Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC), on Sept. 5, will hear the issue of temporary stay on the State Government order constituting Sri Chamundeshwari Hill Temple Development Authority (formed as per Shree Chamundeshwari Kshetra Development Authority Act, 2024) to undertake integrated development of Chamundi Hill. Justice Hemanth Chandangoudar adjourned the hearing to Sept. 5 after…
High Court orders for regularisation of daily wage staff
August 21, 2024Bengaluru: High Court has passed an order stating that, daily wage staff in Horticulture and Sericulture Departments, who have completed 10 years of service in non-sanctioned posts are eligible for regularisation of their service. The Single Judge Bench, headed by Justice B.M. Shyam Prasad, has passed the order, while deciding on the writ petitions filed…
MUDA 50:50 Sites Scam: HC grants interim relief to Siddaramaiah till Aug. 29
August 20, 2024Trial Court asked to defer proceedings against Chief Minister Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) yesterday ordered the Trial Court to halt any proceedings against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah after Governor Thawaarchand Gehlot sanctioned the Congress leader’s prosecution in an alleged site scam involving the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). This interim relief for the embattled…
HC settles Chamundi Hill land dispute: Declares forest land
August 14, 2024Hill land designated as State forest land in 1940 under the Mysore Forest Act of 1900 Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court has resolved the long-standing dispute over the land atop Chamundi Hill where a multi-storey parking lot complex was constructed, ruling that the land is classified as forest land based on records from the Forest…
HC stays formation of Chamundi Temple Authority
August 12, 2024Petition filed by Royal family states that Govt. move dilutes the Royal family’s involvement in Temple activities Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has issued a temporary stay on the State Government order constituting Sri Chamundeshwari Temple Development Authority to undertake integrated development of Chamundi Hill. The Authority aims to consolidate absolute control of the…
HC upholds Amendment Law ending Kodagu Jamma Bane land tenure
August 3, 2024Bengaluru: The High Court (HC) of Karnataka has upheld the constitutional validity of the Karnataka Land Revenue (III) Amendment Act, 2011. Justice Suraj Govindaraj dismissed a batch of petitions filed by Brigadier Maletira A. Devaiah (Retd.) and others. The petitioners, belonging to the Kodava race, had contended that two amendments, the explanation for ‘occupant’ under…
HC reduces rape sentence after convict’s settlement with victim
July 26, 2024Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) reduced a Trial Court’s five-year sentence to four-and-a-half months in a case where a man promised marriage and subsequently deceived a woman after he learnt that she was pregnant. The High Court took into account the Rs. 6 lakh compensation already paid to the victim and her son, along…
Letter to editor in newspaper gathers High Court attention
July 12, 2024Court takes suo motu cognisance of dengue exigency; registers Public Interest Litigation Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has registered a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), after taking a suo motu cognisance of the dengue spread in Bengaluru and other parts of the State, based on a letter published in the reader’s column of an English daily….
HC stays order allowing racing and betting at Bangalore Turf Club
June 23, 2024Bengaluru: In a setback to Bangalore Turf Club (BTC), a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court on Saturday prohibited BTC from conducting any on-course and off-course racing and betting activities at its premises. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice N.V. Anjaria and Justice K.V. Aravind passed the order after hearing the writ appeal filed…
HSRP deadline: HC allows Government to decide
June 14, 2024Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on June 12 has permitted the State Government to decide on extending the deadline for affixing High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) on vehicles. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice N.V. Anjaria and Justice K.V. Aravind issued an order modifying the earlier order passed by a Vacation Division Bench on May…
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