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Justice Suraj Govindaraj affirmed BSNL's civil liability for negligently issuing a duplicate SIM card that enabled Rs 87.7 lakh in fraudulent RTGS/NEFT transfers from a Shivamogga co-operative bank's account.
A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court has quashed acquisition of farmland near Bengaluru initiated under the KIAD Act for a profitable private industry association, finding no award passed in 14 years and no genuine public purpose.
A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court has quashed land acquisition proceedings initiated under the KIAD Act to expand a private exhibition centre, holding the exercise a fraud on statute and constitutionally void.
The Karnataka High Court quashed proceedings under Section 108 BNS, finding no suicide had occurred, and ordered a departmental enquiry against the investigating officer who filed the charge sheet.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna quashed Crime No. 94/2024 against an advocate arrayed as accused for representing a litigant and seeking school records under the RTI Act, finding no ingredient of forgery or atrocity offences.
Justice R. Nataraj held that where a case turns on a telephone conversation, custodial interrogation is unnecessary and anticipatory bail cannot be refused on seriousness alone.
Justice R. Nataraj of the Karnataka High Court rejected anticipatory bail for a 52-year-old theatre owner facing charges of stalking, sexual harassment, and caste-based abuse of a minor girl.
Justice V Srishananda held that even if grounds of arrest were improperly furnished, an accused facing commercial-quantity NDPS charges cannot secure bail without satisfying the twin conditions under Section 37.
