Bengaluru Stampede: Karnataka High Court Permits Two DNA Entertainment Officials To Travel Abroad For Business Meeting In June

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (May 12) granted conditional permission to two senior functionaries of event management firm M/s DNA Entertainment Networks–accused in the Bengaluru Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede case, to travel to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, for a business meeting next month. The Court, however, made it clear that the permission was limited to the specific trip and listed...

Karnataka High Court Seeks ED's Response On Gameskraft Founders' Plea Against Arrest, Remand In Money Laundering Case

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (May 12) sought Enforcement Directorate's response on a plea filed by Founders of gaming company Gameskraft–Deepak Singh, Prithvi Raj Singh and Vikas Taneja–challenging their arrest and remand under in a money laundering case last week.ED has accused Gameskraft of tampering with the game results and luring the customers to make large deposits. The...

Forest Staff Involved In Neutralising Bandit Veerappan Entitled To Parity In Reward Consideration With STF Personnel: Karnataka High Court

Granting relief to several forest department officers who took part in 'Operation Cocoon' to apprehend the notorious forest bandit Veerappan in 2004, the Karnataka High Court has directed the State to consider sanctioning the withheld rewards to those who were part of the Special Task Force (STF) within 12 weeks.The single-judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held that the 2015 order...

Karnataka High Court Stays FIR Against Writer Chakravarthi Sulibele For Alleged Anti-Muslim Speech During Public Function

Karnataka High Court has in an interim order stayed the operation of an FIR registered against writer & political activist Chakravarthi Sulibele accused of pushing inflammatory, anti-Muslim rhetoric about Muslim girls during a public function at Dharwad.The single judge bench of Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar, in his May 7 order noted:“…there is a need for consideration of the matter...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 04 – May 10, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 171- 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 180Nominal IndexSmt. Marry Usha v. State of Karnataka & Ors, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 171Christophe Stephane Monxion v. The Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 172The Managing Director, KKRTC v. Sunita and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 173X v. Y & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw(Kar) 174Bharath Earth Movers Employees...

Renewal Of Arms Licence Can't Be Denied For Not Owning Agricultural Land: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently held that firearm license renewal applications cannot be rejected for the reason that the applicant does not have his own agricultural land.The single-judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum clarified that the licensing authority, under Section 15 of the Arms Act, 1959, cannot insist on 'extraneous reasons' such as lack of agricultural land for...

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....