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Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 11 To July 17, 2022
Mustafa Plumber
17 July 2022 5:10 PM IST
Nominal Index: T.SADANANDA PAI v. SUJATHA S PAI. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 255 SYED SHABAJ v. SMT. PREMA & ANR. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 256 SHIVASWAMY & Others v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & ANR. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 257 Philips India Limited v. State of Karnataka & Others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 258 Shivu @ Shiv Kumar v. State of Karnataka & ANR. 2022 LiveLaw...
Nominal Index:
T.SADANANDA PAI v. SUJATHA S PAI. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 255
SYED SHABAJ v. SMT. PREMA & ANR. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 256
SHIVASWAMY & Others v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & ANR. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 257
Philips India Limited v. State of Karnataka & Others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 258
Shivu @ Shiv Kumar v. State of Karnataka & ANR. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 259
MISS. PRIYANKA PRADEEP GAVADE v. THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 260
NIRANJAN HEGDE v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 261
THE MANAGEMENT OF M/S GRASIM INDUSTRIES LTD v. THE GENERAL SECRETARY HARIHAR POLYFIBERS, EMPLOYEES UNION & Others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 262
KARAN MENON v. STATE OF KARNATAKA. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 263
P.N.CHANDRASHEKAR v. STATE OF KARNATAKA. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 264
Dhananjay v. Jumma Masjid Malalipete. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 265
Judgments/Orders/Reports
Case Title: T.SADANANDA PAI v. SUJATHA S PAI
Case No: M.F.A. NO.1797 OF 2021
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 255
The Karnataka High Court has held that an able bodied man having the capacity to earn cannot seek for permanent alimony on divorce from his wife.
2. 'Sexual Acts Committed With Minor After Marriage': Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To POCSO Accused
Case Title: SYED SHABAJ v. SMT. PREMA & ANR
Case No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3422/2022
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 256
The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to an accused arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and Child Marriage Act while noting that the accused had subjected the minor girl to sexual act "after" they had got married, following elopement.
Case Title: SHIVASWAMY & Others v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & ANR
Case No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.2776 OF 2022
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 257
The Karnataka High Court has held that a complaint of criminal trespass cannot be made if the property on which the accused is alleged to have trespassed is not in the possession of the complainant.
Case Title: Philips India Limited v. State of Karnataka & Others
Case No: W.A. NO. 557 OF 2022
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 258
The Karnataka High Court has held that there has to be reliable evidence to indicate that the authority adjudicating objections is biased and the decision cannot be questioned merely because the officer is a limb of the Government.
Case Title: Shivu @ Shiv Kumar v. State of Karnataka & ANR
Case No: Criminal Petition No 3596/2018
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 259
The Karnataka High Court has observed that false promise of marriage must be of immediate relevance or bear a direct nexus to the woman's decision to engage in the sexual act, to attract an offence of rape.
Case Title: MISS. PRIYANKA PRADEEP GAVADE v. THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER
Case NO: MFA NO. 25028 OF 2010
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 260
The Karnataka High Court has said if the medical evidence indicates that a minor child cannot straighten one of the lower limbs and one of the upper limbs has lost its power for use, it is as good as the human body becoming useless, so far as the person's ability to work and earn livelihood is concerned. Thus, the minor claimant has become functionally 100% disabled even when the medical expert has stated she has suffered 50 percent disability.
Case title: NIRANJAN HEGDE v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA
Case No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.5657 OF 2022
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 261
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a husband seeking to quash a case of dowry death registered against him under Sections 304B and 498A of IPC, after his wife, living separately since over two years, committed suicide in her parental house.
8. Karnataka High Court Dismisses Grasim's Plea Against Increase In Employees' Retirement Age To 60 Yrs
Case Title: THE MANAGEMENT OF M/S GRASIM INDUSTRIES LTD v. THE GENERAL SECRETARY HARIHAR POLYFIBERS, EMPLOYEES UNION & Others
Case NO: WRIT APPEAL NO. 100250 OF 2021
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 262
The Karnataka High Court at Dharwad has dismissed an intra-court appeal filed by the Management of M/S Grasim Industries, challenging a single judge bench order which upheld the modification of Certified Standing Order passed by the Labour Commissioner, that enhanced the retirement age of employees in private sector from 58 to 60 years.
Case Title: KARAN MENON v. STATE OF KARNATAKA
Case No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.9334 OF 2018
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 263
The Karnataka High Court has said that Section 468(2)(c) of CrPC specifies that no court shall take cognizance of the offences punishable with imprisonment for a period of three years after the expiry of three years from the date of alleged incident.
Case Title: P.N.CHANDRASHEKAR v. STATE OF KARNATAKA
Case No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.7589/2019
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 264
The Karnataka High Court has said that registration of a First Information Report (FIR) invoking cognizable offences after conducting the raid on a dance bar is not permissible in law.
Case Title: Dhananjay v. Jumma Masjid Malalipete
Case No: WP 11528/2022
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 265
The Karnataka High Court on Friday rejected a petition filed questioning the decision of the Additional City Civil court in Mangalore to first decide on the aspect of maintainability of the suit for permanent injunction, seeking to restrain the Malali Jumma Masjid authorities from dismantling the old tiled-structure of masjid said to be resembling a temple, before deciding on the application for appointment of a court commissioner to survey the masjid.
Other reports
A district consumer forum in an ex-parte order issued on May 10, directed Think & Learn Pvt. Ltd, which provides Byjus's learning app, to refund fees of a student who alleged that the ed-tech company did not provide him with a proper learning app and offered a tab which was cheaper in value than the one initially promised.
Case Title: MAHESH P S v. STATE OF KARNATAKA
Case No: CRL.P 4909/2022
Justice H P Sandesh of the Karnataka High Court, who made a sensational revelation last week that he had received an indirect threat of transfer for passing orders against the head of Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB) Seemanth Kumar Singh ADGP, recorded the threat in a written order on Monday.
Case Title: GOOGLE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED & others Versus COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA & others
Case No: WP 9399/2022
The Karnataka High Court on Friday rejected the application filed by Alliance of Digital India Foundation challenging the maintainability of Google India's plea to restrain the Competition Commission of India (CCI) from divulging the company's confidential information to the complainant (Alliance).
Case Title: Ramesh Naik.L v. State of Karnataka
FR NO: 13570/2022
A Karnataka based Advocate has moved the High Court seeking a direction to the state government to provide adequate security (Y, Y+, Z, Z+, whatever is suitable) to Justice H.P. Sandesh, who recently made sensational revelations regarding "transfer threats" for slamming investigations carried out by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in a case allegedly involving Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru (Urban).
Case Title: DIPALI SIKAND And AGADEESH LAXMAN SINGH ALIAS JUGIE SINGH & others
Case No: O.S 4427/2022
The Additional City Civil And Session Court in Bengaluru on Tuesday passed a "John Doe" order directing social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram and Whatsapp to take down a widely circulated photograph which was used to make false and defamatory claims against Justice Surya Kant and Justice Pardiwala of the Supreme Court, following their remarks against former BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma.