Karnataka High Court Weekly Round Up: August 8 - August 14, 2022

Nominal Index: Vijay Nishant & others And State of Karnataka & others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 305 Ateeq Ahmed & others And National Investigating Agency. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 306 KHIRASA S/O. KRISHNA KATHARE & Others V. SHANTA ALIAS GEETA & Others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 307 LATHA RAJANIKANTH v STATE OF KARNATAKA. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 308 NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY v UNION OF INDIA & Others 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 309 V.KRISHNAREDDY v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 310 THAHSEEN BEGUM @ TASI v STATE OF KARNATAKA. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 311 MALNAD TECHNICAL EDUCATION SOCIETY v KARNATAKA INFORMATION COMMISSION. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 312 CHIDANANDA URS B.G v THE STATE OF KARNATAKA. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 313 STEEL HYPERMART INDIA PVT. LTD. & Others v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 314 RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED v GANGAPPA S/O. CHINNAPPA SAUNSHI. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 315 Judgments/Orders. 1. Karnataka HC Directs State Wildlife Board To Reconsider Proposal To Declare Hesaraghatta Grassland As "Reserve" Case Title: Vijay Nishant & others And State of Karnataka & others Case No: W.P No 6374 of 2021 C/W W.P No. 11738 of 2021 Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 305 The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Board for Wildlife to reconsider the proposal submitted by Chief Conservator of Forests for declaring Hesaraghatta Grassland as Conservation Reserve. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty allowed the petitions filed by Vijay Nishant and others and quashed the order dated 19.01.2021 of the Board rejecting the proposal. 2. Bengaluru Riots | Attacking Police With Petrol Bottles Amounts To 'Terrorist Act' Under UAPA: Karnataka High Court Case Title: Ateeq Ahmed & others And National Investigating Agency Case No: CRIMINAL APPEAL No.814/2022 C/W CRIMINAL APPEAL No.788/2022 Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 306 The Karnataka High Court has said that use of petrol bottles while attacking police personnel and police stations by accused persons during the Bengaluru Riots of 2020 would prima-facie constitute 'Terrorist Act' under Section 15 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. 3. Suit For Partition & Separate Possession Can't Be Rejected At Threshold On Ground Of Limitation: Karnataka High Court Case Title: KHIRASA S/O. KRISHNA KATHARE & Others V. SHANTA ALIAS GEETA & Others Case No: CIVIL REVISION PETITION NO. 100095/2021 Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 307 The Karnataka High Court has said that a suit for a primary relief of partition and separate possession cannot be rejected at the threshold citing Section 27 of the Limitation Act 1963. 4. Karnataka High Court Quashes Cheating Case Against Actor Rajanikanth's Wife, Sustains Forgery Complaint Case Title: LATHA RAJANIKANTH v STATE OF KARNATAKA Case No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.10145 OF 2021 Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 308 In partial relief to superstar Rajanikanth's wife Latha Rajanikanth, the Karnataka High Court has quashed charges of cheating, giving false statement and using evidence known to be false, levelled against her in a private complaint filed by a Chennai-based advertising company. 5. Karnataka High Court Permits NIA To Verify Documents Submitted By 12 Alleged Foreigners With UIDAI To Fraudulently Obtain Aadhar Cards Case Title: NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY v UNION OF INDIA & Others Case No: WP 2360/2022 Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 309 The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) to give access to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to the documents submitted by 12 alleged Bangladeshi nationals to obtain the Aadhaar Cards, so as to verify their genuineness. 6 .Individual Performing 'Public Duty' Comes Under Purview Of Prevention Of Corruption Act: Karnataka High Court Case Title: V.KRISHNAREDDY v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA Case No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.685 OF 2022 Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 310 The Karnataka High Court has said that the General Manager of Nandini Milk Products, which is a unit of KMF, a cooperative society, would become a 'public servant' within the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1998, for the ACB to register a crime. 7. Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash POCSO Case Against School Teacher Who 'Removed Student's Pants' As Punishment Case Title: THAHSEEN BEGUM @ TASI v STATE OF KARNATAKA Case No: WRIT PETITION NO. 12097 OF 2022 Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 311 The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a case of sexual harassment registered against a school teacher under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for allegedly beating a 5-year-old student and removing her pants, revealing the body of the child as a measure of punishment. 8. Whether Govt Aided Educational Institutions Run By Societies ...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round Up: August 8 - August 14, 2022

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