Karnataka High Court Directs Police To Lodge Complaint Against Man Allegedly Duped Into Paying ₹1 Crore To Secure Job At ISRO

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the police to register a complaint against a person (complainant) who is claimed to have been duped to the tune of over Rs 1 crore by a woman (petitioner-accused) and others on the promise of securing him a job at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).A vacation bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj issued notice to the respondents on the...

Limitation Period For Issuing Notice To Drawer Excludes Day On Which Bank Informs Holder Of Cheque Dishonour: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that the day on which a bank intimates to the holder of cheque of its dishonour has to be excluded and the same cannot be taken into consideration while calculating the period of limitation for issuing notice for payment to the drawer under Negotiable Instruments Act. Section 138(b) is an important condition for the application of offence of...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of New Chief Justices In Five High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Judge of the MP High Court ( parent HC : Delhi High Court), as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.Justice Vibhu Bakhru, Delhi High Court Judge, has been recommended as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.Also, Justice Ashutosh Kumar of Patna High Court has been recommended as...

Mere Use Of Abusive Language Not By Itself Intentional Insult U/S 504 IPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently quashed a case registered by the police against an accused who while being apprehended for his involvement in another case allegedly abused the police in filthy language and tried to assault them and thereby obstructed them from discharging their duties.A single judge, Justice Mohammad Nawaz allowing the petition filed by Anumandala Rajesh Reddy quashed...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: May 19 - May 25, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 181 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 184Nominal Index: Shrishail Irappa Kempwad & ANR And State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 180Savinaya AND Mrs Sheela G Bhat & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 181Karnataka State Private Management Association of Health Institutions AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 182Addanada Karriappa...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Rioting, Unlawful Assembly Case Against 8 For Protesting Against Implementation Of CAA-NRC

The Karnataka High Court recently quashed prosecution initiated against eight persons who were accused of rioting and participating in an unlawful assembly in 2019 to protest against implementation of CAA-NRC.According to the prosecution all the accused conspired to protest against implementation of CAA-NRC and assembled at the spot forming an unlawful assembly, inspite of restrictions...

Karnataka High Court Stays FIR Against Arnab Goswami, BJP's Amit Malviya For Spreading 'False Claim' About Congress Party's Turkey Office

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (May 22) in an interim order stayed further investigation in an FIR registered against BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly spreading a false claim that Turkey's Istanbul Congress Centre is the international office of Congress party. A vacation judge, Justice S Rachaiah passed the interim order...

Karnataka High Court Stays Proceedings Against BJP MLA Harish Poonja For Allegedly Giving 'Hate Speech' At Temple Event

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (May 22) by way of an interim order, stayed all further proceedings against BJP MLA Harish Poonja, accused of allegedly making a hate speech earlier this month, during an event oragnised by a temple in Mangalore. A vacation bench of Justice S Rachaiah passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Poonja seeking to quash the FIR dated May 4,...

Karnataka High Court Acquits Newspaper's Editor In Defamation Case, Says Onus Was On Complainant To Show Before Whom His Image Was Lowered

The Karnataka High Court recently set aside the conviction order passed by the trial court against Addanada Kariappa, Editor of Kannada Weekly Newspaper Veeranadu, in a criminal defamation case.A single judge, Justice Rajesh Rai K by his order dated (April 8), acquitted the accused who was convicted by the trial court for offences punishable under Section 499, 500 of Indian Penal Code...

'Guiding Philosophy Behind Constitution Not Merely A Promise On Paper, But A Reality In People's Lives': Justice K Somasekhar

On Wednesday, Justice K Somasekhar bid farewell to the Karnataka High Court after the Central Government notified his appointment as Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court on May 20.In his farewell speech, the judge emphasised that the Constitution is not merely a legal document but a social contract and a moral compass. "The guiding philosophy behind its making was to ensure that...

Deputy Commissioner Has No Expertise To Inspect Nursing Institutes, Can Be Done Only By Specialised Agencies: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has set aside a November 5, 2024 communication issued by the Principal Secretary, Family and Welfare Department, directing Deputy Commissioners of all the districts in the State to carry out inspection of Nursing Institutions situated within their jurisdiction. Justice Suraj Govindaraj held thus while allowing the petition filed by Karnataka State Private...

Court Can't Interfere Over Potential Business Loss Due To Location Of Jan Aushadhi Kendras, Must Preserve Welfare: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently refused to interdict the final approval granted to a woman entrepreneur to operate a Kendra (centre) under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) at Kumbra Village in Puttur Taluk.Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed the petition filed by one Savinaya also a female entrepreneur who had approached the court questioning the final approval given...