Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Four Accused Allegedly Involved In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case

The Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to four accused allegedly involved in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh.A single Judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty granted bail to Bharat Kurane, Srikanth Pangarkar, Sujith Kumar and Sudhanva Gondhalekar, on them executing a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh each, with two sureties of like amount. The petitioners are charged...

"Tried To Flee From Police, Conscious Possession": Karnataka HC Upholds Conviction Of Man Found With Counterfeit Currency In 2010

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the conviction handed down to a man 14 years after the accused committed the offence of being in possession of counterfeit currency.A single judge bench of Justice Ramachandra D Huddar convicted T N Kumara, dismissed the appeal filed by him challenging the conviction under Section 489B and C of the Indian Penal Code in the year 2013. The court said...

Karnataka HC Orders Departmental Inquiry Against Policemen For Filing False Chargesheet Under NDPS Act Against Students, Affecting Their Careers

The Karnataka High Court has directed initiation of Disciplinary proceedings/departmental inquiry against three policemen for having filed a false charge sheet against two persons claiming they consumed Ganja, even when the FSL report clearly opined no presence of any form of contraband in their body.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Hanumantha...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 9 To September 15, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 396 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 402Nominal Index:B S Suresh & ANR AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 396H Mahadev AND K N Rajamma & others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 397ABC AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 398Priyanka Halamani AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 399Muniyappa AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 400Disha Bhat...

Karnataka High Court Declines To Quash Defamation Case Against BJP Leader V Sunil Kumar On Complaint Made By Pramod Muthalik

The Karnataka High Court on Friday refused to quash criminal defamation proceedings initiated against Bharatiya Janata Party leader V Sunil Kumar, on the complaint made by Founder President of Sri Ram Sene, Pramod Muthalik.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed the petition and orally said “This mudslinging should stop, elections are fought on making speeches against...

Soliciting Multiple Expert Reports Creates Confusion & Chaos: Karnataka HC Denies Relief To Student Seeking Admission Under Visually-Impaired Quota

The Karnataka High Court has refused relief to a 19-year-old girl who claimed to be visually impaired beyond 40% and sought a direction to the Karnataka Examination Authority to accept her candidature under the visually impaired quota.A division bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil dismissed the petition filed by Disha Bhat who had sought to void the Ocular...

Governor Can't Exercise Discretionary Power On Assumption That Cabinet Advice Biased Due To CM's 'Involvement' In Case: Siddaramaiah To Karnataka HC

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday told the Karnataka High Court that the Governor's sanction order to prosecute him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) "scam" was bereft of any reasons on why he was prima facie guilty while adding that the Governor's discretionary power in such cases was limited. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna was hearing the CM's...

Karnataka HC Declines To Quash POCSO Case Against Teacher Who Allegedly Took Pictures/Videos Of Minor Girls While They Were Changing Clothes

The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash prosecution initiated against a drawing teacher of a private school, accused of recording videos and clicking photographs of minor girl students in the residential school when they were changing their dresses.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed the petition filed by Muniyappa who is charged under Section 12 of the Protection...

[Compassionate Appointment] Lawmakers Defined 'Family' To Include Specific Relatives Of Employee, Daughter-In-Law Not One Of Them: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a daughter-in-law, claiming compassionate appointment in the state's rural drinking water and sanitation department.A division bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil dismissed the plea filed by Priyanka Halamani, who had challenged the order of the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal, which had rejected...

Karnataka High Court Directs DGP To Alert Police Stations Regarding Woman Who Repeatedly Filed Unsubstantiated Cases Against Several Men

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Director General of Police and Inspector General of Police to communicate to all the state's police stations, the details of a woman complainant who had registered nine complaints/FIRs, against different persons alleging sexual harassment, criminal intimidation and also for offences punishable under Section 498A of IPC.A single judge bench of Justice...

Presumption U/S 90 Evidence Act Not Applicable To Certified Copies Of Gift Deed, Beneficiary Must Prove Claim Over Property: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has said that a beneficiary of a gift deed has to prove his title over the property received under such a deed by examining witnesses. It held that a presumption in his favour under Section 90 of the Evidence Act cannot be drawn based on producing certified copies of the deed.Section 90 of the Evidence Act reads thus: Presumption as to documents thirty years old....

High Court Restrains Media From Publishing Details Mentioned In Chargesheet Filed Against Murder-Accused Kannada Actor Darshan

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday by way of an ex-parte interim order restrained the media from broadcasting, printing or publishing any details from the chargesheet filed by the police against Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa who is an accused in a murder case, till next date of hearing.A single judge bench of Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the order on a plea filed by Darshan...