Karnataka High Court Reserves Order On Kannada News Channel Power TV's Plea Against Restraint On Its Broadcast

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on the appeal filed by M/s Power Smart Media Private Limited which operates Kannada news channel 'Power TV' challenging the interim order passed by the single judge bench, restraining it from broadcasting. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind heard the parties, reserved the order, and said it would...

Karnataka HC Calls For Govt's Response On Alleged Non-Compliance With Provisions Of The Prohibition Of Employment As Manual Scavengers And Rehabilitation Act

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to respond by July 9 on steps taken by it for compliance with relevant provisions under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers And Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind passed the order after it was informed about the non-compliance with relevant...

Retired High Court Judge Entitled To Leave Encashment When He Completes Tenure As Chairman Of Railway Claims Tribunal: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Union of India to calculate and disburse the leave encashment amount due to a former Judge of the High Court, who on retiring was appointed as Chairman of the Railway Claims Tribunal and served in the position for over two years.A Single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum partly allowed the petition filed by Justice B Padmaraj (retired)...

Sessions Court Not Empowered To Quash Entire Proceedings U/S 12 Domestic Violence Act, Party Must Approach High Court: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has held that a petition calling in question the entire proceedings initiated under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 would be maintainable before the High Court, not the Sessions Court.However, if any particular order is passed on any application filed under Sections 18, 19, 20 or 22 of the Act, those specific orders are to...

[S.498A IPC] Karnataka HC Allows Husband To Initiate Criminal Proceedings Against Wife For Falsely Accusing Him Of Cruelty, Claiming He Had HPV

The Karnataka High Court has granted liberty to a husband to initiate criminal proceedings for malicious prosecution, under Section 211 of the IPC (Falsely accuse others of committing an offence) against his estranged wife. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by a husband and quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against him by the wife...

Assessment Order Passed Against Dead Person Is Nullity: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court, while quashing the assessment order, held that the assessment order under Section 147 read with Section 144 of the Income Tax Act amounts to nullity.The bench of Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav has observed that when the assessee dies during the pendency of the proceedings, proceedings are to be continued through the legal representatives of the deceased. The...

Karnataka HC Allows Probe Against Ex-BJP MLA Booked For Distributing Obscene Videos Involving Prajwal Revanna, Restrains Police From Arresting Him

The Karnataka High Court on Friday refused to stall the ongoing investigation against former BJP MLA from Hassan, Preetham Gowda, who is alleged of distributing obscene videos of sexual assault involving Janata Dal (S) leader Prajwal Revanna.A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit passed the interim order while issuing notice to the respondents on hearing a petition filed by Gowda...

Karnataka High Court Extends Interim Order Restraining Police From Arresting Former CM BS Yediyurappa Accused In POCSO Case

The Karnataka High Court on Friday extended its interim order restraining the police from arresting former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, in connection with the case registered against him under POCSO Act. A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit continued its earlier order and permitted the prosecution (CID) to file its objection statement to the petition filed by Yediyurappa...

No Universal Formula For Using One Language In Govt Affairs: Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Mandatory Usage Of Kannada In Govt Correspondence

The Karnataka High Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking a direction on the government for government correspondence at all levels to be done in the Kannada language.A division bench of Chief Justice NV Anjaria and Justice KV Aravinda said “While the Kannada language which is the local language in the state has to be promoted and to be given importance,...

Reasonable Opportunity To Be Heard Before Cancelling FCRA Registration Not Restricted To Issuing Show-Cause Notice, Includes Personal Hearing: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has set aside an order passed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs cancelling the certificate of registration issued under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, to a trust Centre for Wildlife Studies, on the grounds that no personal hearing was granted to the trust before passing the order.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the...

Those In Power Would Conceal Everything If Not For Media: Karnataka HC Extends Interim Protection To News Head For “Oversight” In Depicting Muslims

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday orally observed that the fourth estate, that is the Media, is the most important estate today and if not for the media, those in power would conceal everything from the public.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna was dealing with a petition filed by Ajit Hanumakkanavar, Head of News & Programmes at Suvarana News channel. He is booked...

Karnataka High Court Restrains Broadcasting Of News Channel Power TV Citing No Proof Of License Renewal

The Karnataka High Court has passed an interim order restraining M/s Power Smart Media Private Limited which operates Kannada news channel 'Power TV' from broadcasting until the next date of hearing.A single judge bench of Justice S R Krishna Kumar passed the order while hearing a petition filed by H M Ramesh Gowda and another. It said “In the light of the undisputed fact that the...