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The Karnataka High Court at Dharwad quashed a bank's rejection of an engineering student's educational loan, holding that a parent's adverse credit history cannot be an absolute disqualification.
The Karnataka High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging a trial court's direction to Whitefield Police to implement a temporary injunction, rejecting res judicata and imposing costs of Rs. 50,000.
The Karnataka High Court ordered part-payment of admitted drug supply dues to M/s Sujal Pharma, while directing a time-bound inquiry into a separate disputed COVID-era sanitiser purchase.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna drew a precise legal line between orders restraining coercive steps and those restraining precipitative action, holding that only arrest — not attachment — was interdicted.
The Karnataka High Court held that a dispute over CCTV cameras, WhatsApp notices, and maintenance dues in an apartment complex falls outside the jurisdiction of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disability.
The Karnataka High Court intervened after a Grama Panchayat directed a Mandya trust to remove buntings showing a person in advocate's attire, citing Bar Council of India advertising rules.
The Karnataka High Court at Dharwad refused to quash a charge sheet against a press reporter and a newspaper editor for publishing a news report that identified a child assault victim, rejecting the defence that publication was in the child's interest.
A Karnataka High Court Division Bench dismissed a husband's divorce appeal, holding that a spouse cannot exit a Hindu marriage merely by claiming loss of interest in matrimonial life.
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has directed the SIT to file its final report after receiving comprehensive metallurgical analysis from CSIR's National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur.
Karnataka High Court dismisses a father's revision against orders directing him to pay Rs 16 lakh towards his daughter's MD Dermatology fees, holding that a major unmarried daughter pursuing education retains a right to educational support under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna held that arresting Palecanda Ponnappa under non-cognizable BNS provisions and using Section 3(5) BNS as a remand hook was constitutionally impermissible.
Karnataka High Court quashed an FIR under Section 106(1) BNS after rejecting an initial Rs 2 lakh settlement as inadequate, directing a structured Post Office deposit for the bereaved mason's surviving children.
A Karnataka High Court Division Bench holds that the 1913 free land grant by the Maharaja of Mysuru amounts to substantial indirect financing, bringing the private members' club within the RTI Act's definition of Public Authority.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna held that school authorities who destroyed evidence, threatened the victim and withheld information from parents cannot escape prosecution under Section 21 of the POCSO Act.
A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court enlarged Fairoz Pasha on bail after over five-and-a-half years in custody, citing bail granted to similarly placed co-accused under the UAPA.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna quashed a Mangaluru South police FIR against Afeefa Fathima after she filed an affidavit undertaking to delete the posts and exercise restraint on social media.
Karnataka High Court directs the Executive Officer of Chamundeshwari Temple to permit the hereditary Sannidhi Paricharaka to perform pujas, ruling that vitiligo is no ground for exclusion under Article 14.
Karnataka High Court sets aside Family Court order granting visitation rights to a father who had voluntarily relinquished them in a mediation settlement and never assumed parental responsibilities.
The Karnataka High Court held that Section 26E of the SARFAESI Act, which confers priority on registered secured creditors, cannot extinguish a statutory first charge independently created under Andhra Pradesh tax legislation.
The Karnataka High Court set aside a Sessions Court bail refusal and released two men accused of defacing a portrait of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar under the SC/ST (POA) Act and BNS.
The Karnataka High Court dismissed the State's challenge to a KSAT order directing pensionary benefits at the promoted scale for a Senior Lecturer who assumed charge as Professor, C.T.E., on his last working day.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna held that instigation over the telephone by a sister-in-law residing abroad does not constitute an ingredient of Section 498A IPC, quashing Crime No. 377/2024.
The Karnataka High Court dismissed the Enforcement Directorate's petition to cancel bail granted to a woman accused under the PMLA, holding that Section 45's twin conditions do not apply to women.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna held that a school bus is an extension of the school itself, and allegations of absent attendant and non-functional CCTV demand investigation under Section 125(a) BNS.
