Karnataka High Court
- Bangalore
HC orders close to Rs 3 crore compensation to Bengaluru man
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), now under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), to pay compensation of Rs 2. 77 crore to an individual who…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC lays down strict safety norms for Bengaluru PGs
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has issued a comprehensive set of directions for monitoring, regulating and inspecting paying guest (PG) accommodations in Bengaluru, stressing that safety norms must be strictly enforced to…
- Bangalore
KPSC recruitment scam accused Sahukar goes missing
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) chairman Shivashankarappa S. Sahukar, who has been named as an accused in the alleged irregularities in recruitment of veterinary officers, has reportedly gone missing, prompting…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC slams police over action against Kunal Kamra critic
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Saturday, August 29, came down heavily on Whitefield police over the registration of an FIR and subsequent action against Hindu activist Mohan Gowda for opposing stand-up…
- Bangalore
SC upholds Karnataka’s prescribed tune, duration of state anthem
Bengaluru: The Supreme Court has declined to interfere with a Karnataka High Court order upholding the state government’s decision to prescribe a specific tune and duration for singing the state anthem, “Jayabharatha…
- Bangalore
High Court allows B Nagendra to travel across India
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has allowed former minister B. Nagendra, an accused in the alleged Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation financial irregularities case, to travel anywhere in the country…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru pothole case: HC seeks detailed report from GBA
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has directed the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) to submit a detailed affidavit explaining the measures being taken to identify and repair potholes across Bengaluru. The direction came…
- Bangalore
Judge transferred after HC pull-up over road rage incident
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has transferred Malur JMFC Judge Gayathri to the JMFC Court at Humnabad in Bidar district with immediate effect, days after the court took serious note of her…
- Bangalore
Karnataka High Court upholds quashing of NICE land acquisition
Bengaluru: In a significant relief to farmers who lost their land for the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) road project, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday, July 29, upheld a single judge’s…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC closes plea seeking extension of SIR
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday closed a Public Interest Litigation seeking an extension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, holding that the Election Commission is best placed…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC seeks law for abandoned, neglected senior citizens
Bengaluru: In a significant direction aimed at strengthening the welfare of elderly citizens, the Karnataka High Court has asked both the State and Central governments to frame a comprehensive law for the…
- Bangalore
HC quashes cow theft FIR filed two years After incident
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal case registered against four persons in connection with the alleged theft of two cows, observing that the case reflected a glaring misuse of…
- Bangalore
Chilli powder water used to fend off school vandals in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Tension prevailed in Thanisandra after a group of people allegedly barged into Samar International School at Narayanapura and vandalised the premises over a long-pending land dispute involving a madrasa. According to…
- Hate Crime
HC stays deportation of Indian man accused of being Bangladeshi
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday, July 6, stayed the deportation of a Muslim man who was accused of being a Bangladeshi national after he claimed that he was wrongfully identified…
- Bangalore
Pet owners are accountable if dogs attack people: Karnataka HC
Bengaluru: Emphasising the responsibility of pet owners to ensure public safety, the Karnataka High Court has declined to interfere with criminal proceedings against a woman whose pet dog allegedly bit another woman…
