Karnataka High Court
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...
Proceedings For Guardianship, Custody Of Minor Lie Only Before Family Court: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that a proceeding in relation to the guardianship of a person or the custody of or access to any minor has to be filed before Family court and it cannot be filed before a district court or any subordinate civil court. A single judge bench of Justice H P Sandesh said, “Section 8 of the Family Courts Act is very clear with regard to exclusion...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 29 - June 4
Nominal IndexNG & others And State of Karnataka & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 190Reeth Abraham And Sunil Abraham. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 191G Jagadish Kumar And K G Murali. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 192Prasad A A And State of Karnataka & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 193Gurushree High-Tech Multi Speciality Hospital And Commissioner For Health And Family Welfare And Chairman Appellate Authority...
Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest - May 2023 [Citations: 165 To 197]
Nominal IndexCentral Public Information Officer/Deputy Director General, Doordarshan Kendra And Central Information Commission & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 165D K Shivakumar And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 166D B Jatti And M/s Jamnadas Devidas. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 167Ravi M And Union of India & others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 168B Prashanth Hegde And State of Karnataka. 2023...
Karnataka High Court Extends Stay On Cancellation Of Actor Chetan Kumar's OCI Card
The Karnataka High Court on Friday extended its interim stay on an order passed by the Union Government cancelling the Overseas Citizen of India card (OCI) issued to Kannada actor and social activist, Chetan A Kumar.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna was informed by the petitioner that in compliance with the earlier order of the court, he has deleted the tweets that were...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Restoration Of Railways Ticket Concession For Senior Citizens
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday refused to grant any relief and permitted the withdrawal of a public interest litigation seeking directions to the Union Government to restore the concession in fare for senior citizens in Railways. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice M G S Kamal said “Ultimately what should be the fare, whether the concession should be given to...
Karnataka High Court Grants Parole To Convict For Meeting 75-Yr-Old Mother, Quotes Ramayana Verse 'Janani Janmabhumishcha Swargadapi Gariyasi'
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Superintendent of the Open Air Prison to grant emergency parole of three weeks to a convict to meet his ailing mother. A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit allowed the petition filed by convict Shivappa Bellad. “This Court, being conscious of the shortness of human life and the irreplaceable position and bond between mother and children,...
Copyright Act | Merely Because A Civil Dispute Is Being Fought Between Parties, Criminal Proceedings Cannot Be Halted: Karnataka High Court
Observing that the Copyright Act provides for both civil remedy and filing of criminal prosecution, the Karnataka High Court said that merely because a civil dispute is being fought between the parties, the criminal proceedings cannot be halted.A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit said:“The infringement of a copyright gives rise to a cause of action on which a civil proceeding...
Power Of Arbitrator To Resolve Dispute In A Partnership Flows From Clauses Of Partnership Deed: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that in a partnership deed that provides for appointment of Arbitrator, the power of Arbitrator to resolve the dispute flows from the clauses of the partnership deed.A Single Judge bench of Justice S G Pandit, dismissed a petition filed by one Jameela who claimed to be the second wife of deceased partner Hajee Ibrahim and sought dissolution of the...
Amend S.377 IPC To Punish Sexual Intercourse With Dead Bodies: Karnataka High Court Recommends To Centre
The Karnataka High Court has recommended the Central Government to amend the provisions of Indian Penal Code or bring in new one, for criminalising sexual intercourse with dead bodies. A division bench Justice B Veerappa and Justice Venkatesh Naik T observed, “It is the high time for the Central Government in order to maintain right to dignity of the dead person/woman to amend the provisions...
Rape On Woman's Dead Body Will Not Attract Section 376 IPC: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that sexual assault on the dead body of woman will not attract the offence of Rape punishable under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code. It thus acquitted a man of rape charges for committing sexual assault on the dead body of a 21 years old girl, after murdering her.A division bench of Justice B Veerappa and Justice Venkatesh Naik T partly allowed the appeal...
Karnataka High Court Directs State To Formulate Welfare Scheme For Members Of Advocates' Clerks Association, Says They Serve The Judicial System
The Karnataka High Court recently directed the State government to formulate a scheme for welfare of the members of State Level Advocates’ Clerks Association, within six months. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna observed,“The service rendered by the Advocates’ clerks is not a service to an individual, but to the system, being attached to the Advocates. Therefore,...