Karnataka High Court

Scroll Down To Discover

Sort by:

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Writ Petition under Articles 226 and 227 seeking to quash CBI FIR for disproportionate assets under Prevention of Corruption Act; the court examined the scope of Section 13 and the effect of investigation delay. Final outcome not available in the provided excerpt....

The writ petition was filed by a sitting MLA and former Minister of Karnataka, who challenged the FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under Section 13(1)(e) read with Section 1...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR in Cheating Case Due to Civil Nature of Dispute. Complaint under Sections 406, 408, 409, 465, 471, 420 IPC Quashed as Transaction was Purely Civil....

The petitioner, M/s. Archera Consultancy, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking quashing of proceedings in PCR No.425/2022 pending before the Additional...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Hears Appeal Against Conviction and Reference for Confirmation of Death Sentence in Kidnap, Rape and Murder of Minor Girl. Court Considers Whether Evidence Justified Conviction Under IPC and POCSO Act and If Death Sentence Should Be Confirmed Under Section 366 CrPC....

The High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, considered a criminal appeal and a death sentence reference arising from the conviction of Manjunathgouda Patil alias Shashi by the trial court. The case or...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Karnataka High Court Considers Petitions to Quash Dowry Harassment Charge Sheet and Strike Down Government Notification Conferring CCB Police Powers. Petitioners Challenge Investigation Transfer and Jurisdictional Validity Under Criminal Procedure Code and Karnataka Police Act....

Background: The case involved matrimonial disputes between a husband, Ditul Mehta (accused No.1), and his wife, Esha Raj (de facto complainant). The complainant alleged cruelty and dowry harassment by...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Allows Partition Appeal in Family Property Dispute — Plaintiff Son Entitled to 1/5th Share in Joint Family Properties. Court holds that properties acquired by father from ancestral nucleus and joint family income are joint family properties, not self-acquired, and that the plaintiff is entitled to partition....

The plaintiff, Sri Niroop D J, filed a suit for partition and separate possession of suit properties against his father, mother, and two sisters. The trial court dismissed the suit, holding that the p...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal in Execution Proceedings — Third Party Claimants Can File Application Under Order 21 Rule 97 CPC Despite Not Being Parties to Original Suit. Order 21 Rule 97 CPC Provides Remedy to Any Person, Including Strangers to Decree, Who Is Obstructed in Possession of Property in Execution....

The appeal arises from an execution proceeding in E.P. No. 161/2016 on the file of the I Additional Senior Civil Judge, Ballari. The respondent, K. Ramappa, had filed O.S. No. 45/2012 seeking declarat...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Adjudicates Multiple Writ Appeals on Recruitment and Reservation in Primary and Secondary Education Department. Dispute Arises from Selection Process for Backward Classes Welfare Department Posts and Alleged Irregularities in Admissions/Centralised Admission Cell Procedures....

A Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka heard a batch of writ appeals filed by 43 appellants against the State of Karnataka, its education department officials, and 41 private respondents. The...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Upholds Reinstatement of Employee in Dental College Termination Dispute — Termination Voided for Non-Compliance with Section 8 of Karnataka Private Educational Establishments (Discipline and Control) Act, 1975. Employer's failure to obtain prior approval from competent authority before terminating employee renders termination notice invalid....

The case involves a writ appeal filed by Rajarajeshwari Dental College and Hospital against an order of a learned Single Judge of the Karnataka High Court. The respondent, Dr. Sanjay Murgod, was an em...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Quashes Repatriation Order of Director of Medical Institute — Violation of Natural Justice and Statutory Rules. Repatriation of Director to Professor Post Set Aside as Order Was Passed Without Notice or Hearing, Contrary to Karnataka Medical Education Service Rules and Principles of Audi Alteram Partem....

The petitioner, Dr. Uday Mulgund, was initially appointed as a Lecturer at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Hubballi on 25.02.1999. Over time, he was promoted to Assistant Professor (20...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Quashes Land Acquisition Notification for Lack of Public Purpose. Acquisition of Petitioners' Land for Archaeological Museum Set Aside as Notification Did Not Specify Public Purpose Under Section 4(1) of Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The petitioners, Nidasheshi Veeranna and Gali Prakash, along with Gali Shivabasappa in the connected petition, owned agricultural lands in Sy.No.4/1 at Krishnapur Village, Hospet Taluk, Bellary Distri...