Bengaluru/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court has declined to issue an interim order against the unveiling of a statue of late Suttur Seer Dr. Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swamiji at the Gun House Circle near Mysore Palace. However, the Court has directed the Advocate General to respond to the concerns raised in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)…
Traffic Cops can’t collect fine: HC
December 19, 2023Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court (HC) has ordered that there is no provision for the Traffic Police to collect fine from vehicle riders for the violation of traffic rules, at any situation. A Bench of Judge Hemanth Chandan Gowdar has issued this order after admitting the application of K.T. Nataraj, a resident of Subhash Nagar, K.R….
Disproportionate assets case: HC relief to DKS
November 29, 2023Bengaluru: Subsequent to the Karnataka Government withdrawing consent accorded to the CBI to prosecute Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) in the disproportionate assets case, the High Court this morning permitted Shivakumar to withdraw his petition and appeal challenging the consent to prosecute him given to the CBI. The Court allowed Shivakumar to file a…
High Court stays DHO’s notice issued to Aadithya Hospital
November 28, 2023Hospital authorities dismiss misinformation about closure; to continue legal battle Mysore/Mysuru: The High Court (HC) has stayed the notice issued to Aadithya Adhikari Hospital, Gokulam, by the Mysuru District Health Officer (DHO) on 23.11.2023 directing the hospital authorities to shift the inpatients within seven days from the date of notice and threatening to lock the…
HC dismisses PILs against VTU VC’s appointment
November 9, 2023Bengaluru: 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,…
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