Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: October 27 - November 02, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 362 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 369Nominal Index:Sampras Anthony AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 362Meera M R AND Gangadhara. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 363BASAVARAJ S/O. PUNDALIKAPPA AND The State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 364PRANAVA K N & Others AND The Karnataka State Law University & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 365N Shreyas AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 366ABC AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 367Karnataka Sangha AND The Chief Administrator & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 368M/s Kishore Vidyaniketan Society (R) v. Arbitration and Conciliation Centre. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 369Judgments/Order'Relationship Born Of Mutual Volition Can't Be Criminalised': Karnataka High Court Relief To Man Booked For Rape By Woman He Met On BumbleCase Title: Sampras Anthony AND State of Karnataka & ANRCase No: WRIT PETITION No.31144 OF 2024Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 362"A relationship born of mutual volition, even if it founders in disappointment, cannot, save in clearest of cases, be transmuted into an offence under the criminal law," said the Karnataka High Court while quashing an FIR registered against a 23-year-old man accused of rape a woman he met on dating app Bumble.Justice M Nagaprasanna said so while allowing a petition filed by Sampras Anthony who was charged under Section 64 (rape) BNS. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the victim become acquainted through the virtual corridors of the dating application 'Bumble' and thereafter, nurtured their acquaintance for over years through the exchange of images and conversations upon the platform of Instagram.'Person Claiming Adverse Interest Cannot Oppose Will': Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Impleadment Of Tenant In Probate CaseCase Title: Meera M R AND GangadharaCase No: WRIT PETITION NO. 8205 OF 2024.Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 363The Karnataka High Court has held that a person who claims a right against the Testator's interests cannot be allowed to come on record to oppose the Will, and such a person also cannot be considered to have a caveatable interest.Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty made this observation while allowing a petition filed by Meera M.R., and setting aside the trial court's order dated 11.12.2023, which had permitted Gangadhara to be impleaded in the proceedings.Denial Of Subsistence Allowance During Suspension Amounts To “Economic Excommunication”: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: BASAVARAJ S/O. PUNDALIKAPPA AND The State of Karnataka & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION NO. 106080 OF 2025Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 364The Karnataka High Court has held that subsistence allowance is mandatory in any circumstance of suspension of an employee, and “he cannot be denied his statutory subsistence allowance.”Justice M. Nagaprasanna said this while allowing a petition by Basavaraj Pundalikappa and quashing the suspension order dated 22-07-2025. The petitioner joined as an attender in Bagalkote Municipal Council in 1985 and has completed 41 years of service.Karnataka High Court Quashes State Law University's Circular Enhancing Student Registration Fee Citing Lack Of Statutory BackingCase Title: PRANAVA K N & Others AND The Karnataka State Law University & OthersCase No: WRIT PETITION NO.23190/2025 (EDN-RES) C/W WRIT PETITION NO.23985/2025 (EDN-RES) WRIT PETITION NO. 24257 OF 2025.Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 365The Karnataka High Court has quashed a circular issued by Karnataka State Law University enhancing the fee structure for registration of students for the 5-year and 3-year courses.Justice R Devdas passed the order while allowing a batch of petitions filed by Pranava KN and others, all law students.Prior to the circular dated 02-07-2025, the respondent-University was levying and collecting University Fees and charges at the rate of Rs.3,700, from every student. However, by the circular the charges were enhanced to Rs. 8,580.The court said “As rightly submitted by the learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioners, although Section 5 of the (Karnataka State Law University) Act empowers the University to demand and receive fees and other charges, nevertheless such levy and collection of fee should be provided for by the Statutes, Regulations or Ordinances. No material is placed by the respondent-University showing the enactment of such Statutes, Regulations or Ordinances in the matter of levy and collection of fees and other charges.”Karnataka High Court Refuses To Extend Deadline For Submission Of Online Applications Under State's Laptop & Braille Kit SchemeCase Title: N Shreyas AND State of Karnataka & OthersCase No: WP 32517/2025Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 366The Karnataka High Court on Friday (October 31) refused to direct the State authorities to extend the last date for submission of online applications for its 'Laptop and Braille Kit Scheme 2025' by another 60 days.The last date for submission of the application is today i.e. October 31. The...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: October 27 - November 02, 2025

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