Source:-https://www.barandbench.com The Karnataka High Court has recently ruled that family members named in matrimonial mattes without allegations of active involvement cannot be proceeded against for harassment on “casual reference”. A single-judge Bench of Justice Ashok G Nijahannavar took exception to the general tendency to involve all family members of a household in a matrimonial dispute.
Source – thewire.in New Delhi: The Karnataka high court on Thursday asked the state government how children of alleged undocumented immigrants will be protected if their parents are detained. Hearing the bail plea of an alleged undocumented Bangladeshi immigrant and his daughter, the single-judge bench of Justice K.N. Phaneendra asked what would happen if kids are
Source – scroll.in The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its orders in the Maharashtra government formation case, in which the Opposition sought an immediate floor test to determine the strength of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state assembly. The court will deliver the order at 10.30 am on Tuesday. On Monday, Solicitor General
Source – indiatoday.in The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday upheld an order by former Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar disqualifying 17 Karnataka MLAs in July. Though the top court upheld the disqualification of the MLAs from Congress and JD(S), the term of the disqualification was struck down. The order, therefore, allows all the
Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court Thursday castigated the ED for non-availability of its law officer who was to argue on the bail plea of Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar, arrested in a money laundering case, and said that the agency cannot play “hide and seek” with the court. Justice Suresh Kait
Source: deccanherald.com An erroneous order by the Karnataka Information Commissioner that limits the RTI provision to three queries per person per year has struck at the heart of the Act, as thousands of applications have been rejected across the state over the last year. The damage is so deep that even after the commission issued
Source: news18.com Mangaluru: “Cyanide” Mohan, a serial killer who has murdered several women using the deadly chemical after befriending and raping them, has been convicted of killing another woman a music teacher in Karnataka, taking the total number of his convictions to 16. Mohan, who has previously been convicted of killing women in public toilets by
Source: orissapost.com Bangalore/New Delhi: Karnataka’s former Congress minister DK Shivakumar moved Friday an application in the state High Court for interim protection from arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for his alleged involvement in ‘hawala’ (illegal) transactions, a party official said. “Shivkumar’s counsel BV Acharya has filed a writ petition in the High Court for
Source: dnaindia.com The political crisis in Karnataka sparked a fresh confrontation between the Supreme Court and the Karnataka Assembly Speaker on Thursday. Upset with Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar for not meeting the 10 rebel Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) who resigned on July 6, the top court set a meeting
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
