Karnataka High Court
- India
Karnataka: Probe ordered into man who forced wife to perform ‘unnatural’ sex
Bengaluru: Slamming Karnataka police for mediocre investigation in connection with the case of a husband who forced his wife to have unnatural sex, the High Court has ordered the cops to investigate…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC refuses to quash CBI case in bank scam
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash an FIR and case in the special CBI court in Bengaluru against the managing director of a company who along with others are…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Man sent to 7 years in jail for abetting woman’s suicide
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Saturday sentenced a man to seven years in prison for his role in the suicide of a woman. The woman ended her life after being abused…
- India
Xiaomi accuses ED of ‘physical torture’; agency denies claims
Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker, that has been under investigation since February, has alleged “physical violence” from officials of the Enforcement Directorate. A report from Reuters states that the company’s former India…
- India
CJI agrees to list plea challenging hijab verdict in 2 days
The Chief Justice of India has agreed to list the hijab case appeal in two days. The CJI Ramana stated, “I will list it, wait for two days”, to senior advocate Meenakshi…
- Opinions
Viewpoint: Hijab, Muslim women and Karnataka HC judgement
Dr. Mohammad Manzoor Alam It is an obligatory duty of every society to secure women’s rights, making their freedom certain, granting equality and protection by all means. Islam and the Qur’an have…
- Bangalore
After Karnataka HC verdict, marital rape victims asked to speak up
Bengaluru: The victim in a landmark judgment case which ruled that sexual assault even by the husband is rape, has appealed to other sufferers to speak up if they are going through…
- India
One more held for giving death threats to Karnataka judges on hijab verdict
Bengaluru: Karnataka police on Friday arrested one more person in connection with issuing death threats to the Special Bench judges of the Karnataka High Court who dismissed the petitions seeking permission to…
- India
Hijab Ban: SC refuses urgent hearing on plea against HC order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to give any specific date to hear a plea challenging the Karnataka High Court order, which dismissed all petitions seeking direction for permission to wear…
- Bangalore
Rape even by husband is rape: Karnataka High Court
Bengaluru: Equating sexual assault by a husband on his wife with rape, the Karnataka high court (HC) has refused to quash proceedings against a man accused of alleged rape by his wife. “A…
- India
‘They didn’t come as humans’: Karnataka play insults hijabi women
Udupi: Characters in a Yakshagana play during the Karkala Utsav in Karnataka’s Udupi passed derogatory comments on Muslim women who wear hijabs. In a video that surfaced on Twitter, a character can…
- India
Hijab ban: No re-exams for protestors, says Karnataka government
Dismissing speculations of re-exams for students who boycotted classes across Karnataka amidst the hijab row, the Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, BC Nagesh declared that the state has never held…
- India
Karnataka: Y-category security for HC judges who gave hijab verdict
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to beef up security for the High Court Judges who are part of the Special Bench that ruled against the plea for allowing Muslim girl students…
- Bangalore
Death threats to Karnataka judges over hijab verdict; 2 arrested
Bengaluru: Two people have been arrested in connection with issuing death threats to the Special Bench judges of the Karnataka High Court who dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the…
- Opinions
Opinion: The Karnataka HC’s Hijab ruling shows a larger design
By Maleeha Fatima Hyderabad: It is indeed tempting to label the Karnataka high court’s ruling that favored a ban on the Hijab, imposed by colleges in Karnataka, as an unlawful act or…
