Source: deccanherald.com An erroneous order by the Karnataka Information Commissioner that limits the RTI provision to three queries per person per year has struck at the heart of the Act, as thousands of applications have been rejected across the state over the last year. The damage is so deep that even after the commission issued
Source: newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: The Vidhana Soudha police on Friday arrested a man who had allegedly sent a letter to the Registrar of the Karnataka High Court last month claiming to be from the ‘International Khalistaan Support Group’ and threatening to carry out bomb blasts at the High Court. Investigations have revealed that the accused, identified as 36-year-old
Source: thehindu.com Prajwal Revanna, Hassan MP, will file a counter-petition before the Karnataka High Court against A. Manju of the BJP who had filed an election petition in the court questioning Mr. Prajwal’s election in the parliamentary polls in April-May this year. Making a submission before the court on Monday, Mr. Prajwal’s counsel told the court that
Source: deccanherald.com Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday came out in support of the youth organisations who have launched an indefinite hunger strike against the ban on night traffic on the Kozhikode-Bengaluru National Highway 766 that passes through the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. A host of outfits, including Youth Congress, DYFI, Yuva Morcha among others,
Source: newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday granted time till October 11 to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to submit a compliance report on directions issued to give wide publicity about rights in claiming compensation from the civic body in case of damages due to poor condition of roads in the city. The division
Source: deccanchronicle.com BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court stayed lower court proceedings against former chief minister Siddaramaiah for four weeks. He is an accused in a case where during his tenure as deputy chief minister in 1997 he had allegedly bought 10 guntas of land in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage in Mysuru developed by MUDA through an
Source: news18.com Mangaluru: “Cyanide” Mohan, a serial killer who has murdered several women using the deadly chemical after befriending and raping them, has been convicted of killing another woman a music teacher in Karnataka, taking the total number of his convictions to 16. Mohan, who has previously been convicted of killing women in public toilets by
Source: deccanchronicle.com BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has refused to allow online sale of liquor to consumers in the state. The court passed the order, while dismissing a petition filed by Hip Bar Pvt Ltd, a company engaged in offering semi-closed prepaid payment instrument (Mobile Wallet) to its customers among other services. Justice S. Sujatha, in
Source: deccanchronicle.com Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeals of former minister D.K. Shivakumar and three others, who had challenged the order of a single-judge bench dismissing their plea questioning the ED summons against them in a money laundering case. The division bench, headed by Chief Justice A.S. Oka, upheld the single-judge bench
Source: deccanchronicle.com Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday said it will pass orders on the maintainability of the appeals filed by senior Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar and three others, challenging the order of the single-judge bench which has dismissed their plea questioning the ED summons issued against them in a money laundering case. Appearing for
