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…
NEW DELHI: Former Karnataka chief minister and BJP leader B S Yediyurappa returned to Bengaluru on Friday, asserting that the ongoing Pocso case against him is an act of ‘unnecessary confusion’ and expressing confidence that the truth will prevail. He arrived at the Bengaluru airport a day after high court stayed a non-bailable warrant against…
BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court on Friday granted conditional relief to former chief minister BS Yediyurappa in relation to a case registered against him under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. In his order, Justice Krishna S Dixit has said that no coercive measures should be taken against the octogenarian…
The Lok Adalat cannot entertain any applications where judicial orders are required as proceedings before it are not judicial in nature, the Kalaburagi bench of the Karnataka high court ruled recently.“It may be a fact that a judicial officer presides over the Lok Adalat as a conciliator along with an advocate-conciliator. But such a judicial…
BENGALURU: A 51-year-old man from Mysuru attempted to die by suicide by slitting his throat with a knife inside the Karnataka high court on Wednesday. The incident unfolded around 1.15 pm in courtroom no. 1 where a division bench of Chief Justice NV Anjaria and Justice HB Prabhakra Shastri, who was due to retire later…
