Source: deccanherald.com The Supreme Court has declined to consider a plea against the Karnataka High Court’s judgement that had quashed the Special Deputy Commissioner’s order confirming allotment of free sites to the homeless persons in Bengaluru on the basis of ‘hakku pathras’ issued in 1979. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari,
Source: scroll.in The Karnataka High Court allowed a rape survivor to terminate her 21-week-old foetus, Live Law reported on Tuesday. The court directed the Vani Vilas hospital in Bengaluru to carry out the termination of pregnancy. It also asked the investigating officer in the case to preserve the foetus and carry out DNA test. “District medical board
Source: newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: Taking note of the prevailing drought situation in 65 taluks in the state, the Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government to open at least one cattle camp in each taluk suffering from drought. It said that the camps could be set up either by the state itself or with
Source: thehindu.com The Karnataka police on Wednesday took into custody Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao from the Yerawada Central Jail, Pune, in connection with the 2005 naxal attack in Pavagada taluk of Tumkuru district. Mr. Rao has been in Pune jail since his arrest in the Elgar Parishad case in 2018. He will be
Source: deccanchronicle.com BENGALURU: The edifice of law has broken and it is police raj in the state, the Karnataka High Court orally observed while hearing a case on Wednesday. The court took state police to task for the manner in which it has been functioning and added that it sends chills down the spines of
Source: taxscan.in In a big relief IT giant Infosys, the Karnataka High Court has quashed Income Tax Notices against Infosys Limited. The Petitioner has challenged the proceedings initiated by the respondent under Section 147 r/w section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 relating to the assessment years 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07. The Petitioner contended
Source: thehindu.com In a relief to software giant Infosys Ltd., the Karnataka High Court has held that there is “not an iota of material available in the reasons recorded by the assessing officer to believe escapement of tax” on any agreement in which the company had received revenue from foreign companies for deputing technical staff
Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Troubles seems to be aggravating for Superstar Rajinikanth’s wife Latha Rajinikanth as the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that she will have to face a trial for not complying with an undertaking to pay Rs 6.2 crore that she owed to a movie distribution company for the post-production work of Tamil
Source – livelaw.in The Supreme Court collegium of five senior Judges, which met on Friday, agreed “in principle” that it would reiterate its previous recommendation – returned by the Centre for reconsideration – on appointing the chief justice of the Uttarakhand high court, Justice K.M.Joseph, as a judge of the apex court. But it has decided
Source – dnaindia.com The Bombay High Court has ruled the game of poker is not a game of ‘skill’ but one of ‘chance’, while refusing to quash a police complaint against a businessman who has been charged under various sections of the Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act. A division bench of Justices RM Sawant and Sarang
