Sworn Affidavit Compulsory Along With Private Complaint: Karnataka High Court Reiterates

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that a person filing a private complaint before the Magistrate court has to file a sworn affidavit in support of the complaint.A Single judge, Justice Mohammad Nawaz, held thus while allowing a petition filed by Parvati Sharanappa and another person and quashed the FIR and private complaint initiated by Rayappa Jangali against them on charges of cheating. In the complaint it was alleged that two cheques which were issued by the complainant towards...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 11 - November 17, 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 464 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 471Nominal Index:B C Hanumantharaju AND Kavyashree & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 464Khaja Hussain AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 465Nagaraj G K AND THE HON'BLE ADDL. LABOUR COMMISSIONER & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 466Nagaraj G K AND THE HON'BLE ADDL. LABOUR COMMISSIONER & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 466UNION BANK OF INDIA AND State of Karnataka. Citation no: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 467Master Shamant P & Others AND Union...

Blindness Doesn't Come In Way Of Discharging Duties Of Teacher: Karnataka HC Upholds Order To Consider 100% Visually Challenged Candidate

Quoting examples of visually impaired persons who have achieved great things in life such as Homer, Helen Keller and Louise Braille among others, the Karnataka High Court has observed that blindness would not come in the way of discharging duties of a teacher.A division bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice C M Joshi held thus while upholding an order passed by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal favouring the application made by Latha H N, a member of Scheduled caste and who is...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Rape Charges Against Live-In Partner After 22-Year-Long Relationship

The Karnataka High Court has quashed rape charges against a man in a live-in relationship, by his partner of 22 years.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Satish and quashed the case registered against him for sections 323,376,417,420,504,506 of the Indian Penal Code.A detailed order is yet to be made available. While granting interim relief and staying all further proceedings qua the petitioner earlier the court had observed, “This case forms a classic...

Waqf Board Can't Recall Administrator's Order Declaring Property As 'Private' Through Committee, Must Approach Court/ Tribunal: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court recently has set aside an order passed by the Karnataka State Waqf Board, constituting a Law Committee to review and recall an order passed in the year 1976, by then Administrator of the Board which held that a portion of a property situated in Kumbarpete area of Bengaluru was private property and not Waqf Property.A single judge bench of Justice M G S Kamal allowed...

928 BMTC Buses Have Audio Announcement System To Aid Visually Impaired Persons: Karnataka High Court Told

Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) informed the Karnataka High Court on Friday (November 15) that an audio announcement system has been installed in 928 buses for the aid of physically challenged and visually impaired persons, to know the stops or the destinations.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind accepted the statement made by the counsel...

Foreign Law Degree Holder With Bridge Course Not Required To Clear Other Qualifying Exams Except AIBE: Karnataka HC Cites BCI Notification

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Bar Council to enrol a law degree holder from foreign university who has completed 2 years of Bridge Course, on its rolls on the basis of the results of the Bridge Course without insisting for any other qualifying examinations other than AIBE.A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj allowed petition filed by Karan Dhananjaya and said “I...

Karnataka High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya For Allegedly Spreading 'Fake News' About A Farmer's Suicide

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (November 14) by way of interim relief stayed investigation in the case registered against BJP Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya, accused of spreading 'fake news' regarding the suicide of a farmer in Haveri district. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the interim order on the petition filed by Surya seeking to quash the FIR. The court...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To 99 Convicts In Marakumbi Atrocity Case, Admits Their Appeal Against Conviction

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday granted bail to 99 convicts in a decade old case of atrocity against members of the Scheduled Caste community at Marakumbi village.A division bench of Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar and Justice T G Shivashankare Gowda sitting at Dharwad also admitted their appeals challenging the conviction. It also suspended the sentence imposed upon them. The court...

Priority In Admission To Kendriya Vidyalaya Not A Vested Right: Karnataka HC Declines Plea By Students Seeking 'Grandparents Sponsoring Quota'

The Karnataka High Court has said that priority in admission to school cannot be construed to be a vested right and priority provided in the previous academic year cannot be enforced as a legal right for continuation of such quota.A Division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind held thus while dismissing an appeal filed by grandchildren of serving/retired employees of...

Karnataka High Court To Hear CM Siddaramaiah's Appeal Against 'Sanction' Order In MUDA "Scam" Case On November 23

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (November 14) said it would hear next Saturday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's appeal challenging a single judge bench's order which had upheld the Governor's decision granting approval/ sanction for investigation against him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V...

On ICAI's Plea, Karnataka HC Restrains Company From Certifying Individuals As "Fit To Practise" Income Tax, GST, Custom Brokerage, Etc

The Karnataka High Court has by way of an interim order restrained a private company from offering courses under the name and title of 'Post Graduate Diploma in Taxation Professional Skill Qualification.'A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj passed the order while hearing a petition filed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The court restrained M/s Institute...