Tag: Karnataka High Court

High Court revokes ban, permits bike taxis
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High Court revokes ban, permits bike taxis

January 24, 2026

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday permitted the operation of bike taxis, while allowing the appeals filed by bike taxi aggregators, individual bike taxi owners and others. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Joshi directed the State Government to register motorcycles as transport vehicles and grant contract carriage permits. The…

Auto drivers assault bike taxi passenger; Police action sought
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Auto drivers assault bike taxi passenger; Police action sought

January 24, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: Even as news of the Karnataka High Court permitting bike taxi services went viral yesterday, another video has surfaced showing auto drivers allegedly assaulting a Rapido bike passenger in Mysuru. The video is now widely circulating on social media. The incident took place at Mysuru City Railway Station, where a 19-year-old youth had booked…

HC seeks details of PRASHAD projects atop Chamundi Hill
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HC seeks details of PRASHAD projects atop Chamundi Hill

January 16, 2026

State claims no permanent structures will be built near Chamundeshwari Temple Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notices in connection with the construction works being carried out atop historic Chamundi Hill. The notices were issued to the Sri Chamundeshwari Temple Development Authority, as well as to the Central and State Governments. The matter…

Nadageethe…: HC upholds Govt. order on Mysore Ananthaswamy’s tune
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Nadageethe…: HC upholds Govt. order on Mysore Ananthaswamy’s tune

January 6, 2026

Singer Kikkeri Krishnamurthy’s review petition quashed by CJ-headed Bench; petitioner had favoured another singer C. Ashwath’s composition Bengaluru: Upholding the previous order of a Single-Judge Bench, a two-judge bench of Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha, has yesterday quashed a review petition filed by singer Kikkeri Krishnamurthy, over the…

HC quashes order closing Jan Aushadhi Kendras
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HC quashes order closing Jan Aushadhi Kendras

December 11, 2025

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday quashed a State Government order dated May 14, 2025, which directed the closure of all Jan Aushadhi Kendras operating within government hospital premises. Justice M. Nagaprasanna of the Dharwad Bench allowed a batch of petitions filed by Rakesh Mahalingappa and others, stating orally, “We will not allow one wing…

KSCA Elections: HC directs not to announce list of candidates
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KSCA Elections: HC directs not to announce list of candidates

November 27, 2025

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday directed the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) Electoral Officer not to announce the list of eligible candidates for the post of President at the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), including the withdrawal made for the President’s post. Justice Suraj Govindaraj, hearing a petition filed by K.N. Shanth Kumar, Director,…

Sulwadi poisoning case: Prime accused walks out of jail on bail
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Sulwadi poisoning case: Prime accused walks out of jail on bail

November 18, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: Following the bail from Karnataka High Court, Immadi Mahadevaswamy, the prime accused in Sulwadi Temple prasada poisoning case, was released from Mysuru Central Prisons yesterday. The Single-Judge Bench of HC had recently granted a conditional bail for a period of one year to Immadi Mahadevaswamy, former Junior Pontiff of Salur Mutt, Hanur taluk in…

Unauthorised public assemblies: HC Bench bins State appeal
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Unauthorised public assemblies: HC Bench bins State appeal

November 6, 2025

Bengaluru: In a setback to the State Government, a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court this morning declined to lift the stay on a Government Order (GO) that restricts unauthorised assemblies of more than 10 people in public spaces such as roads, parks and playgrounds. The Court has dismissed the State’s petition. The Court…

High Court stays order capping movie ticket prices at Rs. 200
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High Court stays order capping movie ticket prices at Rs. 200

September 23, 2025

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has stayed, until further orders, the implementation of the Karnataka Cinemas (Regulation) (Amendment) Rules, 2025, which capped movie ticket prices at Rs. 200. Justice Ravi V. Hosmani passed the interim order on petitions filed by multiplex owners and movie producers challenging the State Government’s decision. During hearings, the Multiplex Association…

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