Karnataka High Court Upholds 3-Month Jail Term Of Newspaper Staff For Violating Order In Defamation Case, Says Tendering Apology Not Enough

The Karnataka High Court has upheld 3-month civil imprisonment against the editor, managing director and director of Karavali Ale newspaper for violating a temporary injunction order, holding that the trial court could not have have directed them to tender an apology instead of imposing a punishment under Order 39 Rule 2A CPC.The Court accordingly dismissed the writ petition seeking to quash...

Wife Who Left Matrimonial Home During Covid To Care For Parents & Never Came Back Not Entitled To Maintenance: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed a revision plea filed by a wife seeking maintenance, holding that she failed to establish reasonable cause for leaving the matrimonial home, particularly when she left to care for COVID-affected parents and subsequently refused to return despite her husband's requests.The single judge bench of Dr. Justice Chilakur Sumalatha noted as below in...

Promise To Marry Not Deceitful If Man Intended To Marry But Woman's Mother Refused: Karnataka High Court Grants Bail

Granting bail to man booked in a rape case, the Karnataka High Court observed that when a man who promises marriage subsequently approaches the woman's family seeking approval and where her mother refuses the proposal then it cannot be said that the man had no intention to fulfill the promise.The single judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty noted that the victim herself, in her...

Karnataka High Court Recalls Contempt Action Against Lawyer Accused Of Threatening Judge; Accepts Apology

Lawyers can't browbeat or bully courts, it held.

'Admit Mistake And Move On': Karnataka High Court Orally Tells Flipkart Over ₹5 Lakh CCPA Penalty For Sale Of Non-BIS Compliant Toys

The Karnataka High Court on September 3 directed Flipkart Internet Private Limited to file an affidavit detailing the measures being taken to ensure that only BIS-compliant products are listed and sold on its e-commerce platform.Justice Suraj Govindaraj also recorded Flipkart's submission that it would pay the ₹5 lakh penalty imposed by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA)...

Super Speciality Doctor Can't Be Bound By Bond To Serve Govt Till Retirement When No Posting Given: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently held that a government bond requiring a doctor to serve till retirement, especially when no posting orders were provided after completion of a super-specialty course, amounts to an unreasonable condition that cannot be enforced. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 330]The Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Venkatesh Naik T noted in the order that...

'Justice Not Merely About Speed, Judgments Can't Be Obtained By Click Of Button': Karnataka High Court Refuses To Fast-Track Divorce Case

Judges can't be pressured with rigid deadlines, Court said.

Gift Deed Based On 'Love, Affection' Not Automatic Maintenance Condition Under Senior Citizens Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that the expression “love and affection” written in a Gift Deed cannot be treated as a statutory maintenance condition under Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.Section 23 of the Act allows a transfer of property by a senior citizen— by way of gift or otherwise— to be declared void by a Tribunal if...

'Elephants Can't Be Displaced': Karnataka High Court Quashes Land Acquisition For Housing Project In Bannerghatta National Park

The Karnataka High Court has quashed acquisition of land near Bannerghatta National Park for a housing project, observing that the area forms part of a corridor used by elephants who cannot be displaced from their homes or treated as occupants without any rights. It further underscored that while land acquisition should be for the greater purpose of public good, however no public purpose...

Karnataka High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs On Man For Marking Plea Against ED Officer To CJI, Finance Minister

Attempt made to secure intervention through channels outside judicial process, Court said.

Son's Death Doesn't By Itself Make Daughter-In-Law Liable To Maintain Mother-In-Law Under Senior Citizens Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that the death of a son does not by itself obligate the daughter-in-law to maintain her mother-in-law under Section 23 of the Senior Citizens Act, which allows a senior citizen to get a property transfer cancelled if the receiving party fails to provide basic care and physical needs of the senior citizen.Setting aside the order of the Maintenance and Welfare...

'Subjected Children To Hardship': Karnataka High Court Orders Psychological Assessment Of Parents Amid Custody Battle

The Karnataka High Court directed a separated couple to undergo psychological assessment and counselling for “fair parenting”, while refusing the husband's plea to subject their minor twins to a psychological assessment to evaluate the extent of “parental alienation” allegedly caused by their mother. “Undoubtedly in case there is necessity for such psychological assessment...