Gen Z Lingo Lands Student In Criminal Case: Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Over Instagram DM Calling Classmate Beautiful

The Karnataka High Court has held that a private Instagram chat between two classmates, in which a male student complimented his female classmate using what the Court described as “Gen Z lingo”, does not attract the offences of stalking, voyeurism or outraging the modesty of a woman. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 259]A single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna, while quashing the FIR...

'74 Unnatural Deaths, Bodies Buried Without Following Procedure': Karnataka High Court Told In PIL To Inspect Dharmasthala 'Mass Burial' Sites

The mother of the girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in the temple town of Dharmasthala, told the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (July 21) that there was 'a deeply disturbing pattern of unnatural deaths and disappearances' in and around the region.A Division Bench of the Chief Justice and Justice K.S. Hemalekha was hearing the PIL filed by the mother seeking a relief that the burial sites must be located, human remains exhumed, and each victim should be identified...

'Shocking': Karnataka High Court Slams Police For Registering Cow-Theft FIR 2 Years After Animals Went Missing

When somebody is killed, they [police] would be like 'wait, we are searching the cows', Court orally remarked.

LiveLaw Karnataka High Court Weekly Round Up: July 13 To July 19, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 242 to 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 255NOMINAL INDEXCentury Club vs. S. Umapathy & Anr.., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 242Sangeetha Agrawal & Anr. vs. M/S Esteem Gardenia Apartment Owners Association, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 243Manjunatha H.C. vs. Buden Sab & Ors.., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 244P v. State of Karnataka & Ors.., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 245 Velu @ Velmayil Somu &...

'Investigate Murder, Not The Tweet': Karnataka High Court Stays Probe Against Law Student Booked Over Bantwal Murder Post Targeting Congress

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (July 20) stayed further investigation against a sixth-semester law student who was booked in two separate FIRs over a social media post on the murder of a young woman at the Bantwal bus stand, in which he had alleged that the Congress government would “quietly withdraw” the case against the accused.Granting interim relief, the single-judge bench of...

Karnataka High Court Halts Cruelty FIR Against Husband, Notes Similar Case Over Allegedly Restricting Wife's Beauty Parlour Visits Was Stayed

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (July 17) stayed the investigation and inquiry in a cruelty case registered against a husband, noting that the allegations in the FIR were a "translated version" of an earlier domestic violence complaint that had already been stayed by the Court.A single-judge Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the interim order in a petition filed by a BESCOM...

Major Unmarried Daughter Can Seek Educational Expenses For Post-Graduation Under Domestic Violence Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a father is obligated to bear the educational expenses of his unmarried daughter pursuing postgraduate medical studies under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, even after she has attained majority, observing that the parental obligation to provide education does not cease merely because the child has become an adult. [2026...

Karnataka High Court Directs KSLU To Reduce Cut-Off Marks For Transgender Candidates By At Least 2%, Provide Reservation In LLB Admissions

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (July 20) directed the Karnataka State Law University (KSLU) to incorporate reservation for transgender persons in its forthcoming admission notification for the three-year LL.B. course and to reduce the eligibility criteria for such applicants by at least 2& or to the lowest among the existing categories, whichever is more beneficial.A Division Bench...

'Why Waste Money?' Karnataka High Court Questions SEC's 'Parallel' Electoral Roll Revision Amid ECI's Ongoing SIR Exercise

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (July 20) questioned the State Election Commission's (SEC) decision to undertake a separate Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in certain wards falling under the Mahadevapura Assembly Constituency when the Election Commission of India (ECI) is already carrying out its nationwide SIR Phase III exercise in Karnataka. A single-judge bench...

JJ Act | Media Can't Publish Identity Of Child Victim On Ground That It Was Done In Child's Interest: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed a criminal petition filed by a journalist and an editor of a Newspaper Daily, accused of publishing a news report disclosing the identity of a child victim of assault. 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 257The single judge bench of Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde upheld the ongoing prosecution under Section 74(1) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection...

Husband Can't Seek Divorce Merely Because He Has 'Lost Interest' In Marriage: Karnataka High Court

Marriage is for life, Court remarked.

Was Governor's Decision To Suspend KPSC Chairman Based On 'Aid and Advice' Of Council Of Ministers? Karnataka High Court Asks State

The Karnataka High Court on Friday [July 17] directed the State Government to inform whether the Governor's decision to suspend Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) Chairman Shiva Shankarappas Sahukar was taken with the 'aid and advice' of the Council of Ministers.The single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj was hearing a writ petition filed by Sahukar, who has been suspended by...