Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: January 13 To January 19, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 11 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 15

Nominal Index:

J DEEPA AND Superintendent of Police. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 11

Kudleepa AND Mahantesh & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 12

RAGINI DWIVEDI @ GINI @ RAGS AND State of Karnataka And Connected Matter. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 13

High Court Legal Service Authority AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 14

The Registrar (Evaluation) AND S V Renu & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 15

Prajwal Revanna AND State Of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 16

Judgments/Orders

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Of Jayalalithaa's Legal Heirs Seeking Return Of Her Properties Confiscated In DA Case

Case Title: J DEEPA AND Superintendent of Police

Case No: CRL.A 1973/2023

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 11

The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal challenging a trial court filed by the legal heirs of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, seeking to release her property/assets seized by the authorities in the disproportionate assets case registered against her in 2004, in their favour.

A single judge, Justice V Srishananda, dismissed the appeal filed by J Deepak and J Deepa.

The trial court had vide its order dated July 12, 2023 dismissed the application filed under section 452 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Respondent In Election Petition Cannot Be Made Petitioner Over Claims Of Collusion Between Election Petitioner & Successful Candidate: Karnataka HC

Case Title: Kudleepa AND Mahantesh & Others

Case No: WRIT PETITION NO.100030 OF 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 12

The Karnataka High Court has held that a respondent in an election petition cannot seek for transposition as a petitioner claiming that there is a collusion between the Election petitioner and the successful candidate or any other ground.

A single judge, Justice Suraj Govindaraj held thus while dismissing a petition filed by Kudleepa Chittaragi who had questioned the order of the trial court rejecting his application made under Order 1 Rule 10 of Code of Civil Procedure.

It said “The petitioner in the present case being a respondent and not having independently challenged the election of respondent No.2 could not have filed an application for transposition under Order 1 Rule 10 of CPC.”

Sandalwood Drug Case: Karnataka High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Kannada Actress Ragini Dwivedi, Co-Accused

Case Title: RAGINI DWIVEDI @ GINI @ RAGS AND State of Karnataka And Connected Matter

Case No: WRIT PETITION NO. 26835 OF 2024 (GM-RES) C/W CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 9497 OF 2024

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 13

The Karnataka High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against Kannada actor Ragini Dwivedi, who had been arrested by the police for allegedly consuming and supplying drugs at parties and events organized by her and others.

Justice Hemant Chandangoudar allowed the petition filed by Ragini (accused no. 2) and co-accused Prashant Ranka (accused no. 4). The petitioners were charged for offences punishable under Sections 21, 21(C), 22(C), 27A, 27-B, and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, read with Sections 120(B) (criminal conspiracy) and 201(Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) of IPC.

Benefit Of Equal Pay & Holidays Are Granted To Daily Wage Employees Working Part-Time At HC Circuit Benches: Karnataka Govt Tells High Court

Case Title: High Court Legal Service Authority AND State of Karnataka & ANR

Case No: WRIT PETITION NO. 52485 OF 2014

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 14

The Karnataka Government informed the High Court that the benefit of general holidays and Government holidays as notified by the Court in the calendar is granted to the part-time daily wage manual workers working in the Benches of High Court at Dharwad and Kalaburagi.

A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anajaria and Justice M I Arun were informed about this during a public interest litigation filed by the High Court Legal Service Committee in 2014.

Karnataka HC Asks Bangalore University To Consider Students' Grievance About Overlapping Of University Exams With Other Competitive Exams

Case Title: The Registrar (Evaluation) AND S V Renu & Others

Case No: WA 45/2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 15

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the Bangalore University to consider the grievance raised by students about the clashing of exams held by the University with examination of other competitive courses.

A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun said, “The grievance of students that University and other exams often clash, the University will consider the grievance in proper light.”

Can't Change Law Just Because It Is Prajwal Revanna: Karnataka HC Orally Says In His Plea For Production Of Electronic Evidence In Rape Case

Case Title: Prajwal Revanna AND State Of Karnataka

Case No: CRL.P 206/2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 16

"Just because it is Prajwal Revanna law cannot be changed", said the Karnataka High Court orally on Thursday (January 16) while hearing the former JD (S) leader's plea, who is booked in a rape and sexual assault case, for production of documents and Electronic Evidence collected by prosecution from his driver's phone.

The court said this after noting that he wanted the entire data from the device, adding that it can only allow inspection of images and not the data pertaining to the other women.

It thereafter allowed Revanna's request for inspection and disposed of the plea.