Karnataka High Court
Husband Subjecting Wife To Creditors' Action By Misusing Her Signed Cheques Constitutes 'Cruelty': Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the appeal preferred by a man challenging a family court order which allowed the divorce petition filed by his wife on grounds of cruelty, since he made her face criminal proceedings initiated by creditors from whom he borrowed money by issuing cheques in her name, for meeting his lifestyle and addictions. A Division bench of Justice G Narendar and...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Stay Disqualification Of Prajwal Revanna As Member Of Parliament Over False Election Affidavit
The Karnataka High Court on Monday refused to stay the order disqualifying Prajwal Revanna as Member of Parliament, for filing a false election affidavit.A single bench of Justice K Natarajan dismissed the application filed by Revanna seeking stay on the order dated September 1, for some time to prefer an appeal before the Supreme Court.In its September 1 order the Court had allowed the...
Karnataka High Court Asks BBMP To Consider Criminal Action, Enhanced Penalty For Violation Of Solid Waste Management Rules
The Karnataka High Court on Monday suggested to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and State government to consider revising the penalty being imposed on violators of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit noticed that so far Rs 11.66 crore is collected in 4 years between 10-09-2019 to 31-08-2023, as...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 4 To September 10, 2023
Nominal Index: Abdul Rehman And State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 340Shrenika And State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (kar) 341XYZ And ABC. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 342Usman Makandar alias Usmanshah And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 343NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY AND MUGIL ANBU VASANTHA & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 344T Ramesh Babu And The...
Prajwal Revanna Disqualification: Karnataka High Court Reserves Order On Plea To Stay Verdict Till He Approaches Supreme Court
The Karnataka High Court on Friday reserved its order on an application filed Prajwal Revanna of the Janatha Dal Secular Party, seeking stay on its order dated September 1, declaring his election as Member of Parliament as null and void, for filing false information in his election affidavit.Prajwal sought time in order to file an appeal before the Supreme Court. A single bench of Justice...
Juvenile Justice: Karnataka High Court Asks State To File Financial Proposal For Effective Implementation Of Centre's Vatsalya Scheme For Children
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday sought to know from the State government on whether it had sent a reply to the communication issued to it by the Union Ministry of Woman And Child Development, asking the state government to submit a financial proposal and plan for the year 2022-2023, under the Mission Vatsalya Scheme. A Division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna...
'Where Is The Prohibition?': Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Against Appointment Of Political Secretaries, Media Advisor To CM Siddaramiah
The Karnataka High Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the appointment of Political Secretaries and Media Advisor to Chief Minister Siddaramiah. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit dismissed the petition filed by Advocate Umapathi S and said, “For reasons to be recorded separately, the petition is dismissed.”...
6 Yrs After Man Was Washed Away While Working In Stormwater Drain, Karnataka High Court Orders BBMP To Issue His Death Certificate To Wife
The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of a woman by directing the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to issue death certificate of her husband, an excavator operator with BBMP who was washed away in heavy rain while working in a stormwater drain in 2017. A single bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj allowed the petition filed by Mrs Saraswathi S P and directed the Corporation to...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Recovery Order Against Former MLA Chikkanna Who Missed Govt-Funded Legal Study Tour In 2009
The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash an order of the State Legislative Assembly Secretariat seeking to recover a sum of about Rs. 4 lakh from former legislator Chikkanna who missed a government-funded legal study tour back in 2009.A single bench of Justice R Nataraj observed,"The tour was scheduled on 23.08.2009 but the request to cancel the tour was made by the petitioner on which...
Karnataka High Court Orders Arrest Of Merchant Ship MT Windsor On Patanjali's Plea Alleging Short-Supply By Its Sister Vessel
The Karnataka High Court has directed the arrest of vessel MT Windsor, which is at New Mangalore Port Trust within Indian territorial waters.A single judge bench of Justice S G Pandit passed the order on an application filed by M/s Patanjali Foods Limited. It said,“The claim of the petitioner would amount to a maritime claim. To secure recovery of loss suffered, the petitioner would be...
"Conscious Decision", Will Concentrate On Career: Karnataka High Court Waives 1-Yr Cooling Off Period For Mutual Divorce Under Special Marriage Act
The Karnataka High Court has allowed a petition filed by an estranged couple and waived off the statutory cooling period of one year before deciding on the petition for divorce by mutual consent, under the Special Marriage Act. A division bench of Justice G Narendar and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil allowed the petition filed by the couple and set aside the order of the family court which...
'A Hexagenerian Can't Be Left Tongue-Tied': Karnataka HC Allows Retd Employee To Engage Lawyer To Defend Him In Dept Enquiry Despite Prohibitory Rule
The Karnataka High Court recently set aside an order passed by the Inquiry Authority of United India Insurance Company declining to accede to the request of a former employee for engaging the services of a legal practitioner to defend him in the departmental enquiry.Justice M Nagaprasanna sitting at Dharwad bench held that the circumstances of the petitioner, particularly his age and...