These projects will wreak havoc in the district, warns IISc. report Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has directed the State Additional Advocate General and Special Public Prosecutor to maintain status quo pending disposal of the petitions filed by Coorg Wildlife Society (CWS) against the proposed Railway and Highway projects that are bound to destroy…
HC confirms life sentence on bakery owner who had killed his wife
July 31, 2018Killer had buried body next to an oven Son found a foot popping out of burial spot Mysuru/H.D. Kote: The Karnataka High Court has upheld the life sentence imposed on a man who had murdered his wife and buried her body next to a bakery oven at his home in H.D. Kote. One of the…
HC tells Government to come up with Ward quota list of ULBs by July 31
July 29, 2018Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court recently pulled up the State Government for not submitting the reservation list to the State Election Commission (SEC) despite the undertaking given in the last hearing. The Court adjourned the hearing and granted time to the State to issue the reservation list before July 31 following the assurance by Advocate…
HC sets aside annulment of University of Mysore teaching staff
July 7, 2018Mysuru: The High Court has set aside the State Government’s order of annulling the appointment of teaching staff of University of Mysore including that of former in-charge Vice-Chancellor Prof. C. Basavaraju. In all, the appointments of 113 teaching staff including 9 Professors and 30 Readers have been upheld. High Court Justice A.S. Bopanna passed the…
Sensational Devu Murder Case at Paduvarahalli: HC dismisses petitions against Police filed by accused
July 1, 2018Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has dismissed two writ petitions filed by former Corporator C. Mahadesh alias Avva Madesha and other accused questioning the move by the Jayalakshmipuram Police to book them under Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KOCA) in the sensational Devendra alias Devu murder case. The HC has also asked the…
Cauvery activist from Mandya gets jail for contempt
May 26, 2018Karnataka HC convicts him for contempt for filing criminal complaint against Supreme Court judges who passed Cauvery verdict Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday convicted a man for contempt of court after he had made reckless allegations against sitting and former judges of the Supreme Court. The Bench of Justices R.B. Budihal and K.S. Mudgal…
Pay for Mall Parking: High Court stays MCC’s don’t pay to park rule
May 24, 2018Mysuru: Has the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) failed in implementing its ‘no parking fee’ rule that was passed less than a year ago? This is the question that is being asked by citizens who are being charged parking fee at malls and commercial complexes. Though the MCC, on Nov. 27, 2017, had passed an order…
No Bandh in Bengaluru tomorrow
February 3, 2018Bengaluru/ Mysuru: The Bengaluru bandh planned by Kannada outfits tomorrow (Feb.4) to coincide with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the city for a mega public meeting has been called off after Karnataka High Court ordered a stay, terming it unconstitutional. Modi is scheduled to address a massive public gathering at Palace Grounds tomorrow to…
Palace gold leafing case: High Court disposes of PIL
November 23, 2017Bengaluru: Terming it a “commercial interest litigation,” the Karnataka High Court yesterday disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions from the court to order the government to complete the Gold Leafing work at Mysore Palace. The PIL was filed by K. Basavaraje Urs, a resident of Kuvempunagar in Mysuru and he had sought…
High Court directs KSOU to admit students directly
November 22, 2017Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday directed the UGC to pass an order by Dec. 11 on KSOU’s request for recognition to commence non-technical degree courses for 2017-18 by making in-house admissions without academic collaboration with private institutions. The Court also directed KSOU officials to meet UGC officials on Nov. 27 in Delhi and put…
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