Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup [March 6 - March 12, 2023]

Nominal Index:Basavanand Swamigalu And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 94Syed Ghouse Mohiyuddin Shah Khadri And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 95ABC & others And XYZ. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 96A Manju And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 97Vihaan Direct Selling India Private Limited And The Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement. 2023 Livelaw (kar) 98M Venkateshappa And The Karnataka Information Commission & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 99Nagalinga And The Excise Commissioner in Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 100Murugan T And P. Jayagovinda Bhat & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 101Mallikarjun Desai Goudar And State of Karnataka & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 102.KARNATAKA UNAIDED SCHOOLS MANAGEMENTS ASSOCIATION And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 103Judgements/OrdersKarnataka High Court Directs Police To Register Visually Challenged Person's Complaint Under PwD Act Instead Of Relegating Him To Common Law Remedy Case Title: Basavanand Swamigalu And State of KarnatakaCase No: WP 100082/2023Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 94The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that a disabled person raising a complaint under provisions of the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, cannot be directed to seek relief under common law remedy.A single judge bench of S R Krishna Kumar allowed the petition filed by visually challenged Basavanand Swamigalu and set aside a communication issued by the police rejecting his complaint.Karnataka High Court Upholds Single Judge Order Against State's Decision Permitting Only Muslim Priest To Perform Rituals At Datta Peeta Case Title: Syed Ghouse Mohiyuddin Shah Khadri And State of KarnatakaCase No: WA 1110/2021Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 95The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal challenging a Single Judge's order which quashed State's decision to permit only a Mujawar (Muslim Priest) to perform the rituals at the Datta Peeta - a holy cave shrine in Chikmaguluru which is revered both by Hindus and Muslim communities.The State had ordered that only a Mujawar appointed by Shah Khadri shall be permitted to enter the sanctum of the "Sri Guru Dattathreya Swamy Peeta" otherwise known as "Sree Gurudattathreya Bababudnaswamy Dargha" cave and to distribute 'teertha' to both Hindus and Muslims.[Domestic Violence Act] Court Can Order Husband To Pay Wife Monetary Expenses In Lieu Of Shared House: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: ABC & others And XYZCase No: CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO. 200071 OF 2016Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 96The Karnataka High Court recently modified an order passed by the Trial court which directed a woman be paid Rs.6,000 as monthly maintenance and a room be given to her for living in the shared house of the estranged husband.A single judge bench of Justice V Srishananda allowed the memo filed by the estranged husband who undertook to pay maintenance amount of Rs.6,000 per month and also pay an additional amount of Rs 5,000 for alternate accommodation to the woman.Karnataka High Court Directs Police, Election Commission To Provide Proper Training To Officials On Procedure For FIR Registration During Polls Case Title: A Manju And State of KarnatakaCase No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 10435 OF 2022Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 97The Karnataka High Court has directed the Chief Election Commission, State Election Commission and the Police Department to provide proper training to the officials, who are attached to the Election flying squad, on the procedure to be followed while reporting offences pertaining to Election Code violation.A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan said most of the cases registered by the Police on the complaint filed by flying squad remain only as an empty formality during the election and finally in most of the cases, the Police files 'B' final report when the candidate is elected or files the charge-sheet against the losing candidate, "even though the police knowing very well that in a non-cognizable offence, the FIR cannot be registered without permission of the Magistrate.”Cannot Interfere With ED Case Registered In Another State : Karnataka High Court Case Title: Vihaan Direct Selling India Private Limited And The Assistant Director, Directorate of EnforcementCase No: WRIT PETITION NO.2576 OF 2023Citation: 2023 Livelaw (kar) 98The Karnataka High Court has held that it cannot interfere with criminal proceedings initiated by the Directorate of Enforcement in Mumbai merely on the ground that the accused is staying and operating a bank account in Karnataka.A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan dismissed the petition filed by Vihaan Direct Selling India Private Limited which had approached the Court seeking to quash the case registered in 2013 by the Enforcement Directorate and to declare that the search conducted under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act as illegal and unconstitutional.Information Commission Bound To Hear PIO Before Imposing Penalty For Alleged Violation Of RTI Act: Karnataka High...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup [March 6 - March 12, 2023]

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