Prajwal Revanna (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bail petition filed by suspended Janta Dal (S) leader Prajwal Revanna in connection with a case involving allegations of rape and sexual assault.A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma heard the case. During the hearing, senior Advocate Mukul…
BELAGAVI: Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) is resolute in its plans to hold a ‘black day’ rally Friday to coincide with Kannada Rajyotsava, raising concerns of potential clashes with law enforcement.Led by former MLA Manohar Kinekar and Deepak Dalavi, MES is urging Marathi-speaking people to join the silent protest, starting at Sambhaji Garden on Mahadwar Road,…
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court on Wednesday granted interim bail for six weeks to jailed actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, prime accused in the Renukaswamy murder case.The bail was granted to the actor on medical grounds to undergo spine surgery. As per the bail condition, the actor has been asked to surrender his passport.Darshan is currently…
BENGALURU: Karnataka HC acquitted Wednesday three convicts, one of them a Pakistani national, serving life sentences in a 2012 terror conspiracy case involving Lashkar.The division bench of Justices Sreenivas Harish Kumar and JM Khazi ruled that evidence produced by the prosecution against the trio — Syed Abdul Rehman of Bengaluru, Afsar Pasha of Chintamani in…
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court granted a temporary relief to union minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other BJP leaders on Monday by issuing an interim stay on the investigation into the electoral bond extortion case.According to the court’s ruling, Section 286 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka high court on Wednesday rejected CBI plea to allow probe against Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar in illegal assets case. The Karnataka high court has rejected petitions submitted by the CBI and BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal. The petitions were filed to challenge the decision made by the Karnataka government to…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court has ordered authorities to enrol national-level swimmer Siri Srikanth in an MBBS course after she was illegally denied admission for the 2022-23 session.Srikanth had appeared for CET and NEET examinations, securing the 24th position among 618 candidates qualified for MBBS admission under the sports quota. The list was revised in Oct…
BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court has stayed an investigation against two senior Enforcement Directorate officers probing the multi-crore fund diversion case pertaining to Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. Justice M Nagaprasanna passed this order after hearing a petition filed by ED deputy director (Bengaluru) Manoj Mittal and ED assistant director (Bengaluru) Murali Kannan.The petitioners…
BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court has stayed an investigation against two senior Enforcement Directorate officers probing the multi-crore fund diversion case pertaining to Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. Justice M Nagaprasanna passed this order after hearing a petition filed by ED deputy director (Bengaluru) Manoj Mittal and ED assistant director (Bengaluru) Murali Kannan.The petitioners…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court has permitted closure of a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act against a man who married the survivor after she turned 18.The verdict was passed recently by Justice M Nagaprasanna, who stressed that the court’s paramount importance was the welfare of the survivor and her child born…
