Courts Can't Grant Temporary Injunction Against Entity Not Made Party To Suit: Karnataka High Court Relief To News Channel Btv Kannada

The Karnataka High Court has said that orders of temporary injunctions can be granted only against those who are made defendants in the suit and restraining orders against third parties who are not made parties to the suit cannot be granted.Justice M Nagaprasanna held thus while allowing a petition filed by journalist Rachappa Sathish Kumar and M/s Btv Kannada Private Limited who had challenged an ex-parte temporary injunction order passed by the City Civil and Sessions Court whereby it directed...

Caretaker Of Property Obliged To Handover Possession To Owners On Demand, Cannot Seek Injunction Against Them: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that a caretaker of the property continues in possession of the property only on behalf of the owners and cannot be held to have acquired any interest in the property and is under an obligation to handover possession to the defendants on demand.Justice C M Poonacha held thus while dismissing an appeal filed by one Sriramulu who had challenged the order of the trial court rejecting his application seeking a temporary injunction against the defendants from...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 23 - June 29, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 211 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 220Nominal Index: Abdul Sattar AND M Khalid & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 211Arumugam AND Ananda. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 212Basvaraj AND K M Altaf Hussain & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 213M/s Sona Synthetics & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 214Prabhakaran K AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw...

Salvation Of Country Lies In Identifying People As Human Beings & Indians, Communal Identities Play Secondary Role: Karnataka High Court

In lauding the communal harmony exhibited by people in the border area of Hyderabad and Karnataka, the Karnataka High Court has observed, “The salvation of the country lies in identifying human beings as a human being and as an Indian with the other identities playing a secondary role.”Justice M I Arun pointed out that Yadgiri District, which is a part of Hyderabad Karnataka area,...

Karnataka High Court Directs State To Frame Policy On Eligibility To Claim Remission For Good Behaviour, Participating In Prison Activities

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to frame necessary guidelines in order to bring clarity regarding eligibility for remission when claimed on the ground of good behaviour, discipline and participation in institutional activities, under Section 166 (1) (e) of the Prison Manual. Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav said “In order to ensue consideration of remission under...

He Can't 'Directly Approach' Karnataka High Court: State Opposes Prajwal Revanna's Second Bail Plea In Alleged Rape Case

The State government on Friday (June 27) opposed before the Karnataka High Court, a successive bail petition filed by former MP Prajwal Revanna, accused in a rape case, arguing that he cannot directly approach the high court seeking bail without first approaching the trial court.Special Public Prosecutor Professor Ravivarma Kumar appearing for the State submitted before Justice S R...

Karnataka High Court Orders FIR Against Two Doctors Including One From Fortis For Allegedly Operating Man Without Consent

The Karnataka High Court has ordered registration of medical negligence FIR against two doctors attached to private hospitals, including Fortis, for allegedly operating on a man without proper consent.One Vikas Dev alleged that the first accused doctor at Bengaluru based GM Hospital obtained his consent for inserting a catheter on the right side of his father's body but, the procedure was done...

Karnataka High Court Seeks State's Response On Plea To Stop Cauvery Aarti Near KRS Dam

The Karnataka High Court on Friday issued notice to the State government and other respondents on a petition questioning their decision to hold Cauvery Aarti near the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) reservoir, citing environmental concerns.After hearing the counsel of Petitioner Sunanda Jayaram for some time, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice C M Joshi ordered,...

Karnataka High Court Quashes FIRs Against Ex-CM Basavaraj Bommai For Comment On Waqf Properties

The Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed two criminal cases registered against former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai accusing him of making objectionable statements during a protest rally held to condemn the actions of Waqf Board and State Government in allegedly grabbing the properties of farmers and temples.Justice S R Krishna Kumar allowed the petition filed by Bommai and quashed...

Karnataka High Court Grants Relief To BJP Leader Ananth Kumar Hegde Booked For Assault In Alleged Road Rage Case

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (June 26) in an interim order directed the police not to take any coercive action against former BJP MP Ananth Kumar Hegde, who has been booked by the police in an alleged case of road rage. Justice S R Krishna Kumar passed the interim order on a petition filed by Hegde seeking to quash the FIR registered against him under sections 126(2), 117(2), 74,...

Karnataka High Court Stays Health Department's Order Terminating 195 Asha Mentors

Karnataka High Court has stayed the operation of an order issued by the State Government on June 12, terminating the services of 195 ASHA Mentors.Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur issued notice on the petition filed by several affected ASHA workers and said, “There shall be stay of the operation of the impugned order dated 12.06.2025 issued by respondent No.3 vide Annexure-A till next date...

S.12A | Commercial Court Need Not Order Mediation If Civil Court Had Referred Parties To Mediation Before Returning Suit: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that Commercial Court need not refer parties to pre-institution mediation under Section 12A Commercial Courts Act, where suit was earlier presented before the competent civil Court which had initiated efforts for mediation but subsequently the plaint was returned on grounds of lack of civil court's jurisdiction.For context, Section 12A...