928 BMTC Buses Have Audio Announcement System To Aid Visually Impaired Persons: Karnataka High Court Told

Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) informed the Karnataka High Court on Friday (November 15) that an audio announcement system has been installed in 928 buses for the aid of physically challenged and visually impaired persons, to know the stops or the destinations.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind accepted the statement made by the counsel...

Foreign Law Degree Holder With Bridge Course Not Required To Clear Other Qualifying Exams Except AIBE: Karnataka HC Cites BCI Notification

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Bar Council to enrol a law degree holder from foreign university who has completed 2 years of Bridge Course, on its rolls on the basis of the results of the Bridge Course without insisting for any other qualifying examinations other than AIBE.A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj allowed petition filed by Karan Dhananjaya and said “I...

Karnataka High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya For Allegedly Spreading 'Fake News' About A Farmer's Suicide

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (November 14) by way of interim relief stayed investigation in the case registered against BJP Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya, accused of spreading 'fake news' regarding the suicide of a farmer in Haveri district. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the interim order on the petition filed by Surya seeking to quash the FIR. The court...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To 99 Convicts In Marakumbi Atrocity Case, Admits Their Appeal Against Conviction

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday granted bail to 99 convicts in a decade old case of atrocity against members of the Scheduled Caste community at Marakumbi village.A division bench of Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar and Justice T G Shivashankare Gowda sitting at Dharwad also admitted their appeals challenging the conviction. It also suspended the sentence imposed upon them. The court...

Priority In Admission To Kendriya Vidyalaya Not A Vested Right: Karnataka HC Declines Plea By Students Seeking 'Grandparents Sponsoring Quota'

The Karnataka High Court has said that priority in admission to school cannot be construed to be a vested right and priority provided in the previous academic year cannot be enforced as a legal right for continuation of such quota.A Division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind held thus while dismissing an appeal filed by grandchildren of serving/retired employees of...

Karnataka High Court To Hear CM Siddaramaiah's Appeal Against 'Sanction' Order In MUDA "Scam" Case On November 23

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (November 14) said it would hear next Saturday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's appeal challenging a single judge bench's order which had upheld the Governor's decision granting approval/ sanction for investigation against him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V...

On ICAI's Plea, Karnataka HC Restrains Company From Certifying Individuals As "Fit To Practise" Income Tax, GST, Custom Brokerage, Etc

The Karnataka High Court has by way of an interim order restrained a private company from offering courses under the name and title of 'Post Graduate Diploma in Taxation Professional Skill Qualification.'A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj passed the order while hearing a petition filed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The court restrained M/s Institute...

Appellate Authority Under POSH Act Can Stay Final Report Of Internal Complaints Committee Pending Final Decision: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that there is no express bar under provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and Rules, for the appellate authority to consider an application for stay in appeal against the final report of the Internal Complaints Committee.A single judge bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav said “The...

Karnataka High Court Rejects Plea To Transfer Probe In Valmiki Corporation "Scam" To CBI

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (November 13) dismissed a petition filed by Union Bank of India seeking a direction to the government to transfer the probe being carried out in the alleged scam regarding the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna while...

Accused Exercising Right Of Silence Not Bound To Prove Consent Was Taken When Prosecution Is Unable To Prove Rape: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has said that there is no duty on the accused to prove a defence of consent in a matter of rape, and his exercise of his right to remain silent would be sufficient where the prosecution itself is unable to prove its case.The court said that as the right of the accused to remain silent would fasten the burden on the prosecution to prove absence of consent during...

Waqf Board Issuing Marriage Certificates Unheard Of In Law: Karnataka HC Orally Says In Plea Challenging Govt Order Authorising Board

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (November 12) orally said that the Government Order which authorised the Waqf Board to issue marriage certificates to married Muslim applicants was unheard of in law. The court orally said this while hearing a petition filed by one A Alam Pasha. The plea has sought to declare the government order dated September 30, 2023 issued under the hands of the...

Karnataka High Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Man Booked For Printing 'Vote For Narendra Modi' Message On His Wedding Invite

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (November 11) stayed all further criminal proceedings initiated against a man booked for allegedly printing a message on his own wedding invite which read 'the gift that you would give me in the marriage is vote for Narendra Modi'.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the interim order on a petition filed by one Shivaprasad. Issuing notice to...