Bengaluru: Citing ‘copy paste petitions’ and lack of ‘bona fide,’ Karnataka High Court (HC) has dismissed two Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging the appointment of Prof. S. Vidyashankar as the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi. A Division Bench of HC comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B. Varale and Justice Krishna S. Dixit observed…
R.N. Kulkarni murder case: HC rejects bail plea of accused
November 4, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court has rejected the bail plea of both the accused in the murder of former Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer R.N. Kulkarni who was intentionally knocked down by a car driven by the accused in Manasagangothri campus, Mysuru in November last year, allegedly over a legal battle waged by the deceased against…
Tiger claw pendant case: Actor-politician Jaggesh gets relief from High Court
October 31, 2023Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday gave relief to BJP MP and Kannada actor Jaggesh by staying the notice issued to him by the Forest Department for wearing a tiger claw pendant. A Single Bench headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order. The Forest Department had issued the notice and conducted search operations…
Mysuru sex worker’s murder: HC reverses accused’s acquittal, imposes life sentence
October 8, 2023Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) recently convicted a Mandya resident of murdering a sex worker at a lodge in the vicinity of Mysuru Sub-Urban Bus Stand on Sept. 18, 2010, reversing the acquittal order passed by a Sessions Court. The convict is K.C. Girisha, a resident of Kommeerahalli village in Mandya district. The HC…
Hassan MP disqualification issue: Relief to Prajwal Revanna as SC grants stay on HC order
September 20, 2023New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued an interim stay on the Karnataka High Court’s order which had declared the election of Prajwal Revanna to the Lok Sabha from the Hassan Parliamentary constituency (on the Janata Dal Secular ticket) null and void. In the order issued on Monday (Sept. 18) by the Supreme Court Bench…
HC quashes appointment of Prof. N.K. Loknath as Mysore Varsity VC
September 13, 2023Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed the appointment of Prof. N.K. Loknath as the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of University of Mysore (UoM). A single Judge Bench of the HC comprising Justice N.S. Sanjay Gowda delivered the verdict while allowing the two petitions — one by Sharath Ananthamurthy, a Professor in the School of Physics,…
Stay on disqualification as MP: HC reserves order on Prajwal Revanna’s plea
September 11, 2023Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday reserved its order on the plea of Prajwal Revanna, who had sought a stay on his disqualification as Hassan MP, until he files a petition in the Supreme Court challenging his disqualification. A Single Judge Bench comprising Justice K. Natarajan, after hearing the arguments and counter arguments, reserved…
Maintenance to mother: Mysuru AC Court implements HC order
September 2, 2023Despite High Court ruling, sons evaded paying Rs. 5,000 a month; Assistant Commissioner K.R. Rakshith intervenes Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Assistant Commissioner’s (AC) Court has become a beacon of hope for senior citizens who are not being cared for by their children. The Court effectively implemented the Karnataka High Court’s (HC) order, which directed two sons…
HC disqualifies Prajwal Revanna as Hassan MP for poll violations
September 2, 2023Asks Election Commission to take action against MLA H.D. Revanna and MLC Suraj Revanna Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka yesterday declared the election of JD(S) MP from Hassan, Prajwal Revanna, as null and void. This decision came as a result of two petitions filed by G. Devarajegowda, a voter from the Constituency and A….
Demolition of Devaraja Market MGP to exert pressure on Govt. to save structure
August 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Following the recent dismissal by the Karnataka High Court of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition expressing concerns about the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) plan to demolish and reconstruct the 137-year-old Devaraja Market due to its deteriorated condition and to replace it with a new building, the Mysuru Grahakara Parishat (MGP) convened a monthly…
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