenever national interest is involved or a challenge is posed to unity, sovereignty and integrity of the nation, individual liberty recedes to background, as an individual is not greater than the Nation where he has taken birth.A division bench of Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar and Justice J M Khazi made the observation while rejecting the bail petition filed by accused Arafath Ali @ Arafath, who is charged under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and IPC, for allegedly radicalising the youth and promoting the ideology of Islamic State (ISIS).Pay ₹10 Lakh To MBBS Student Who Was Denied Sports Quota Seat Despite Representing India Abroad In Chess Tournament: Karnataka HC To State Case Title: Sanjana Raghunath AND Karnataka Examination Authority & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION No.18327 of 2023Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 422The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to pay Rs 10 lakhs as compensation to an MBBS student and chess player, who was wrongly denied a seat under sports quota even though she had represented India abroad in Chess Competitions, compelling her to take admission in a private college on a private seat.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind while disposing of a petition by one Sanjana Raghunath in its order said, “The participation of the petitioner in Asian Youth Chess Championship 2018 is while representing India. Further, the winning in Asian Youth Chess Championship 2018 is in a Super-A game under Schedule–II to Rule 2006. The petitioner is therefore declared to be eligible to be categorised as P-I, and the categorization of the petitioner as P-V was wrong in view of the Rules and the same is unsustainable.”Terrorist Activities Are Perpetrated By Fanatics To Achieve Religious Supremacy, Must...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up [September 30 To October 06, 2024]

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