The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to an “ex-parte” and “sweeping gag order” passed by a Bengaluru civil court restraining media outlets from publishing any defamatory material. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday…
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KSCA officials move High Court, seek quashing of FIR in stampede case
Fans of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) gathered outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium celebrating in Bengaluru on June 04, 2025. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) President Raghu Ram Bhat and a few other office bearers moved…
Urban local body polls will be held after High Court’s hearing: State Election Commissioner Sangreshi
State Election Commissioner G.S. Sangreshi holding a meeting with officers of Shivamogga City Corporation in Shivamogga on Friday. Corporation Commissioner Kavitha Yogappanavar can be seen. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT BJP MLA for Shivamogga S.N. Channabasappa meeting with State Election…

Hubballi case: Karnataka HC directs State government to follow Supreme Court’s guidelines for deaths in police encounters
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…

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…