Karnataka High Court
Wife Can't Seek Husband's IT Returns Under RTI Act For Maintenance Proceedings, Exempt Under 'Personal Information': Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a spouse cannot obtain the Income Tax Returns and financial records of the other spouse through an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, as such information constitutes 'personal information' under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act, exempt from disclosure."…The details disclosed by a person in his income tax returns are...
Karnataka HC Issues 'Gender Neutral' Guidelines To Obtain Spouse's Financial Records In Maintenance Cases, Says RTI Act Cannot Be Utilised
The Karnataka High Court has recently issued uniform guidelines to be followed in 'maintenance' cases to apply for the financial records of their spouse, instead of resorting to the RTI Act.Earlier, the single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj held in the same order that a spouse cannot obtain the Income Tax Returns and financial records of the other spouse through an application under...
Not Every 'Contentious Probate Proceeding' Results In Decree; 'Substance Over Form' Determines Appeal: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has recently held that an appeal under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure would lie only when the probate court ventures to examine beyond the testamentary rights and determines proprietary civil rights of the parties involved.“…where the probate court travels beyond the statutory limits of testamentary jurisdiction and undertakes a comprehensive...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Child Marriage Case Against Groom, Families; Warns Temples, Priests And Marriage Halls Of Liability
The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a Child Marriage case against the groom as well as the families of the groom and the minor girl, by underscoring that ignorance of law or factum of a cordial marital relationship would not legalise the wrong already committed.“Parents who ought to bless their daughters with encouragement, education and empowerment, instead bless them with...
Live-In Relationship With Another Woman Not Bigamy: Karnataka High Court Quashes Wife's Case Against Septuagenarian Husband
The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed criminal proceedings against a 73-year-old husband, his alleged second wife, and his own children, holding that mere living in an 'illegal relationship' does not constitute marriage for the purpose of Section 494 IPC (marrying again during the lifetime of spouse).According to the complainant-wife, her husband, one of the accused in the...
Entire Funds In Account Can't Be Presumed 'Proceeds Of Crime': Karnataka High Court In WinZO Case
Allowing the WinZO group to make the payments to its employees from the company account frozen after money laundering allegations, the Karnataka High Court has held that the entire amount in the accounts of WinZO and its subsidiaries cannot be deemed as 'proceeds of crime'.“…Apex Court has clearly held that the proceeds of crime have to be linked to a predicate offence and it is only...
Karnataka High Court Flags Gaps In Tracing 'Missing' Persons, Orders Implementation Of SOP & District-Level Missing Persons Units
The Karnataka High Court has called for the State's records to verify the implementation of a Standard Operating Procedure devised earlier this year to deal with the larger systemic issues in tracing the missing persons. The single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindraj addressed the bigger picture of untraceable disappearances while hearing the specific grievance about a missing person's...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 09 - March 15, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 100 - 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 106Nominal CitationMohammed Mujashsim v. State of Karnataka, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 100Emeka James Iwoba @ Austin Noso Iwoba & Anr v. State of Karnataka, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 101X v. State & Anr, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 102M/S. ND Developers Private Ltd & Ors. v. Ritesh Raushan, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 103Binoj P J v. State of Karnataka,...
S.51 BNSS | How Can Blood Samples Be Taken Without Arrest?: Karnataka High Court Questions State In 'Ellavoma' Drug Bust Case
Last week, the Karnataka High Court raised eyebrows over an alleged discrepancy in the manner in which biological samples were taken from an accused in the 'Ellavoma' Farm Raid back in May 2025.The single-judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna was hearing a quashing petition filed by one of the accused, a woman from Bengaluru, in the case pending before Special Court for NDPS Cases. The...
"Digital Gold Platform Cannot Escape Law Merely By 'Cosmetic Garb' Of Transactions": Karnataka HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against JAR App
The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered against the online gold platform Jar Gold and its directors for offences under Sections 21(1) and 21(2) of the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019 (BUDS Act).The single-judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna, while dismissing the application filed by Jar Gold Retail Private Limited and its Director Nishchay...
'Virtually Threatening Court': Karnataka High Court Raps Advocate For "Dictating Order" In Review Petition, Imposes ₹25K Cost
Emphatically censuring a lawyer's attempt to 'browbeat' and 'threaten' the court to pass favourable orders on the guise of a review petition, the Karnataka High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 25000/- before dismissing the said petition as 'vexatious' and 'frivolous'.The single-judge bench of Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar made scathing remarks about the counsel for the petitioners, B.M. Arun,...