Mangaluru: Karnataka high court in an order on Wednesday quashed a case registered against Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda (DVS) inconnection with violation of election code of conduct during an election campaign programme in Dakshina Kannada. A single member bench of the high court released the order following a writ petition by DVS which sought […]

Mangaluru: Karnataka high court has stayed an order from Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada which shut a liquor shop functioning on government land last month. The court has stayed DC’s order for six weeks and following the stay order the liquor shop has reopened on Sunday. Earlier, DC had released an order to shut the […]

Bengaluru: High Court of Karnataka has granted stay on the state government order of imposing provisions of Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) on employees of Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL). The state government had invoked ESMA following protest by BMRCL employees in July. BMRCL union had moved the court challenging the imposition contending that the […]

Mangaluru: Activist K N Somashekhar, has moved to the Supreme Court alleging irregularities of Rs 2000 crores in various departments of the state government. Prashant Bhushan will be the legal counsel for Somashekhar on his plea. The Supreme Court accepted the case for hearing and has sent a notice to the state government in this regard. After […]

Bengaluru: The high court of Karnataka on Wednesday directed the state government to refund the forest development ‘fee’ collected from mining companies. The direction comes as an embarrassing setback to the government. K N Srinivasa, one of the advocates appearing for two mining companies, said the state government may have to refund around Rs 5,000 […]

Mangaluru : Karnataka High court in an order on Wednesday directed Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Mayor Kavita Sanil and Commissioner Mohammed Nazir to deposit Rs 20,000 as security deposit at registrar office immediately. A single high court bench consist of Justice Vineet Kothari released the order hearing a writ petition filed by both owner, manager […]

Udupi : Karnataka high court has rejected bail plea filed by Niranjan Bhat, the third accused in the murder of Udupi based businessman, Bhaskar Shetty.A single member high court bench on Wednesday asked the accused to submit all proofs to the prosecution inconnection to the murder case and file a fresh bail petition before concerned […]

Mangaluru: Karnataka High Court in an order stayed all legal proceedings against senior RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakara Bhat on Thursday for his alleged provocative speech amid recent communal tensions in Dakshina Kannada district. The high court has also served notice to the state government, state home department secretary, police department, Puttur police station inspector and […]

Mangaluru : Members of the Karnataka Police Complaints Authority are touring the State to meet advocates and generate awareness on the functioning of the authority, former High Court of Karnataka Judge and chairman of the Karnataka State Police Complaint Authority A.S. Pachhapure has said. Mr. Pachhapure told presspersons here on Wednesday that infrastructure, staff and […]

Bengaluru: The court hall where AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala is to surrender today has been shifted to the central jail at Parapppana Agrahara due to security reasons. The Karnataka High Court Registrar accepted a request by Bengaluru City Police to shift the court hall in the city citing security and other considerations, official […]