Karnataka High Court
Keeping Investigations Against Public Servants Pending Affect Their Rights: Karnataka High Court Asks Lokayukta To "Set Its House In Order"
The Karnataka High Court has asked the Karnataka Lokayukta to "set its house in order" by directing completion of investigation registered against public servants under the Prevention of Corruption Act, within a time frame. A single bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna sitting at Dharwad said, “This Court has come across several cases where investigation has gone on for ages and no final report...
Executive Guidelines Cannot Supersede Works Of Defence Act For Building Permissions Around Military Establishments: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that authorities cannot rely on executive guidelines for issue of NOC for regulating building constructions around Defence establishments, as long as the Works of Defence Act, 1903 is in operation. A single bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav allowed the petition filed by Jambo Plastics Pvt Ltd and directed BBMP to consider sanctioning the former's plan, which...
Karnataka High Court Continues Restraint On BBMP Action Against Hostel In Residential Area Subject To Ensuring Students Don't Create Nuisance
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday continued its interim order restraining BBMP from taking precipitative action against M/s. Ramakrishna Education Trust, which runs a students hostel in Bengaluru. This was after the Trust assured the Court that it would take all precautions to ensure that the students do not do any ‘galata’ (nuisance) in the hostel in question. A single bench of...
Market Value Of Land Acquired Under 1894 Act Determined As Per Right To Fair Compensation Act Where Award Passed After Its Enforcement: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that the market value of land acquired under section 4(1) the Land Acquisition Act 1894, is to be determined as per Section 26 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013, if the award is passed after the 2013 Act came into force.A single bench of S Sunil Dutt Yadav allowed the...
Not Prejudicial To Either Local Or Non Local Candidates: Karnataka High Court Upholds Recruitment Circular With Reservations U/Art 371J
The Karnataka High Court has upheld the government circular dated 01.02.2023 which provides clarification on the application of reservations under Article 371J of the Constitution for candidates from the Kalyana Karnataka Region, formerly known as the Hyderabad-Karnataka region. Justice N S Sanjay Gowda highlighted that the core objective of introducing special provisions in...
Employee Can Access Colleague's Service Records Under RTI Act To Pursue Service Litigation : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has set aside an order passed by the State Information Commissioner rejecting an application filed by a college professor seeking service record details of his colleague. A single bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit allowed the petition filed by A S Mallikarjunaswamy and set aside the of Commission whereby his RTI application had been negatived quoting the provisions...
Swachh Bharat Mission: Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Case For Alleged Misappropriation Of About 70L Sanctioned For Public Toilets
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by seven persons accused of misappropriating funds sanctioned in respect of 'Swachh Bharat Mission Project' for construction of toilets within the limits of Honnalli, Gudadanal and Yaradona Villages between July 2016 and May 2017. A single bench of Justice Venkatesh Naik T, sitting at Kalaburagi dismissed the petition filed by Hampamma...
Inadvertence No Reason To Deny Opportunity To Candidate Otherwise Entitled: Karnataka HC Permits NEET-PG Aspirant To Correct Caste & Avail Quota
The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of a 23 years old student, who while filling-up the online registration application for National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test-PG (NEET-PG), inadvertently failed to choose her caste under the quota reserved for OBC category.A division bench of Justice G Narendar and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil allowed the petition filed by Dr. Lakshmi P Gowda...
Hijab Ban Row: Karnataka High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Two Youth Accused Of Making Graffiti On Govt School Wall
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal case registered against two youth accused of writing “Hijab is our dignity” with black paint on the walls of a Government Girls High School, near CMC Hosapete, Vijayanagara. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna sitting at Dharwad allowed the petition filed by Muzammil (23) and Mohammad Jamaul (25), and quashed the proceedings...
Railway Claims Tribunal Cannot Punish Any Person For Non-Payment Of Award Passed By It: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that the Railway Claims Tribunal has no power to punish any person for disobeying its orders, granting compensation to claimants.A single judge bench of Justice R Nataraj allowed the petition filed by the Union of India and quashed a 2017 order passed by the Tribunal, issuing show cause notice to the General Manager, South Western Railway, as to why action...
After 30 Yrs In Jail, Karnataka HC Commutes Sentence Of 70-Yrs-Old Death Row Convict, Criticizes Unexplained Delay In Deciding Mercy Petition
The Karnataka High Court has set aside the death penalty imposed on a 70-year-old murder convict and commuted it to life imprisonment, after he spent 30 years behind bars and of which almost two decades he spent in solitary confinement. A division bench of Justice G Narendar and Justice C M Poonacha allowed the writ petition filed by Saibanna Ningappa Natikar on two grounds—in-ordinate delay...
