Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to respond to the petition filed by Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) by Oct. 31. The petition had stated that it (KSOU) had sought direction from the UGC to grant recognition for the University to offer courses under distant education scheme by direct…
City Lawyers boycott Court proceedings
October 4, 2017Mysuru: City lawyers, expressing dissatisfaction over the step-motherly attitude in appointing Judges to the Karnataka High Court, today boycotted the Court proceedings in response to the State-wide call given by the Karnataka State Bar Council. The lawyers abstained from Court proceedings as a mark of protest against the transfer of Justice Jayant Patel from Karnataka…
KPSC selections: HC declines to vacate stay on appointing 362 candidates
June 22, 2017Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday refused to vacate the stay on the appointment of 362 candidates for the posts of Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ gazetted probationers from the 2011 batch of Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC). A division bench comprising Chief Justice S.K. Mukherjee and Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar dismissed an Interlocutory Application (IA)…
Cap on movie tickets at multiplexes removed on weekends, holidays
May 12, 2017Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday (May 11) stayed the price of multiplex tickets capped at Rs. 200 by the State Government. It stated that the price cannot be regulated on weekends and public holidays. Reacting to the interim-order passed by Justice P. S. Dinesh Kumar staying the government order for three weeks till the…
MUDA to distribute sites in R.T. Nagar
April 24, 2017Mysuru: April 24 (today) will be the Red-Letter Day for Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) as theKarnataka High Court has cleared the long-pending distribution of sites in R.T. Nagar this morning. Following the High Court order, MUDA will start issuing sites to thousands of beneficiaries as all hurdles for the ambitious project that has been…
HC stays 2011 KPSC gazetted officers’ recruitmentand
April 6, 2017Bengaluru – The Karnataka High Court yesterday stayed the recruitment of 362 gazetted officers selected by Karnataka State Public Service Commission (KPSC) in 2011. A division bench of Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee and Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar passed an interim order to this effect after hearing the Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed by R….
One more attempt to transfer Palace Board Deputy Director
February 12, 2017High Court directs DPAR to hear all persons concerned in the matter and decide as per law Following a petition in the Karnataka High Court regarding certain irregularities in the Mysore Palace allegedly involving Mysore Palace Board Deputy Director T.S. Subramanya, the Court has asked the Principal Secretary, Department of Personnel Administration and Reforms (DPAR)…
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