Police Assault On Advocate | Karnataka High Court Disposes PIL Noting Probe Handed To CID, Says State Taking Appropriate Steps

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday disposed of the suo-motu petition taken up acting on the representation made by the Advocates' Association of Bengaluru regarding the alleged incident of an advocate being assaulted by the police in Chikamanagaluru District. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit said “We see all necessary steps are taken by...

Karnataka High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Assault On Woman At Belgavi

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday took suo-motu cognizance of newspaper reports of a woman allegedly beaten up and paraded naked after her son eloped with a girl and later tied her to an electricity pole in Belgavi. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice M G S Kamal took note of reports appearing in the Deccan Herald and The Hindu newspaper. The bench said...

'Husband's Avocation Has No Relevance To Candidate's Merit': Karnataka High Court Quashes Typist's Termination Order

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the termination order issued to a typist working at the Additional Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class court, Davanagere for allegedly giving incorrect details about her husband's avocation during the selection process.A single judge bench of Justice N S Sanjay Gowda allowed the petition and directed that the petitioner be reinstated to the...

BBMP Informs Karnataka High Court Of SOP To Be Followed For Felling Of Dangerous Trees

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has adopted a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) guidelines/parameters to be followed by Tree Officers/Deputy Conservator of Forest, BBMP, for felling of dangerous trees.A single-judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj was informed by the corporation that such a procedure would be followed henceforth. The bench recorded the submission and said...

Bounden Duty Of Authority To Supply Details Of Detention & Translated Case Materials To Detenu: Karnataka HC Quashes Order Under Preventive Detention Act

The Karnataka High Court has quashed an order of detention passed by the authorities against a detenu under the Karnataka Prevention Of Dangerous Activities Of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, [Immoral Traffic Offenders, Slum-Grabbers And Video Or Audio Pirates] Act, 1985 ("Goonda Act/Preventive Detention Act"). One of the grounds for setting aside the order was the failure...

Karnataka High Court Allows Bail Plea By Accused In Journalist Gauri Lankesh's Murder

The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to an accused involved in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The accused was alleged to be harbouring Accused nos.2 & 3 who murdered Lankesh by shooting her near her house and being a member of the syndicate involved in committing organised crimes.On September 5, 2017, journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead in front of her...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up [December 4 To December 10, 2023]

Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 458 To 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 468Nominal Index:Sanju v. The State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 458C G Jagdish AND State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 459Santhosh Beejadi Srinivas AND Union of India & Another. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 460Srishti Daiv & ANR AND NIL. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 461Hangal Taluka Civil Contractors Association AND State of Karnataka...

Karnataka High Court Allows Minor Rape Survivor To Medically Terminate 26-Week Pregnancy

The Karnataka High Court has permitted a 16-year-old victim of sexual assault to terminate her 26-week-old pregnancy.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed a plea by the minor girl who was represented by her mother and said, “In the light of the opinion of the Medical Board, the victim can undergo termination of pregnancy with necessary precautions and it would become...

Karnataka High Court Modifies Guidelines For Resumption Of Video-Conference Hearings On Pilot Basis From 11th December

The Karnataka High Court has issued modified guidelines for attending court hearings through video conference starting from December 11. The guidelines are as follows: 1. All the Advocates, party-in-persons, Litigants, Media persons shall get themselves compulsorily registered on the Zoom platform as a one-time measure by signup procedure.2. Only such registered users would be allowed to join...

Karnataka High Court Issues Guidelines For Resumption Of Video Conference Hearings On A Pilot Basis From December 11

Karnataka High Court to resume video conference hearing of court proceedings from December 11. On December 5, the High Court temporarily suspended Video Conference facilities in all the Courts of the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, Dharwad, and Kalaburagi.The guidelines for the resumption of video conferencing on a pilot basis issued by the Registry state that all the...

High Court Directs Karnataka Chief Secretary To Constitute High-Level Committee For Constant Monitoring Of Storm Water Drains In Bangalore

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka to constitute a Committee comprising of officers such as the Chief Commissioner of the BBMP along with other Stakeholders like the Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department, Principal Secretary, Gram Panchayat, for constant monitoring of storm water drains,...

Karnataka HC Quashes Case Against Persons Charged With Threatening, Abusing Police Officials When Questioned On Keeping Hotel Open After 11:30 PM

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal case registered against two persons who allegedly abused police personnel with unparliamentary words, threatened them with dire consequences and restrained them from discharging their official duties when questioned for running their hotel business beyond 11.30 pm.A single judge bench of Justice Hemant Chandangoudar allowed the petition filed...