Karnataka High Court Orders Defreezing Of Advocate's Bank Account; Says Police Increasingly Freezing Accounts Without Adequate Material

The Karnataka High Court has recently held that 'serious and drastic measures' such as freezing a bank account in entirety cannot be resorted to in 'a casual and mechanical' manner since it paralyses the financial autonomy of a person.The single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum, while partly allowing a writ petition filed by a practising advocate whose Karnataka Bank Account...

Summary Procedure Under Protection Of Depositors' Interest Act Self Contained, Plea For Rejection Of Plaint Not Maintainable: Karnataka HC

The High Court has held that an Order VII Rule 11 CPC application seeking rejection of plaint at the threshold claiming no cause of action, would not be maintainable in summary proceedings under Karnataka Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2004 (KPIDFE) Act.“The KPIDFE Act provides a self-contained mechanism, beginning from ad-interim attachment under...

Karnataka High Court Permits Continuation Of Hormone Replacement Therapy For Two Transgender Persons Challenging 2026 Amendment Act

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday [May 7] permitted two transwomen, who have challenged the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act 2026, to continue with their ongoing hormonal replacement therapy subject to the outcome of the writ petition, as an interim arrangement.The single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum was hearing two separate pleas, one filed by...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Accused In Alleged Mob Lynching Over Pro-Pakistan Slogans During Cricket Match

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (May 7) granted bail to one of the accused in alleged mob-lynching of a man from Kerala who purportedly chanted pro-Pakistan slogans at a cricket stadium in Mangalore's Kudupu Village last year. The single judge bench of V Srishananda passed the order granting bail to the third accused- Manjunatha Mallikarjuna. The court directed the accused to be...

Unsubstantiated Claim That Wife Accused Husband Of Having HIV/AIDS Insufficient To Grant Divorce: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a claim by a person that their spouse has accused them of suffering from a grave illness like HIV/AIDS won't amount to mental cruelty in order to seek divorce, unless corroborated with sufficient evidence.The Division Bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj and Dr Justice Chillakure Sumalatha, setting aside the decree for divorce, opined that the Family...

Karnataka High Court Seeks State's Reply On Disqualified MLA Vinay Kulkarni's Plea Against Conviction, Life Term In Yogesh Goudar Murder Case

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (May 7) granted time to the State to file its response on disqualified MLA Vinay Kulkarni's appeal challenging the trial court order convicting and sentencing him to life imprisonment for the murder of BJP Leader Yogesh Goudar. The Division Bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum and Justice Rajesh Rai has now listed the matter on May 26....

EPF Act | Employees Of Exempted Establishments Entitled To Higher Pension If PF Contributions Were On Actual Wages: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that employees belonging to exempted establishments could still claim higher pensions post-2014 under the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 [Scheme, 1995], through a joint option, provided that they have been contributing on actual wages to the provident fund, even when the contribution is paid on capped wages to the pension scheme.The single-judge bench of...

Complete Exclusion Of Mother From Child's Life Needs Compelling Circumstances: Karnataka High Court Quashes Blanket Denial Of Visitation

In a matter relating to the custody of a minor girl, the Karnataka High Court quashed a Family Court's ex parte interim injunction order which completely barred the mother from having access to the daughter till the completion of the child's year-end exams in June.A single-judge bench of Justice Dr. K. Manmadha Rao allowed the writ petitions filed by the mother and vacated the interim...

'Prima Facie Motivated': Karnataka High Court Stays FIR Against BJP's Sringeri MLA DN Jeevaraja In Postal Ballot Tampering Case

The Karnataka High Court today stayed till May 7, an FIR registered against BJP MLA D.N Jeevaraja for allegedly tampering with the ballot boxes in a recent vote recount in the Sringeri assembly constituency.The single judge bench of Justice V Srishananda orally remarked that the FIR was prima facie 'motivated' and asked the State to place alleged incriminating material on record.It...

Karnataka HC Rejects Transport Corporation's Plea Against ₹1.1 Crore Accident Compensation, Says Can't Blame Deceased After Disciplining Driver

The Karnataka High Court dismissed Kalyan Karnataka Road Transport Corporation's plea (KKRTC) challenging compensation of Rs 1.1 Crore in a motor accident claim, noting that the corporation suppressed the removal of the driver in disciplinary proceedings over the incident and had yet blamed the deceased for negligence.The Division Bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj and Dr. Justice...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: April 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 129 to 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 170Nominal IndexSri Ravichandre Gowda N.R. v. State of Karnataka & Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 129Smt. Sumithra & Ors. v. State of Karnataka & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 130Mohan Naik & Anr. v. The State of Karnataka, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 131Registrar General, High Court of Karnataka & Ors. v. Sri Pavanesh D & Ors....

Foreigners Have No Right To Reside Or Do Business: Karnataka High Court Upholds 'Leave India' Notice For Running Restaurant On Tourist Visa

The Karnataka High Court has refused to set aside a 'Leave India' notice issued against a French national for running a restaurant in Gokarna on a tourist visa for the past 15 years, holding that foreign nationals have no fundamental right to reside or carry on their business in India.The single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum has directed Christophe Stephane Monxion, a...