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TopicKarnataka High Court

Topic: Karnataka High Court

Unbecoming of Indian women to sleep after rape — HC notes while giving anticipatory bail

Karnataka HC also noted complainant’s failure to explain why she went to her office at 11 pm on the day of alleged crime & didn't object to consuming drinks as reasons for bail order.

Social media creating communal divide: HC grants bail to Muslim men arrested over viral video

19-year-old Rihan and 20-year-old Shahbaz were arrested after a video, where they could be seen picking watermelons from a drain, went viral.

SC collegium willing, this Karnataka judge could become first woman Chief Justice of India

Justice B.V. Nagarathna’s seniority and the fact that her parent HC, Karnataka, has 3 representatives in the Supreme Court could work against her.

No bail for techie who urged people to spread Covid, HC says act threat to India’s integrity 

Karnataka HC says the software engineer’s social media post is ‘likely to cause disharmony, hatred and hostility to humanity… (and) panic amongst the people’. 

After 3-year row over sexual harassment charge, govt clears Karnataka judge elevation to HC

P. Krishna Bhat’s appointment as a Karnataka High Court judge was cleared by the Modi govt Monday night. The SC collegium had first recommended him in 2016.

SC Collegium rejects govt order, recommends elevation of 4 advocates as Karnataka HC judges

The Supreme Court Collegium rejected the government's recommendation on the grounds of an Intelligence Bureau report which said nothing adverse came to notice against the advocates' integrity.

Hours after SC rap on high court judge appointments, Modi govt clears names

Madras High Court gets three new permanent judges, Kerala High Court gets four additional judges, while Karnataka HC gets 12 appointees in total.

Jaitley denies meeting Mallya after liquor baron’s claims outside London court  

Finance minister says Mallya as Rajya Sabha MP ‘misused’ privilege to make ‘an offer of settlement’ inside House.

Government & judiciary are mutual watchdogs, not mutual admirers: Chelameswar

Senior SC judge's scathing letter to the CJI and fellow apex court judges highlights concerns about the executive's interference in the judiciary.

Justice Chelameswar questions probe sought against a Karnataka judge by Modi govt

Karnataka chief justice drops inquiry, initiated on the Centre's request, against a district judge the SC collegium had recommended for elevation to the high court bench.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.