Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 18 – May 24, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 186- 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 189Nominal CitationsShri Sheenappa & Ors. vs. State of Karnataka & Ors, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 186Irfan Pasha v. National Investigation Agency, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 187Mr. Riyaz Ahmed v. Karnataka State By North Traffic P.S., Mangalore, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 188M.B. Nagaraj v. State of Karnataka & Ors, 2026 LiveLaw(Kar) 189Judgments/ OrdersKarnataka High Court Directs Takedown Of AI-Generated, Morphed Content Maligning Dharmasthala Pontiff Dr. Veerendra Heggade & FamilyCase Title: Sri Sheenappa & Ors. vs. State of Karnataka & Ors.Case No.: Writ Petition No. 13836 of 2026Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 186The Karnataka High Court has on May 14 directed the State government and the Police department to remove deepfake and AI-manipulated content about the Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D Veerendra Heggade and his family members from all social media platforms, press and media outlets and URLs.The single judge vacation bench of Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar noted that the concerned authorities failed to take necessary action against such fabricated and morphed content despite a direction to the same effect in an earlier W.P. No. 19382/2023, pursuant to which a representation was made to the police authorities."Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 are directed to take necessary/effective/immediate steps to ensure that AI-generated, morphed, manipulated or fabricated images, video content depicting Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, his family members, etc., to be taken down, removed, erased, effaced, deleted, etc., from all social media, URLs, press/media, social media platforms, etc., and press and other media including respondent Nos. 3 to 7 within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order”, the court noted in the order.UAPA Accused Not Entitled To Repeated Interim Bail For Family Rituals Without Cogent Reasons: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: Irfan Pasha v. National Investigation AgencyCase No.: Criminal Appeal No. 812 of 2026 Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 187The Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed an appeal filed by an accused in a UAPA case, who sought interim bail of three days to attend the Chehlam (40th day prayer ceremony) of his deceased sister, after having already been granted bail by the trial court to attend the 10th to 13th day rituals earlier.The Division Bench of Justice Rajesh Rai K and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum also noted the trial court's finding that there was another living male member in the family to carry out the 40th-day rituals of the deceased sister, and hence no cogent reason was made out to grant interim bail.“Since the appellant has filed the present application to attend 40th day prayer ceremony of his deceased sister, that too, immediately after his earlier application being considered and granted by the Trial Court vide order dated 16.04.2026 to attend 10th to 13th day prayer ceremony, the present application has rightly been rejected by the Trial Court as there was no cogent reason assigned by the appellant as to why the similar application has to be entertained once again and as the trial of the case being at the fag end and that the offences alleged against the appellant being serious in nature”, the Division Bench noted in the order.Road Accident | Driver's Conduct In Immediately Taking Victim To Hospital Merits Leniency In Sentence: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: Mr. Riyaz Ahmed v. Karnataka State By North Traffic P.S., MangaloreCase No: Criminal Revision Petition No. 486 of 2018Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 188Taking into account the accused-driver's act of shifting the injured victim to the hospital in his own car as a mitigating circumstance, the Karnataka High Court has modified the sentence awarded for rash and negligent driving resulting in death from one year to one day.The single judge bench of Justice V Srishananda, acknowledging the driver's decision not to flee the spot after the accident, reduced his jail term from one year to jail term till the rising of the court while enhancing the compensation to the victim's family to Rs 1,00,000 lakh.“…In the considered opinion of this Court, if the sentence ordered by the trial Magistrate confirmed by the First Appellate Court for the offence under Section 304A IPC, if modified by directing the petitioner to undergo simple imprisonment for the day till the rising of the Court by enhancing the fine amount in a sum of ₹1,00,000/- which can be paid as compensation in a sum of ₹50,000/- each to the wife of deceased Anand Shetty, Mrs. Sumathi and Sri. Santhosh Kumar being the son, ends of justice would be met”, the court said while upholding the conviction and asking the accused to pay the fine amount in two instalments by the end of May and June respectively.'No Prima-Facie Evidence Of Gross Dereliction Of Duty': Karnataka High Court Quashes Suspension Of Engineer Over Hospital Wall CollapseCase Title: M.B. Nagaraj v. State of Karnataka & Ors.Case No: Writ Petition No....

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 18 – May 24, 2026

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