News Update Karnataka High Court gives direction to the state government to ensure attendance in schools 6 Feb 2021 The Karnataka High Court gave directions to the state government to ensure attendance of students in school. They observed that the country will not progress without education, so there should…
News Update Bail granted to Kannada actor Ragini Dwivedi in Sandalwood drugs case by the Supreme Court 22 Jan 2021 The Supreme Court granted bail to Kannada actor Ragini Dwivedi, who was arrested nearly four months ago in a drug case for alleged consumption and distribution of drugs at events…
News Update Centre’s response has been sought on a plea challenging validity of a section of Contempt of Courts Act,1971 13 Jan 2021 The Karnataka HC Yesterday, sought the reaction of the Centre in a petition which is challenging the validity of Section 2(c)(i) of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. A bench headed…
News Update Karnataka High Court relied on Supreme Court verdict to grant bail in a drug case 4 Jan 2021 The Karnataka High Court granted bail to an accused in a drug case where ketamine was seized in the house last year. The accused(Shivaraj) has been in judicial custody since…
News Update Karnataka High court orders police officer to clean road for failing in registering the FIR. 24 Dec 202024 Dec 2020 In Tarabai v. State of Karnataka, the High Court of Karnataka orders the house officer of the police station to clean roads near the station for a week as a…
News Update HC on denial of promotion due to attendance shortage in NLSIU 23 Dec 2020 NLSIU refused to promote a student owing to shortage of attendance in Fourth Year. Justice Krishna Dixit stared:"As already mentioned above, in several cases the University had granted condonation of…
News Update We can’t prevent the Legislature from considering a Bill: Karnataka High Court refuses to stay Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2020 23 Dec 2020 On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court denied the Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2020 [Amendment Bill] to stay. An interlocutory application was heard by the Court seeking to prohibit the…
News Update Karnataka High Court Initiates Suo-Motu Petition to Ensure Elections Are Held to Municipal Bodies 14 Dec 2020 A division bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty on Monday directed the registry to initiate a suo-motu writ petition to…
News Update IA filed for horizontal reservation instead of inclusion under OBC category for transgenders persons in Karnataka HC 10 Nov 2020 An Interim Application (IA) was filed by a public charitable Trust working for the welfare of transgender persons named Jeeva in the case (Sangama v. State of Karnataka) against non-inclusion…
News Update Karnataka HC seeks response from State Government as to the location of existing JJBs across districts 5 Nov 2020 A case was filed concerning the filming of child pornography in child care centres. The petitioner referred to a 2019 judgement regarding the issue of child-friendly courts. A division bench…