Bengaluru: Banks handling public money must make their online banking systems robust, secure and foolproof, leaving no scope for outsiders or fraudsters to gain control or misuse them, the high court said.The court made the observation on Aug 11 while upholding orders of the Karnataka State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and the National Consumer Disputes…
Bengaluru: In a setback for actor Darshan in the Renukaswamy murder case, the high court Thursday rejected his petition challenging the trial court’s decision not to hear his arguments before deciding on an application by accused no. 14, Pradosh, who has sought to become an approver.Justice M Nagaprasanna noted that the issue stands completely covered…
Sport has a way of spilling beyond the boundary rope. Sometimes it is the score, sometimes the rivalry, and, in this case, apparently, even three letters on a lodge signboard. The Karnataka High Court has granted regular bail to two men accused of allegedly assaulting the proprietor of CSK Comforts lodge in Tumakuru and damaging…
Lalbagh tunnel road protest Bengaluru: Walkers, residents and activists continued their weekly protest against the proposed tunnel road project by forming a human chain on Lalbagh Rock Sunday. The group plans to hold the demonstration every Sunday until the project is stayed by the high court.Around 30 people gathered on the rock, voicing concerns over…
Bengaluru: Criminal law cannot be used to turn matrimonial incompatibility, marital discord or non-consummation of marriage into a prosecution for cruelty by adding allegations that have no legal basis, Karnataka high court said in a recent ruling.The court made the observation while granting relief to a police officer from Mysuru city and quashing criminal proceedings…
The Centre on Saturday notified the appointment of 30 judges across four High Courts, with the Madras High Court receiving the largest share of new appointees as part of an effort to strengthen judicial capacity and reduce case pendency. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the appointments include 20…
Bengaluru: In a scathing indictment of shoddy police work, Karnataka high court has quashed a cow theft case registered nearly two years after the alleged incident, holding that police acted without conducting even basic verification before invoking criminal law.Justice M Nagaprasanna came down heavily on MK Doddi police in Channapatna taluk, describing the case as…
Bengaluru: The high court has set aside a family court order that required a father to pay Rs 5,000 every time he met his four-and-a-half-year-old son.Justice P Sree Sudha, while disposing of the father’s petition on July 24, ruled that the payment was unjustified, especially after the child’s mother had requested a change in the…
Crackdown continues against illegal bike taxis in Bengaluru Bengaluru: As transport dept intensifies its crackdown on illegal bike-taxi operations, commuters are questioning why the same urgency is not being shown against autorickshaw drivers who allegedly overcharge passengers, refuse trips, and exploit the shortage of alternative transport.Over the past three days, transport officials have seized nearly…
Bengaluru: The high court has directed Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to implement its Jan 2020 resolution providing for an 18-metre-wide access road at Jakkur Plantation village, ruling that it cannot revive an earlier 9.5-metre road proposal after it had been scrapped and the wider road had received judicial approval.A division bench of Justice DK Singh…
