Karnataka High Court
Karnataka High Court Upholds State Corporation's Decision To Encash Bank Guarantee Furnished By Private Contractor Over "Shoddy Construction"
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition filed by a private contractor seeking refund of bank guarantee encashed by the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation for carrying out "shoddy construction" of police quarters. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna remarked,“The construction if it is of such poor quality, it is high time that...
Dept. To Reconsider The Application Under Karasamadhana Scheme: Karnataka High Court Quashes Recovery From The Banker
The Karnataka High Court has quashed the recovery from the banker and directed the department to reconsider the application under the Karasamadhana Scheme.The bench of Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav has observed that in the event that the application is rejected, it is needless to state that the petitioner cannot be placed in a position worse off, and the petitioner is entitled to the restoration...
Karnataka High Court Directs Revenue Dept To Evolve Mechanism For Tracking Progress Of Land Conversion Applications
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, to institute a mechanism for capturing the progress of applications which are filed under Section 95 of Karnataka Land Revenue Act for conversion. A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj sitting at Kalaburagi said it has come across several matters where the applications which had been filed...
Mother Fails To Handover Child's Custody To Father Despite Judicial Order, Karnataka High Court Requires Her Employer To Hold Back Pay
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the Police to contact the employer of a woman who failed to handover custody of her minor child to her husband despite a judicial order, and ask the employer to hold back her pay.A division bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde said the benefits payable to her be held till custody of the daughter is handed over.The bench...
Ineligible Candidate Has No Locus: Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Order Cancelling Appointment Of Zoology Professor In State University
The Karnataka High Court has set aside a single bench order which cancelled the appointment of one Dr M. David to the post of Associate Professor, Zoology Department in the Karnataka University on the ground that he cannot claim caste status since he belongs from Andhra Pradesh.The order was set aside by division bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav and Justice Umesh M Adiga citing lack of...
Karnataka HC Grants Bail To Cow Vigilante Puneeth Kerehalli Accused Of Murdering Cattle Transporter, Finds Discrepancy In Registration Of FIRs
The Karnataka High Court last month granted bail to alleged cow vigilantes Puneeth Kumar alias Puneet Kerehalli and four others, accused of causing the death of one Idris Pasha on April 1. In the order made available yesterday, a single judge bench of Justice MG Uma took note of the discrepancy in lodging of FIRs.The petitioners had lodged a FIR against Idris Pasha, Syed Zaheer and others...
Karnataka High Court Quashes 8 Yrs Old FIR Against Former CM Yeddyurappa In Land Denotification Case
The Karnataka High Court has quashed an FIR registered in the year 2015, against former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, on the basis of the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for alleged illegal denotification of land and allotment of sites by the Bangalore Development Authority. The court was informed that a coordinate bench of the high court had in 2015 considered the...
S.21 POCSO Act | Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Gynaecologist For Failure To Report Sexual Assault On Minor
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition moved by a Gynaecologist to quash a case registered against him under Section 21 of the POCSO Act for failure to report the incident of sexual assault on a minor.Section 19 of POCSO Act mandates every person who has knowledge that sexual assault on a minor has been committed, to report it to the Special Juvenile Police Unit or the local...
Hereditary Archakship Conferred Only On Paternal Line Of Succession: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that in order to claim hereditary archakship, the line of succession should be on the paternal side and not on the maternal side.A single judge bench of Justice N S Sanjay Gowda dismissed a petition filed by one M S Ravi Dixit and his brother M.S.Venkatesh Dixit, who sought to be appointed as Archaks, of Sri Mahabaleshwaraswamy Temple at K.R.Puram, Bangalore...
Wife's Complaint U/S 498A IPC Can't Be Quashed Merely Because It's Filed After Husband Demands Divorce: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a husband seeking to quash the complaint registered by his wife under section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, after he sent her a legal notice seeking amicable settlement for dissolution of marriage.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna observed,“There cannot be a declaration of law as is contended by the learned counsel...
POSH Act | Karnataka High Court Disposes PIL For Establishment Of Internal Complaints Committee In All Educational Institutions
The Karnataka High Court on Monday disposed of a PIL seeking directions to the State's Department of Primary and Secondary Education to issue circulars mandating all educations institutes to establish an internal complaint committee (ICC) in the light of Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice M G S Kamal disposed of...
Civil Court Has Jurisdiction To Hear Individual Suits By Catholics To Offer Prayers In Their Own Language At Church: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has upheld an Appellate court order holding that civil courts have jurisdiction to hear a suit filed in individual capacity by few Catholics, seeking a direction to the Religious head of the church to allow them to offer prayers/mass prayers in Konkani Language.A single judge bench of Justice H P Sandesh dismissed the second appeal preferred by Diocese of...