Karnataka High Court
Karnataka High Court Stays Resolution By State Public Service Commission Calling For Chairman's Resignation
The Karnataka High Court on Friday [July 10] stayed the operation of a resolution passed by members of the State Public Service Commission (KPSC) calling upon its Chairman Sri Shiva Shankarappa S Sahukar to resign from his post.The single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj, hearing the writ petition filed by the Chairman, restrained the respondents from taking any further action pursuant...
Wildlife Board Expert Panel Recommends Against Proposed Sharavathi Hydropower Project Inside Sanctuary: Centre Informs Karnataka High Court
The Central government told the Karnataka High Court on Friday [July 10] that a 3-member expert committee constituted by National Wildlife Board & Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, has recommended against implementation of the proposed Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project (PSP) inside the Sharavathi Wildlife Sanctuary. For context, in March, the High Court had...
Karnataka High Court Upholds Law Transferring First Appeals Against Senior Civil Judges' Decrees To District Courts
The Karnataka High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Karnataka Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2023 and the Karnataka High Court (Amendment) Act, 2023 that transferred jurisdiction over regular first appeals arising from decrees passed by Senior Civil Judges' courts from the High Court to District Courts. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 238]The Division Bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru...
Karnataka High Court Stays Demolition Of KR Market Shops But Bars Business Over 'Forged Licences'; Says Right To Footpaths Must Be Protected
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (July 9) deferred the demolition of shops in Bengaluru's KR Market area until the next hearing, but restrained the petitioners from carrying on any business in the premises amid allegations that their licences were forged.A single judge bench of Justice BM Shyam Prasad was hearing urgent petitions filed by shop owners in the KR Market area seeking...
'Unwanted Nuisance': Karnataka High Court Slaps ₹1 Lakh Costs On BDA For Selling Same Site Twice, Directs Recovery From Erring Officer
The Karnataka High Court has pulled up the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) for creating an "unwanted nuisance" and exposing citizens to "unwanted litigation" after it mistakenly allotted and sold the same site to two different parties. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 237]The Court directed the BDA to pay ₹1 lakh to the original allottees and recover the amount from the salary of the...
'Glaring Acts': Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Case Against Education App Co-Founder For 'Defrauding' Public Of ₹200 Crore
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday[July 9] refused to quash cheating case against one of the founders of online education platform 'V-Care Online Learning App' booked over allegations of defrauding public of Rs. 200 crore over assurance of providing online education, noting that the chargesheet revealed 'glaring acts of cheating'. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 242]A single-judge bench of...
Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Over Allegedly Anti-National Social Media Post After Woman Undertakes Not To Make Similar Posts
The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed an FIR registered against a 24-year-old woman hailing from Mangaluru for her allegedly anti-national and anti-Hindu social media posts, accepting her affidavit of regret and an undertaking to exercise caution in the future.[ 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 241]A single-judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Afeefa Fathima, a...
2020 Bengaluru Riots: Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Fairoz Pasha After 5 Years In Jail, Cites Parity With Co-Accused
The Karnataka High Court has recently granted bail to 2020 Bengaluru Riots accused Fairoz Pasha by reasoning that he had undergone incarceration for over 5 years and that his co-accused have already been granted the relief sought for. [ 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 240]The Division Bench of Justices Mohammad Nawaz and G.Basavaraja held in the appeal preferred by Pasha that, on the ground of parity,...
Playing In Unsanctioned Domestic Hockey Tournaments Doesn't Attract Automatic Disqualification From State Leagues: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has on Wednesday [July 8] held that participation in unsanctioned domestic hockey tournaments does not lead to automatic ineligibility for other sanctioned state-level leagues.[2026 Liveaw (Kar) 239]In doing so the Court directed Hockey Karnataka to allow seven players, who have played in international and state levels, to participate in the 10th Hockey Karnataka...
Karnataka SIR: High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against SEC's 'Parallel' Electoral Roll Revision In Greater Bengaluru Wards
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday [July 8] issued notice to the State Election Commission (SEC) on a writ petition challenging its decision to conduct a "parallel" Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls for specific wards in the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) area, while the ECI's (Election Commission of India) nationwide SIR Phase III is already underway in the...
'Police Can't Be Doctoring': Karnataka High Court Slams State Over Notices To Women Hospital Staff In Unnatural Death Case, Stays Probe
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday [ July 7] strongly reprimand the police for allegedly overstepping their authority while investigation into the death of a patient at Cloudnine Hospital, and stayed all proceedings against the hospital and its staff.The single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna, while hearing a petition filed by Dr. Vinuta B. and M/s. Kids Clinic India Limited...