Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Former MUDA Commissioner In PMLA Case, Recognizes 'Changed Circumstances' And Delay In Trial

The Karnataka High Court on July 1 [Wednesday] granted bail to G.T. Dinesh Kumar, the former Commissioner of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), who was arrested in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged MUDA land allotment scam. [ 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 231]The single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna noted in the order there were five 'changed circumstances' warranting a fresh consideration of Kumar's bail plea, subsequent to the rejection of Kumar's bail...

Karnataka High Court Stays GO Directing Withdrawal Of 52 Criminal Prosecutions Including 2022 Aland Riots Cases

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (July 2) stayed the operation of a May 27 Government Order directing Public Prosecutors to withdraw prosecution in 52 criminal cases across the State including 2022 Aland riots case. For context, in May 2025 the high court had set aside a Government order, directing public prosecutors to withdraw 43 criminal cases registered/pending against persons accused...

Karnataka High Court Rejects ED's Bail Cancellation Plea Against Aishwarya Gowda Accused In Gold Investment Scam

The Karnataka High Court has last week dismissed a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking cancellation of regular bail granted to Aishwarya Gowda, accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 for an alleged ₹15 crores Gold Investment Scam. [ 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 230]The single judge bench of Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty noted that the proviso to Section...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Cruelty FIR Against Sister-In-Law Residing Abroad, Says Alleged Telephonic 'Instigation' Doesn't Attract S.498A IPC

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a cruelty case lodged by a woman against her sister-in-law who resides in Luxembourg, for allegedly 'filling the ears' of her in-laws by repeatedly calling them. [ 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 229]The single judge bench of Justice M.Nagaprasanna noted that complaint about sister-in-law torturing the complainant through such phone calls cannot be accepted in the...

'Funding Is Oxygen Enabling Extremism To Survive': Karnataka High Court Upholds UAPA FIR Against Missionary Group Accused Of Aiding Naxals

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (June 1) refused to quash a UAPA case lodged against the functionaries and alleged associates of a missionary group 'The Timothy Initiative'-including its India Head- accused of using over 1000 international debit cards to channel around Rs. 100 crores funds to Naxal regions. [ 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 228]The ED has alleged that The Timothy Initiative disbursed...

'No Finding I Was Part Of Conspiracy, Yet I Was Convicted': Vinay Kulkarni's Uncle Tells Karnataka High Court In Yogesh Goudar Murder Case

Chandrasekhar Indi (Accused No. 16), the uncle of former Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni, on Wednesday (July 1) told the Karnataka High Court that the trial court's judgment contains no finding that he was a member of the criminal conspiracy to murder BJP leader Yogesh Goudar, yet he has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 120B read with Section 302 of the IPC.Indi...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Order Allowing Policyholder To Engage Lawyer Before Insurance Ombudsman

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (July 1) dismissed an appeal filed by the Office of the Insurance Ombudsman challenging a single-judge's order that permitted a complainant to engage an advocate during the adjudicatory stage of proceedings before the Ombudsman. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 227]The Division Bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice K.S. Hemalekha upheld the...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging NLSIU's Academic Regulations Violate BCI Rules

The Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and Bar Council of India (BCI) on a plea filed by a student alleging that the varsity is not in compliance with the BCI's mandate requiring 60 hours of class per four-credit subject as it conducts only 51 hours of instruction.Before the single judge bench of Justice Ashok S Kinagi, the student...

Karnataka High Court's Justice Suraj Govindaraj Recuses From Hearing Challenge To Gig Workers Welfare Act

Justice Suraj Govindaraj of Karnataka High Court has on June 7 [Wednesday] recused from hearing a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2025, and the Rules framed thereunder, stating a potential conflict of interest since the petition was filed through IndusLaw Law Firm.While hearing the challenge which...

Sole Proprietor Who Personally Executes Work Covered Under Employees' Compensation Act: Karnataka High Court Holds Insurer Liable

Allowing an appeal filed by the dependents of a deceased sole proprietor, Karnataka High Court has recently held that a proprietor who personally undertakes a hazardous work cannot be denied compensation by reasoning that he is a business owner who wouldn't fall within the definition of 'workman' under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 225]The Division Bench of...

2016 Yogesh Goudar Murder Case: CBI Tells Karnataka High Court Dharwad Trial Was 'Hogwash', Witnesses Were Tutored By Ex-MLA Vinay Kulkarni

The CBI told the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday that former Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni, while challenging his conviction and life sentence in 2016 murder of BJP Zilla Panchayat member Yogesh Goudar, cannot rely on evidence placed before the Dharwad trial court as that trial was 'hogwash' in which witnesses were tutored by Kulkarni.The court was hearing criminal appeals filed by former...

School's Duty Of Care Extends To Children Travelling In School Bus: Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Over Child's Permanent Eye Injury

The Karnataka High Court has recently refused to quash a criminal case registered against a private school after a 4th standard student lost vision in one eye and suffered 40% permanent disability when coloured confetti was allegedly sprayed into his eyes by other students inside a school bus. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 225]While noting that the school bus is an extension of the school itself,...