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Karnataka High Court Seeks States Response To Plea Challenging Er. Prefix For Engineers

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday [October 13] sought the State's response to a plea filed by a Bengaluru-based advocate, challenging a Government Order dated September 15, 2026, permitting engineers in the State to prefix the honorific 'ER.' before their names.The Government order on September 15, marking the Engineers' Day, has been challenged before Justice C.M. Poonacha, who had on October 9 issued notice to the State of Karnataka and the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms....

Karnataka SIR: High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP Leader Over Alleged Attempt To Delete Muslim Voters Names

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday [October 13] stayed further investigation in an FIR registered against BJP leader Dr. Ravi Basalingappagowda Patil and others over allegations of fraudulently deleting Muslim voters' names through bulk Form No. 7 objections during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Justice Venkatesh Naik T, sitting at Dharwad, passed the order while relying on the prima facie reasoning of a coordinate bench in a similar matter to the effect that any such...

50% Ceiling Breached : Karnataka High Court Strikes Down Law Raising SC/ST Reservation In Education & Govt Jobs

The Karnataka High Court on Monday struck down the provisions of the Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions and of Appointments or Posts in the Services under the State) Act, 2022, which had increased reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) from 15% to 17% and for Scheduled Tribes (STs) from 3% to 7%.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice K.S. Hemalekha held that the legislation—which pushed the aggregate reservation...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Return Of Pet African Grey Parrot Seized By Forest Department

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday [October 13] issued notice on a plea filed by a Bengaluru resident seeking the return of his pet African Grey Parrot, which was seized by the Karnataka Forest Department's CID [Aranya Sanchari Dala] in July.The single judge bench of Justice C.M. Poonacha issued notice to the respondents-State of Karnataka, the Forest Department, and the CID Aranya Sanchari...

Karnataka High Court Closes Minor Rape Survivors Plea After State Notifies SOP For Early Identification, Timely Response To Underage Pregnancies

The Karnataka High Court has recently disposed of a writ petition filed by a 16-year-old survivor of sexual assault who sought medical termination of her pregnancy, after the State notified a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Early Identification and Timely Response to Underage Pregnancies. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 410]The single judge bench of Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav...

Karnataka High Court Frames Contempt Charges Against 3 Govt Officials For Wilfully Disobeying Order

The Karnataka High Court has charged three government officials with contempt of court for failing to comply with its order directing extension of pension benefits to the monthly rated labourers while following a decision by a coordinate bench in another case. A Division Bench of Justice Jayant Banerji and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju found “a willful disobedience of the order of the...

Bank Cant Lodge FIR Against Home Loan Borrower Over Dues Where Builder Shelves Project & Sells Flat To Third Party: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a home loan borrower whose loan stood outstanding because the builder failed to complete the project and sold the flat to a third party, holding that an outstanding loan or failure of an underlying transaction “by itself” cannot be treated as a criminal offence.Justice Suraj Govindaraj observed:“A financial...

Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against BJP Leader Over Outraging Womans Modesty, Says Remarks Were Not Made Against Complainant

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal case against former BJP MLA Sanjay Patil over a remark allegedly made against then Women and Child Welfare Minister during the Lok Sabha campaign for the Belagavi constituency in 2024. It held that a Congress worker who merely heard the remark was not an “aggrieved person”, and that the statement did not satisfy the ingredients of Section 509...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Hacker Sriki In Cryptocurrency Scam Case, Says No Immediate Chance Of Trial Completion

The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to 'hacker' Srikrishna Ramesh @ Sriki and his accountant Robin Khandelwal in a PMLA case pertaining to alleged cryptocurrency scam, observing that chances of the trial being completed soon were remote given that prosecution documents run into thousands of pages and the case remains at a pre-cognizance stage.Reportedly, the ED has alleged laundering...

Karnataka SIR: High Court Stays FIRs Against BJP Booth Level Agents For Attempting To Delete Voter Names

The Karnataka High Court has stayed the operation of two FIRs registered against BJP Booth Level Agents over allegations that they sought to delete voters' names from electoral rolls by filing bulk Form-7 objections during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Malleshwaram Assembly Constituency.Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde granted the interim relief on two separate...