Karnataka High Court
Karnataka High Court Recalls Order Allowing Complaint Against Mallikarjun Kharge Family Trust To Proceed, Will Hear Them
The Karnataka High Court on Friday (October 16) allowed an application seeking recall of its earlier order in the Siddhartha Vihar Trust land allotment case and decided to hear Mallikarjun Kharge and other family members before proceeding further in the matter.A Single Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order on an application filed by the Kharge family, who contended that they had...
Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against BJP's Amit Malviya Over X Post On Rahul Gandhi
The Karnataka High Court on Friday [October 16] quashed the FIR registered against Amit Malviya, former in-charge of the National Information & Technology Department of the Bharatiya Janata Party, over his posts on X (formerly Twitter) concerning Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. A Single Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna allowed the criminal petition filed by Malviya, and quashed...
Karnataka High Court Directs State To Set Up District-Level Committees To Deal With Illegal Immigrants Within 3 Months
The Karnataka High Court on Friday [October 16] allowed a batch of criminal petitions and quashed the crimes registered against a Bengaluru-based doctor who was arrested on complaints allegedly lodged by illegal Bangladeshi immigrants whom he had helped identify before the authorities. While doing so, the court has also directed the State to establish district-level committees to deal...
Mere Participation In A Protest Can't Be Equated With Participation In Every Connected Offence: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed an FIR registered against two men for allegedly blocking a highway during a protest following a fatal accident, holding that mere participation in a gathering, which was prompted by a genuine grievance, cannot automatically be equated with participation in every offence alleged in connection with it. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 422]The single judge bench...
Karnataka High Court Quashes FIRs Against Amit Malviya, Arnab Goswami Over Congress Party's Turkey Office Claim
The Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed the FIRs registered against former BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami over an alleged false claim made in a television programme that Turkey's Istanbul Congress Centre is the international office of the Indian National Congress.A Single Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna allowed the criminal petitions filed...
Drug Licence Can't Be Suspended Along With Show Cause Notice: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a Show Cause Notice-cum-suspension order suspending a pharmaceutical license can be treated strictly as a Show Cause Notice, observing that an order of suspension or cancelling license can be passed only after licensee is given opportunity to explain why such action should not be taken. For context, Rule 66(1) of the Drugs and Cosmetic...
Karnataka High Court Grants Visitation Rights To Father, Rejects Wife's Plea Over Non-Payment Of Maintenance Amount To Her
The Karnataka High Court has allowed a man to meet his 4-year-old child, while rejecting his estranged wife's argument that visitation should be barred due to the non-payment of maintenance amounts due towards her. Justice Rajeshwari N. Hegde was hearing a petition filed by the wife challenging a trial court order that had allowed the husband to meet the child twice a month alongside a...
Pending Partition Suit Doesn't Necessarily Mean Subsequent Criminal Allegations By Family Member Are False: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that mere pendency of a partition suit does not, by itself, show that any subsequent criminal allegations are false or manufactured to give the dispute a criminal colour. Consequently, Justice Suraj Govindaraj refused to quash the criminal proceedings against the petitioner, which were initiated on a complaint registered by his paternal uncle...
Wife's Remarriage Material Factor In Determining Permanent Alimony But Not Automatic Bar To Her Entitlement: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has recently reduced the permanent alimony awarded to a divorced wife from Rs 25,00,000 to Rs 10,00,000, after she remarried during the pendency of the husband's appeal. The court observed that alimony cannot be converted into a 'windfall' or a continuing entitlement not affected by subsequent changes in marital and financial circumstances. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar)...
Temple Mismanagement: Karnataka High Court Says Subordinate Officer Can't Further Delegate Inquiry Under Hindu Religious Institutions Act
The Karnataka High Court has held that once Commissioner of Religious Institutions and Endowment Fund department authorises a subordinate officer to conduct enquiry over allegations of temple mismanagement under State Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, then that officer cannot sub-delegate the task. Consequently, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru...
'Serious Allegations': Karnataka High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Lawyer Accused Of Rape, Caste-Based Abuse
The Karnataka High Court refused to grant anticipatory bail to a practicing advocate accused of repeated rape, unnatural sexual assault, and caste-based abuse, observing that the allegations were serious in nature required an investigation. The court noted that it was also alleged that there were private videos, Phone pay transactions, financial records, lodge registers, digital...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Cow Slaughter Case After Police Conduct Raid Before Registering FIR
The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings in a cow slaughter case, holding that the police violated the mandatory requirement of registering an FIR before conducting a raid and seizure after receiving information about a cognizable offence.Justice Rajesh Rai K held that the failure to register the FIR before undertaking substantial investigative steps, including searches,...