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Karnataka High Court directs Google and Indian Kanoon to mask the name of a woman acquitted in 2019, holding that a final acquittal obliges digital repositories to reflect judicial vindication.
The Karnataka High Court found the police confined the charge solely to attempt to murder, overlooking graphic allegations of attempted rape narrated under Section 164 of the Cr.P.C.
The Karnataka High Court dismissed Bosch Automotive's writ petition against a strike notice, holding that a trade union is not amenable to Article 226 but the Industrial Tribunal has limited jurisdiction during conciliation.
Justice S Vishwajith Shetty dismissed bail for Sidul Mandal, a Bangladesh national charged with facilitating fake identity documents for illegal immigrants, observing the conduct prima facie endangers national sovereignty.
Karnataka High Court quashes a Section 353 IPC charge sheet, holding that fleeing from police asking for vehicle documents cannot constitute criminal force against a public servant.
A Division Bench set aside a Single Judge order that had quashed seizure of a Rs. 1.97 crore SUV re-registered at a fraction of its value, evading over Rs. 78 lakh in road tax.
A Karnataka High Court Division Bench has dismissed writ appeals filed by NICE and KIADB, affirming that landowners may challenge decades-long failure to pass compensation awards even after acquisition legality attained finality in the Supreme Court.
The Karnataka High Court at Dharwad quashed a bank's rejection of an engineering student's educational loan, holding that a parent's adverse credit history cannot be an absolute disqualification.
The Karnataka High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging a trial court's direction to Whitefield Police to implement a temporary injunction, rejecting res judicata and imposing costs of Rs. 50,000.
The Karnataka High Court ordered part-payment of admitted drug supply dues to M/s Sujal Pharma, while directing a time-bound inquiry into a separate disputed COVID-era sanitiser purchase.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna drew a precise legal line between orders restraining coercive steps and those restraining precipitative action, holding that only arrest — not attachment — was interdicted.
The Karnataka High Court held that a dispute over CCTV cameras, WhatsApp notices, and maintenance dues in an apartment complex falls outside the jurisdiction of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disability.
The Karnataka High Court intervened after a Grama Panchayat directed a Mandya trust to remove buntings showing a person in advocate's attire, citing Bar Council of India advertising rules.
The Karnataka High Court at Dharwad refused to quash a charge sheet against a press reporter and a newspaper editor for publishing a news report that identified a child assault victim, rejecting the defence that publication was in the child's interest.
A Karnataka High Court Division Bench dismissed a husband's divorce appeal, holding that a spouse cannot exit a Hindu marriage merely by claiming loss of interest in matrimonial life.
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has directed the SIT to file its final report after receiving comprehensive metallurgical analysis from CSIR's National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur.
Karnataka High Court dismisses a father's revision against orders directing him to pay Rs 16 lakh towards his daughter's MD Dermatology fees, holding that a major unmarried daughter pursuing education retains a right to educational support under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna held that arresting Palecanda Ponnappa under non-cognizable BNS provisions and using Section 3(5) BNS as a remand hook was constitutionally impermissible.
Karnataka High Court quashed an FIR under Section 106(1) BNS after rejecting an initial Rs 2 lakh settlement as inadequate, directing a structured Post Office deposit for the bereaved mason's surviving children.
A Karnataka High Court Division Bench holds that the 1913 free land grant by the Maharaja of Mysuru amounts to substantial indirect financing, bringing the private members' club within the RTI Act's definition of Public Authority.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna held that school authorities who destroyed evidence, threatened the victim and withheld information from parents cannot escape prosecution under Section 21 of the POCSO Act.
A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court enlarged Fairoz Pasha on bail after over five-and-a-half years in custody, citing bail granted to similarly placed co-accused under the UAPA.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna quashed a Mangaluru South police FIR against Afeefa Fathima after she filed an affidavit undertaking to delete the posts and exercise restraint on social media.
Karnataka High Court directs the Executive Officer of Chamundeshwari Temple to permit the hereditary Sannidhi Paricharaka to perform pujas, ruling that vitiligo is no ground for exclusion under Article 14.
