Source: thehindu.com Concerned over the impact of three personnel from the State’s Intelligence wing calling up a petitioner to enquire about his PIL petition in the court, the Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the State government to spell out what measures it will take to prevent such instances in future. The court also directed the police
Source: thehindu.com The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the State government and the Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR) Ltd. to submit an application within a month to the Union government seeking consent — under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 — for the lodges operated in permanent structures built using materials such as bricks in the forest
Source: deccanchronicle.com BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court directed the state government to constitute a committee of four experts for a comprehensive study on the deaths of elephants at eight elephant camps in the state. Earlier, the court had asked the government and the petitioner to name specialists or expert body to study and report on the
Source: bhatkallys.com With the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi fast approaching, authorities in Bengaluru have tightened their noose on the use of Plaster of Paris (PoP) to make idols. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been on a war footing in seizing such idols that enter the city and those made in traditional hubs like
Source: newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: While striking down sub-rule (11) of Rule 14-AKK of Karnataka Cooperative Societies Rules, the Karnataka High Court said that office bearer of cooperative societies should vacate the office if resolution expressing want of confidence is passed with 2/3rd of the total number of elected directors in a meeting specially convened for no-confidence
Source: scroll.in The Karnataka High Court allowed a rape survivor to terminate her 21-week-old foetus, Live Law reported on Tuesday. The court directed the Vani Vilas hospital in Bengaluru to carry out the termination of pregnancy. It also asked the investigating officer in the case to preserve the foetus and carry out DNA test. “District medical board
Source: newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: Taking note of the prevailing drought situation in 65 taluks in the state, the Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government to open at least one cattle camp in each taluk suffering from drought. It said that the camps could be set up either by the state itself or with
source:thehindu.com He questions constitution of SIT when new ordinance on unregulated schemes mandates CBI investigation Deputy Commissioner of Bengaluru District (Urban) B.M. Vijayshankar, who was arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for allegedly taking a bribe of ₹1.5 crore for sending a favourable report about I Monetary Advisory (IMA) Group, moved the High Court
Source: thehindu.com The Karnataka police on Wednesday took into custody Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao from the Yerawada Central Jail, Pune, in connection with the 2005 naxal attack in Pavagada taluk of Tumkuru district. Mr. Rao has been in Pune jail since his arrest in the Elgar Parishad case in 2018. He will be
Source: businesstoday.in Two high courts have refused to give relief to tax officials compulsorily retired by the government on serious charges of misconduct. Earlier this month, the government had invoked Section 56(j) of Fundamental Rules to compulsorily retire 15 officials dealing with indirect taxes and 12 officials of the income tax department over allegations of
