Case of unwed couple from Mysuru who refused to accept their baby Bengaluru/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has laid down guidelines for Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) to deal with situations where parents are unable to look after their child. The HC Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice N.S. Sanjay Gowda issued…
Commercial bodies to move HC against MCC’s tax policy
August 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the MCC upwardly revising the property taxes and all other Revenue taxes amidst the COVID crisis, owners of several commercial properties and buildings, who have strongly opposed the MCC’s move, held an interaction with Arun Ponnappa, a senior Karnataka High Court Judge and an expert in Revenue tax issues, at Saptapadi Kalyana Mantap in…
Indian Arms Act exemption: Four Kodava organisations implead themselves in PIL
August 12, 2021Bengaluru: Federation of Kodava Samajas, Balugodu, Kodava Samaja Bengaluru (KSB), Codava National Council (CNC) and United Kodava Organisation (UKO) filed an Interlocutory Application (IA) urging the Karnataka High Court to consider them as respondents in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed with regard to gun licence exemption to Kodavas. The PIL has been filed by…
Corruption case: HC issues notice to B.S. Yediyurappa, B.Y. Vijayendra and others
August 4, 2021Bengaluru: In a setback to former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa ahead of the State Cabinet formation, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday ordered issuance of notice to the former CM, his son B.Y. Vijayendra, grandson Shashidhar Maradi, son-in-law Virupakshappa Maradi, daughter Padmavathi, son-in-law Sanjay Shri, Yeshwanthpur MLA S.T. Somashekar, Industrialist Chandrakant Ramalingam, Dr. G.C. Prakash…
Appointment of Music Varsity VC: Submit documents of Search Committee: HC directs Govt.
August 3, 2021Mysuru/Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to submit all documents including proceedings of Search Committee, related to the appointment of Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Mysuru-based Karnataka State Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University (Music University), held on Sept. 29, 2020. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL), seeking cancellation of appointment of Dr….
HC directs State Govt. to provide Rs. 2,000 for each domestic worker
August 1, 2021Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the State Government to pay domestic workers Rs. 2,000 each as compensation. The State Government, on May 20, had issued an order regarding payment of Rs 2,000 as compensation for the workers of unorganised sectors in the wake of Corona crisis. The Government had informed the DC…
High Court orders construction of night shelters for destitutes
July 24, 2021Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday ordered construction of 120 night shelters for destitutes and shelterless people in the next three months. A Division Bench of the HC headed by Chief Justice A.S.Oka was hearing a petition filed by PUCL (Peoples Union for Civil Liberties) seeking a direction to the Government for constructing night…
Sewage Treatment Plant at Koorgalli Lake: HC issues show-cause notice to Mysuru DC for Contempt of Court
July 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has issued a contempt notice to Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) for failing to comply with an earlier Court order that directed the District Administration to take action against the official who granted permission for the establishment of a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Koorgalli Lake in the outskirts of…
NTM School hearing in High Court
July 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court (HC), which was to hear the case in respect of an independent petition filed by some persons seeking saving of NTM School on N.S. Road in Mysuru, the premises of which has been ordered by the Court to be handed over to Sri Ramakrishna Ashram in Mysuru for the construction…
Mysuru DC transfer row: HC upholds CAT order on IAS Officer B. Sharat’s transfer
July 9, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) on Thursday upheld the CAT’s (Central Administrative Tribunal) verdict in connection with the case pertaining to the premature transfer of IAS Officer B. Sharat, who was Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) and transferred out of Mysuru just one month into his job last year. A Division Bench of the HC,…
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