Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court Registrar-General Raghavendra Badamikar on Monday issued order transferring 23 Principal District and Sessions Judges in the State. As per the transfer order, Judge Anil Bhimsen Katti, who was serving as Bagalkot Principal District and Sessions Court Judge, has been posted as the new Principal District and Sessions Judge at Mysuru….
Karnataka HC to hear cases via video conferencing
March 23, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has introduced video conferencing facility to hear cases as a measure to curb the spread of Coronavirus in Court premises. The notification issued in this regard through Registrar T.G. Shivashankare Gowda reads, “In view of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), Virtual Courts has been created in the High Court of Karnataka, Principal…
Madikeri Fort, Palace restoration
October 27, 2019High Court orders contempt petition against officials Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has expressed its displeasure over the neglect of the historic Madikeri Fort and has directed the Government Advocate to register a Contempt of Court Case against officials for not obeying Court directives. The Court was hearing the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by…
Pothole victims: Welcome decision by HC
August 2, 2019By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Last evening I was delighted to read Star of Mysore because of its lead story titled “City Corporations must pay for pothole victims: HC.” In jurisprudence, there is a legal principle which talks about crime and punishment. If a crime or a wrong is not punished, one will continue to commit…
City Corporations must pay for pothole victims: HC
August 1, 2019Good roads, footpaths a fundamental right; Lives of tax-payers not cheap to suffer from bad roads, says High Court Bengaluru: Nothing can calm the rage and grief felt by parents whose child’s life is snuffed out in a pothole-related accident. But next time someone loses life or a limb due to bad roads or killer…
HC asks Govt. Offices to vacate Madikeri Fort by Oct.31
July 30, 2019ASI team to conduct survey on Aug.1 Madikeri: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has directed all Government Offices located in Madikeri Fort premises to vacate by Oct.31, 2019. One J.S. Virupakshaiah, an activist, had petitioned the High Court seeking evacuation of Government Offices in the Fort in order to enable the Archaeological Survey of India…
HC issues notice to Prajwal on alleged false affidavit
July 27, 2019Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) on Friday issued a notice to Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna (son of former Minister H.D. Revanna) to personally explain on the charges that he had made false claims on Income Tax Returns, to the Election Commission (EC). The High Court was hearing a petition filed by the defeated BJP…
Irregularities in KSOU: HC asks for ‘B’ Report filed in cases against two former VCs
July 26, 2019Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) yesterday directed the State Government to produce the ‘B’ Report filed by the investigation agency on the First Information Report (FIR) registered against two former Vice-Chancellors of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Prof. K.S. Rangappa and Prof. M.G. Krishnan on alleged irregularities and financial transactions. A Division Bench comprising…
Railway Line and Highways in Kodagu: High Court to hear PILs from Aug.20
July 18, 2019Madikeri: The Karnataka High Court will on Aug.20, hear the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Petition against the proposed Railway lines that cuts through Kodagu and the expansion of Highways inside the district. The PIL (WP 17990/2018) was filed on 24.4.2018 by the then President of Coorg Wildlife Society Col. (retd.) C.P. Muthanna, who is also…
HC orders notice to GTD over delay in polls to Traders’ Association
July 5, 2019Bengaluru/Mysuru: The High Court on Thursday ordered that emergent notice be issued to Higher Education and Mysuru District Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) in a case related to delay in election to the officer-bearers of the Mysore and Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Wholesale Traders’ Association. Hearing a writ petition by S. Chandrashekhar and N. Manjunath of Mysuru,…
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