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Karnataka SIR: High Court Stays FIRs Against BJP Booth Level Agents For Attempting To Delete Voter Names

The Karnataka High Court has stayed the operation of two FIRs registered against BJP Booth Level Agents over allegations that they sought to delete voters' names from electoral rolls by filing bulk Form-7 objections during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Malleshwaram Assembly Constituency.Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde granted the interim relief on two separate...

Wife Fell & Died After Husband Slapped Her: Karnataka High Court Converts Murder Conviction To Culpable Homicide

The Karnataka High Court has converted a husband's conviction for murder of his wife under Section 302 Indian Penal Code (IPC) to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part II IPC. It found that the prosecution could not establish by evidence that the injury suffered by the deceased wife— after being assaulted by her husband and falling down— was “sufficient in...

Filing Bald Chargesheet Without Any Evidence Affects Accuseds Right To Life Under Article 21: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that filing a chargesheet based on omnibus allegations by complainant without any evidence affects the right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.“Filing of charge sheet thus affects the individual right of a citizen of the country as is enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, especially when the charge sheet is...

WinZO PMLA Case: Karnataka High Court Rejects Plea To Shift ED-Attached Foreign Funds To Another Bank

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (October 9) rejected an interim application filed by WinZO US Inc. seeking permission to transfer funds lying in its US bank accounts to another bank in the United States while keeping the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) attachment over the funds intact.Justice C.M. Poonacha observed that allowing such a transfer would “tantamount to diluting the...

Same-Sex Couples Exclusion From Spouse Benefits Under Income Tax Act Violates Article 15: Karnataka High Court Told

The Karnataka High Court was told on Friday (October 9) that excluding same-sex couples from the 'spouse' benefit under the Income Tax Act, 1961, amounts to discrimination on the ground of sex and violates Article 15 of the Constitution.Appearing for the petitioners, Dr. Dhruv Janssen-Sanghavi argued before Justice B M Shyam Prasad that the case is fundamentally about equality under Article...

Stakeholder Meetings Cant Substitute Mandatory Publication Of Notification Inviting Objections To Proposed Wage Revision: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that once Section 5(1)(b) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 has been invoked, the State cannot dispense with the publication of the proposal for wage revision in Official Gazette and statutory opportunity to file objections merely because the stakeholders had subsequently participated in the meetings. Consequently, the Division Bench of Justice D.K. Singh...

2009 SC/ST Atrocity Case: Karnataka High Court Upholds Acquittal Of 26 Booked For Pulling Down Dr BR Ambedkars Portrait

The Karnataka High Court dismissed State's appeal against the acquittal of 26 persons over an incident of pulling down of Dr BR Ambedkar's portrait in Chamarajanagar. [2026 Livelaw (Kar) 408]Upholding trial court's order, the High Court said that the material contradictions in the eye witness statements, among many other factors had led the trial court to acquit the accused and there was no...

Karnataka High Court Grants Interim Protection To BJP Leader Booked Over Alleged Attempt To Delete Muslim Voters Names During SIR

Arising out of an allegation about fraudulent deletion of voters belonging to the Muslim community during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Belagavi, Karnataka High Court has directed that no coercive steps be taken against BJP Leader Dr. Ravi Patil and his two supporters until October 13, 2026.The single judge bench of Justice Venkatesh Naik T, sitting at Dharwad,...

No Candidate Can Be Denied MV Inspector Post For Lacking Experience In Non-Existent Petrol HGV/HPV Vehicles: Karnataka High Court

Censuring the irregularities in the recruitment process for Motor Vehicle Inspectors in the state, the Karnataka High Court has rapped the Public Service Commission and the Transport Department for acting unreasonably, and in a manner amounting to a 'travesty of justice'. [2026 LiveLaw(Kar) 407]The Division bench of Justices R Devdas and K Manmadha Rao noted that the authorities erred by...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail In Section 69 BNS Case, Says Promise To Marry Was Made After Sexual Intercourse

The Karnataka High Court granted bail to a 26-year-old man accused of sexual intercourse by deceitful means under Section 69 BNS, observing that the complainant's own statement indicated that the alleged promise to marry was made 'after' the physical relationship and not before. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 406]Section 69 states that whoever, by deceitful means or by making promise to marry a...