About 19 percent of the pending cases in the court are older than five years, states the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has an average of 500 to 700 cases pending every month. In over 30 years, 1,90,815 cases are still left, according to statistics from National Judicial Data Grid. […]
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Over 1,018 cases under sexual violence out of which over 600 cases still pending. Crime Review and Performance of Units under Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) projects, shows that there are over 400 teenage molestation cases in a month in the city. “Cases regarding sexual violence has significantly increased in the last […]
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India’s free legal aid services lack infrastructure for the disabled. The lack of trust among those living in rural areas has been making the work of legal aid in Karnataka harder. This can be seen in the case of legal aids like Bhaskar B S who have been trying to provide services under the National […]
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The division bench heard a petition filed by six councilors for voting during municipal council meetings. The Karnataka High Court (HC) has ruled that the nominated members to the municipal councils have no right to vote in the municipal council meetings. The division bench of the High Court, consisting of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice […]
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CPCB to take over the responsibility from IISc to conduct water quality test due to high charges. The High Court (HC) of Karnataka has directed Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to conduct water quality test in various areas of Mangalore. The Division Bench consisting of Chief Justice of Karnataka, Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice […]
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The Karnataka High Court has issued a notice to the semi-naked man with contempt of court. A semi-naked man appeared on the screen while Indira Jaising was giving her arguments through video conferencing in the Court Hall of Chief Justice of Karnataka. Jaising had joined court proceedings for the case Smt. Geetha Mishra vs. State […]
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BBMP has built four shelter homes in the last two months out of the 42 that are supposed to be completed by October 22, 2021. Only four night shelter homes have been built in the last two months despite the Karnataka High Court giving an order to build 42 night shelter homes within three months. […]
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Parakh Sinha|24th May 2021 High Court opens to virtual hearings exclusively after summer vacations, SOPs in place by the Registrar General to curtail COVID-19 spread in the judiciary. Bengaluru: Advocates will no longer be allowed to enter the Principal Bench of Karnataka High Court (Bangalore) complex, unless there is a specific order of the court […]
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By Yamini Chincholi Bengaluru: State Government given orders by The High Court(HC) to procure decibel meters in the city by December 13. This was the second time such an order was issued by the court. “We don’t understand why the state government has failed to acquire noise-assessing meters,” said the HC as it handed out the […]
Continue ReadingHigh Court postponed the hearing of malnutrition case; next hearing date to be announced soon. Sheikh Saquib High Court has postponed the hearing of malnutrition case once again on Wednesday. The next hearing date will be updated soon on the Karnataka High Court website. No reason has been given for postponing the hearing of the […]
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