Mysore/Mysuru: Even as corruption charges in connection with appointments to MyMUL (Mysuru Milk Union Limited) posts continues to rage, with some opposition legislators and leaders alleging a scam, the Karnataka High Court has ordered MyMUL to publish OMR answer scripts of candidates who appeared for the written recruitment exam, before Dec.4 on its (MyMUL) website….
MLC Vishwanath can’t become Minister, rules Karnataka HC
December 1, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday held that Member of Legislative Council (MLC) A.H. Vishwanath attracted disqualification under Articles 164 (1) (b) and 361 (B) of the Constitution, and therefore, cannot be inducted into the Council of Ministers. However, the Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Vishwajith Shetty, added that…
HC warns to initiate contempt proceedings against MCC Chief
November 28, 2020Mysuru: Karnataka High Court has warned of initiating contempt proceedings against the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner for his failure to file a status report on under-construction illegal building that was causing obstruction to people’s movement, in city. Uday Kumar and four others from Mysuru, had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in HC contending…
Chamarajanagar Medical College gets HC nod to enrol students
November 20, 2020Chamarajanagar: Karnataka High Court has shown green light for admission into first year MBBS course in Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) for the year 2020-21 on Thursday. This has come as a big breather for parents and students who were facing uncertainty over the admission process. The newly-constituted National Medical Commission (NMC) had denied…
HC sets aside reservation notification for ULB posts
November 20, 2020Bengaluru: In a setback to the Government, a Single Judge Bench of the High Court on Thursday set aside the Government’s Oct. 8, 2020 reservation notification to the posts of President and Vice-President in all the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), including Town Municipalities. The Court also directed the State Government to notify the new reservation…
Cracker traders Red over Green Order
November 15, 2020Illegal non-Green cracker stalls shut Mysore/Mysuru: It may be a festival of lights for some but it is definitely a dark Deepavali for a majority of traders who could not sell a single cracker following the order from Karnataka High Court to sell only green crackers. Over two dozen cracker stalls across the city had…
President, Vice-President posts in ULBs: High Court stays reservation matrix
October 18, 2020Bengaluru: A week after the Karnataka Government announced the reservation matrix for President and Vice-President posts in Urban Local Bodies, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday stayed the reservation matrix in respect of 59 City Municipal Councils (CMC). The High Court, while asking the State Government to come up with a new reservation matrix, formed…
Dy.SP Ganapathy suicide case: HC refuses to stay George’s appeal against hearing
October 8, 2020Bengaluru: In what is said to be a setback for former Congress Minister and current MLA K.J. George in the Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy suicide case, a Judge of the Karnataka High Court (HC) has refused to hear the plea of the former Minister, which sought a stay on the hearings in Peoples Representative Special Court…
NLSIU Amendment Act: HC quashes domicile quota
September 30, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the 25 percent horizontal domicile reservation introduced by the State Government in National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, through the NLSIU Amendment Act, 2020. A Division Bench, comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice B.V. Hosmani, held that only the Executive Council of the Law School can…
High Court quashes FIR against former VC Prof. K.S. Rangappa
September 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a big relief to former University of Mysore (UoM) and Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.S. Rangappa, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday last quashed the FIR registered against him in connection with the alleged irregularities that is said to have taken place when he was the KSOU VC. Following a…
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