News Update Not providing the second vaccine dose would amount to violation of Right to Life: Karnataka HC 15 May 2021 The Karnataka High Court observed that not providing the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine will amount to a violation of fundamental right to life under Article 21 of the Indian…
News Update Adolescent girls to not miss school on menstruating days: Karnataka HC 2 May 2021 The State government was asked to ensure the distribution of sanitary napkins to adolescent girl children between the age group of 10-19 years under the Shuchi scheme, stating that lack…
News Update Create Grievance Redressal Mechanism for citizens to complain about violations of COVID-19 norms: Karnataka High Court 24 Apr 2021 The Karnataka High Court recently gave an order and asked the State government to create a grievance redressal mechanism which would enable the citizens to file complaints via WhatsApp or…
News Update ‘Indian Citizen’ includes OCI card-holders for professional course admission: Karnataka HC 17 Dec 2020 'A division bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and N S Sanjay Gowda of the Karnataka High Court heard the joint writ petitions of minor Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)…
News Update Karnataka HC directs state government to look into overcharging by private hospitals 16 Dec 2020 The High Court of Karnataka has directed the State government to ensure that private hospitals, treating COVID-19 patients, display the rates fixed by the State government in June 2020. The…
News Update SC says aged parents cannot misuse Senior Citizens Act in order to push daughter-in-law out of the home 16 Dec 2020 The court stated that a order under the DV Act, 2005 has more standing than an order under the Senior Citizens Act when it comes to a wife’s right to…
News Update IA filed for horizontal reservation instead of inclusion under OBC category for transgenders persons in Karnataka HC 10 Nov 2020 An Interim Application (IA) was filed by a public charitable Trust working for the welfare of transgender persons named Jeeva in the case (Sangama v. State of Karnataka) against non-inclusion…
News Update FIR need not be an encyclopedia, only reporting of crime is required: Karnataka High Court 31 Oct 2020 On November 20, 2018, the sister of the deceased (Keshava) reported to the police that her brother-in-law Govindaraju informed her that Keshava had been assaulted near Hennur Bande. She went…
News Update SC allows mother to move child to Singapore ahead of pending guardianship proceedings 29 Oct 2020 A three-judge bench of Justice DY Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee has allowed the mother of a child aged 7 to take him along with her to Singapore. The…
News Update Video conferencing hearing also has some norms: Karnataka High Court pulls up lawyer 18 Oct 2020 The Karnataka High Court on Friday pulled up an advocate who participated in a video conference hearing while sitting inside a car.When the matter was called out for hearing, the…
