2016 Yogesh Goudar Murder Case: Karnataka High Court Suspends Life Sentence Of Seven Convicts

The Karnataka High Court on Friday [September 19] suspended the life sentence of seven persons convicted by the Special Court for the murder of BJP Zilla Panchayat member Yogesh Goudar in 2016, and ordered their release on bail pending disposal of their appeal challenging conviction.The appeals were filed by Santosh Savadatti (Accused No. 7), Kritikumar Basavaraj Kurahatti (Accused No. 3), Vinayak Katagi (Accused No. 5), and Mahabaleshwar Hongal @ Mudaka (Accused No. 6), Vikram Ballari...

Same-Sex Partners Can't Claim 'Spouse' Tax Benefits Without Marriage Recognition: Centre Tells Karnataka High Court

The Central Government has opposed a plea by a same-sex couple before the Karnataka High Court seeking to avail the Income Tax Act's exemption on gifts received from a 'relative', submitting that the benefit available to a 'spouse' cannot be extended to same-sex partners without recognising their relationship as a legally valid marriage.The petitioners have challenged the constitutional...

Police Station CCTVs: Karnataka Forms Committee To Implement High Court's Statewide Audit Directions

The Karnataka government has informed the High Court that a committee has been constituted to oversee the implementation of its directions for a comprehensive audit of CCTV systems and backup facilities in police stations across the State.The committee headed by Labhu Ram, IPS, Inspector General of Police, Computer Wing has been constituted pursuant to the directions of the Director General...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Judges, Additional Judges At Four High Courts

The Central Government on Saturday (September 19) notified the appointment of 14 judicial officers as judges and additional judges for High Courts at Delhi, J&K and Ladakh, Jharkhand and Karnataka. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X to notify the appointments:"In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, the President is pleased to appoint the following Judicial Officers as Judges/Additional Judges in the...

'Fraud Committed To Obtain Compensation': Karnataka High Court Finds Collusion In Motor Accident Claim, Orders SIT Probe

The Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court ordered a SIT probe to investigate allegations of collusion by the claimant and the complainant in a motor accident claim, after observing that the parties had colluded to "manipulate the case" solely to obtain compensation from the insurance company. Justice Geetha K.B. upheld an MACT order dismissing a compensation claim and directed the state police authorities to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate criminal collusion...

Renukaswamy Murder Trial: Karnataka High Court Says Darshan Will Be Physically Produced During Cross-Examination Of Material Witnesses

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (September 18) indicated the procedure by which Kannada Actor Darshan's shall be physically produced during the Renukaswamy murder trial, directing that the prosecution shall examine material witnesses and that the actor can be physically produced during the cross-examination of such witnesses. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 366]The single judge bench of Justice...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Over Instagram Post After Puneeth Rajkumar's Death, Warns Student To Be Careful On Social Media

The court said that timing, context of the post brought it within S.67 IT Act, but showed leniency considering student's age & future.

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Suspend Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Wife's Murder Over Property Dispute

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (September 18) dismissed an plea seeking suspension of sentence and bail filed by a man convicted of murdering his wife with a machete for objecting to the sale of a property, considering the overwhelming evidence against him including CCTV footage as inferred by the trial court.The Division Bench of Justice Mohammad Nawaz and Justice B Pramod was hearing...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Against Exclusion Of Urdu Teachers From 2026 Recruitment, Relegates Petitioners To KSAT

The Karnataka High Court on Friday [September 18] refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation challenging the State Government's recruitment notification for 15,000 school teachers on the ground that it allegedly excludes Urdu-medium and other linguistic-minority teaching posts, relegating the petitioners to the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KSAT).[2026 LiveLaw (Kar)...

'Courts Can't Be Mulcted With Managing Drinking Water & Building Bridges': Karnataka High Court Slams State Inaction

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (September 18) expressed strong displeasure over the State Executive's failure to address basic governance issues, observing that courts cannot be burdened with the task of managing essential public services such as drinking water supply and construction of infrastructure. The Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice T.P. Vivekanada made...

Scolding Minor & Refusing To Return His Ball Which Damaged Shop Not Abetment Of Child's Suicide U/S 305 IPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that refusal by a shopkeeper to hand back a playing ball to a minor and asking him to bring his father to take back the ball after which he allegedly got upset and died by suicide, does not amount to abetment of suicide of a child under Section 305 IPC. Section 305 concerns the offence of abetment of the suicide of a child or an insane person. To establish...

Karnataka High Court Flags Massive Illegal PG Operations In Bengaluru, Issues Sweeping Safety Guidelines

The Karnataka High Court has issued a comprehensive set of guidelines to regulate, inspect, and enforce safety norms for Paying Guest (PG) accommodations across Bengaluru, expressing grave concern over the large-scale operation of illegal establishments in the city. The single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj was informed by B S Karthikeyan appearing for Greater Bengaluru Authority...