The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday directed the State government to follow scrupulously guidelines issued by the Supreme Court in 2014 regarding the deaths of accused persons in police encounters, in the Hubballi case. This was the case in…
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Posts of professors, readers or teachers not ‘public office’: Karnataka High Court
Professors, readers or teachers in a university, due to the very nature of the post, work, and duties attached, cannot be treated as holders of public office; and these posts cannot be classified as public office as contemplated for issuance…
HC castigates govt., Rani Channamma University ‘for playing with life of teacher’
The State government “wants to play with the life of a teacher” who had served the government for 34 years, the High Court of Karnataka observed, while castigating the government and Rani Channamma University, Belagavi, for dodging payment of full…
Caste certificate has to be validated if those of parents have not been verified: High Court
The caste certificate of a person, belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe, seeking public employment requires to be validated as per the law if the caste certificates of parents of such person have not been validated/verified, said the High Court of…
DPE guidelines on terms of employment will not apply to public sector banks: HC
The guidelines issued by the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) on personal policies, related terms and conditions of employment and indemnity bonds secured from employees, will not apply to the public sector banks, said the High Court of Karnataka. “The…
Aided schools directed to pay compensation to 12 teachers
Observing that 12 teachers were made to work for a meagre salary of ₹500 per month between 2005 and 2018, the High Court of Karnataka has directed the management of aided-schools to pay them as compensation the wages, on par…
The State cannot be seen to practise ‘begar’ to arm-twist aided educational institutions: Karnataka High Court
It is highly uncouth on the part of the State government to stop the salaries of the existing teachers, as an arm-twisting tactic, to compel an aided engineering college to obey its orders, said the High Court of Karnataka. “This…
Karnataka High Court directs BBMP to evolve a continuous mechanism to check and control breeding of mosquitoes
A file photo of BBMP workers fumigating streets to control the spread of dengue in Bengaluru. The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) to evolve a continuous mechanism to check and control the breeding…
Efforts to safeguard women admirable but challenges faced by men cannot be overlooked: Karnataka High Court
Equality should be in its truest sense and not at the expense of either gender, the High Court of Karnataka has said while pointing out that “however admirable our efforts to safeguard women may be, we should not overlook the…