Karnataka High Court
Karnataka High Court Dismisses Appeal Against 30% Cap On Trade Margin Of 42 Anti-Cancer Drugs
The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed challenging a single judge bench order dated November 30, 2022, which had upheld a 2019 order issued by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers imposing a cap of 30% on trade margin of 42 anti-Cancer Drugs. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice M G S Kamal dismissed the appeal filed...
Life Convicts Release Committee Must Meet Once In 2 Months: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to ask the Life Convicts Release Committee, headed by the Principal Secretary, State Home Department, to meet once in two months to review and pass orders on applications made for premature release/remission made by convicts serving life imprisonment.“I deem it appropriate to direct the State Government to henceforth direct the...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 20 To March 26, 2023
Nominal IndexM/s D C B Bank Limited And The Assistant Commissioner. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 111Dr Sanjeev Kumar Hiremath And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 112Dr Bhanu C Ramachandran And Union of India. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 113M/S AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED And UNION OF INDIA. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 114The Public Information Officer And The State Information Commissioner...
Karnataka High Court Asks State To Put In Place Proper Methodology For Timely Disposal Of e-Khata Applications, Seeks Compliance Report
The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that whenever a manual khata (property document) is issued, e-khata is to be issued immediately on an application being made, otherwise, the very purpose of implementing the system of e-khata would be lost.A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj directed the Principal Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department and the...
Karnataka High Court Directs Centre To Issue Indian Passport To 'Stateless' Minor Till He Turns Major, Says Can't Ignore 'Cry Of Such Child'
The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of a 15-year-old child by directing the Passport Officer, Bengaluru to issue him an Indian Passport. The court said the travel document will remain operational till he turns 18 years old, or else he would be rendered Stateless.Justice M Nagaprasanna said that merely because the minor's father is not traceable and the mother "has been reckless" in...
Karnataka High Court Permits Govt To Take A Decision On Panchamasali Lingayat Reservation
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday permitted the State government to decide on reservation for Panchamasali Lingayat sub-sect. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Ashok S Kinagi vacated the status quo order dated January 12, by which it had directed the state government to not act on the interim report of the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes...
Swiftly Rectify Discrepancies In Electoral Rolls Of Shivajinagar, Shanthi Nagar Assembly Constituencies: Karnataka High Court Directs ECI
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Election Commission of India to act swiftly and conclude the exercise of correcting the electoral rolls in Shivaji Nagar and Shanthi Nagar constituencies in Bengaluru, by identifying voters who have expired and those who have shifted to other areas, by March 26.Bharatiya Janata Party had approached the High court seeking consideration of...
Hindu Female Becomes 'Absolute Owner' Of Partitioned Property, Can't Devolve On Siblings But Would Be Subject To Succession: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a female Hindu becomes the absolute owner of the property on acquisition of property by way of a partition deed agreed upon in the family and the property cannot be termed as acquisition by inheritance and thus would not revert to the siblings on her death. A single judge bench of Justice C M Joshi sitting at Kalaburagi, allowed the appeal filed...
Karnataka High Court Permitted Superintendent of Central Tax To Pass Orders For Revoking Cancellation Of GST Registration On Filing Returns
The Karnataka High Court has permitted the Superintendent of Central Tax to pass suitable orders for revocation of the cancellation of the GST registration, if the petitioner/assessee files returns.The single bench of Justice B. M. Shyam Prasad has observed that the cancellation of GST registration was without due opportunity and was arbitrary.The petitioner submitted that the respondent...
Domestic Violence Victims Must Be Addressed With Immediacy: Karnataka High Court Issues Directions For Timely Disposal By Magistrate Courts
The Karnataka High Court has issued directions to be followed by magistrate courts for disposal of applications being made by an aggrieved person under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, within 60 days from the date of its filing.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna said “The law Courts which exist to remedy the wrong when it is brought to its notice has to...
Karnataka High Court Paves Way For De-Freezing Amnesty International's Bank Accounts, Says ED's 2018 Notice Was Valid Only For 60 Days
The Karnataka High Court recently quashed the communication issued by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in 2018 to banks, directing them to freeze accounts of NGO M/s Amnesty International (India) Private Limited, alleging violation of provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, (FEMA). A single judge bench of Justice K S Hemalekha said in view of Section 132 of the Income Tax Act,...
[RTI Act] Second Appeal By PIO Maintainable Even If He Did Not File First Appeal U/S 19(1): Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has set aside the order passed by the Karnataka State Information Commissioner dismissing the second appeal filed by Public Information Officer, on the ground that the petitioner being the PIO cannot maintain the second appeal under Section 19(3) of the Right to Information Act.A single judge bench of Justice K S Hemalekha partly allowed the petition filed by the...