The Latest Breaking News from the High Court

The Constitutional Court order relating to a case involving former President Jacob Zuma has illuminated some of the flaws in the law governing medical parole in South Africa. This is despite amendments in 2012 to ensure equality before the law, uphold offenders’ rights to dignity and healthcare when they suffer…

How the brutal Israeli occupation of the West Bank has come home to roost in Israel itself

The Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) has excluded Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who is facing criminal cases, from the list of guests invited for the Karnataka State Level Advocates’ 10th Conference to be held in Mysuru on August 12. Mr. Shivakumar’s name has been left out from the fresh…

The High Court of Karnataka has said that non-disclosure of assets or suppression of the assets of a candidate, or his or her spouse and dependents, will amount to corrupt practice requiring disqualification of the candidature in an election held to a panchayat under the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat…

Supreme Court judge Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra on Wednesday recused from hearing the bail plea filed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the North-East Delhi riots in February 2020. Read further on Dynamite news.

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday dismissed a PIL petition which had questioned the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) decision to demolish the dilapidated 137-year-old Davaraja Market building and construct a new building in its place.

HCAA files PIL to stay e-auction of 100 acres of land wanted for new HC building in Hyderabad. Petitioner seeks direction to State govt. to allot land for building to meet needs of advocates & staff for next 60-70 yrs. Plea likely to come up for hearing soon.

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has removed 59,000 flex banners and hoardings in the city. The action came after the High Court of Karnataka rapped the civic body for its failure to implement the ban. 

The High Court of Karnataka has quashed two criminal cases of “rape and cheating” against a man by stating that the cases were registered on the complainant of a woman, who was in the habit of seeking relationship with men through social media and later registering case against them alleging…