The Latest Breaking News from The High Court of Karnataka

The High Court of Karnataka has permitted the State government to appoint 12,901 teachers from among 13,352 selected candidates from the provisional selection list for the post of graduate primary teacher for classes VI to VIII in government and aided educational institutions.

The State government is not required to make microscopic examination of the materials submitted by the investigating officer for granting approval for probe against a public servant under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, said the High Court of Karnataka.

Kerala-based hepatologist Cyriac Abby Philips on Tuesday gave an undertaking to the High Court of Karnataka that he would hide all his alleged defamatory posts on his X account against Bengaluru-based Himalaya Wellness Company and its Ayurvedic products through his social media posts.

A policy has been framed for paying a compensation of ₹7.5 lakh to the next of kin of the prisoners in case of unnatural death of prisoner due to a quarrel among prisoners, and ₹5 lakh in case of other unnatural deaths, including suicide, within the prisons, the High Court…

The Central government on Wednesday told the High Court of Karnataka that there is no changed circumstance for re-examining the blocking orders passed to block objectionable posts and accounts of micro blogging platform, X (formerly Twitter) under the Information Technology Act.

While dismissing a PIL petition against publication of government advertisements with photos of Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and other Ministers, the High Court of Karnataka said that dismissal “should not be construed as the court approving of publication of photographs of any Minister in governmental advertisements.”

The Principal District Judge, Chitradurga district, will oversee the administration and management of Jagadguru Murugarajendra (JM) Vidhyapeetha run by J.M. Bruhan Mutt till the appointment of a president as per the by-laws to manage the Vidhyapeetha in place of incarcerated seer-cum-president Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, said the High Court of Karnataka.

The High Court of Karnataka has directed the State government to immediately undertake a recruitment drive to fill-up all the backlog vacancies in all the departments and institutions, and accomplish the task of filling-up backlog vacancies immediately within an outer limit of six months.

The city police on Monday told the High Court of Karnataka that they have denied permission for holding procession by various organisations under the banner of the Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samithi as part of their Bengaluru bandh call.

The High Court of Karnataka has directed the State government to formulate and publish a scheme within 15 days to ensure that vehicle manufacturers grant approval across the board to all the High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) manufacturers possessing Type Approval Certificate (TAC) to fix HSRPs to all the old…

The five guarantee schemes announced in the election manifesto of the Congress party would not amount to corrupt practice committed by an individual candidate under the Representation of People Act, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has contented before the High Court of Karnataka.