A wide variance exists between how a case progresses through various high courts (HCs), according to a study by Bengaluru-based non-governmental organization (NGO) Daksh aimed at understanding how delays take place in the judicial system and how they affect the delivery of justice.

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on Monday gave consent to the state Lokayukta Amendment Bill 2015, paving the way for the removal of a ‘tainted’ ombudsman through lawmakers and judicial probe . “The Karnataka Lokayukta amendment bill has been enacted into law with the governor’s consent and the ame...

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on a petition by the Karnataka government challenging the high court verdict acquitting her and three others in a disproportionate assets case. Notice has also been issued to Jayalalithaa’s three close aides, Sasik...

Sleuths of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) today arrested Ashwin Rao, son of Karnataka Lokayukta Justice V Bhaskar Rao, for allegedly seeking Rs.1-crore bribe from a state executive engineer. “A SIT team led by our Superintendent of Police Laburam nabbed Ashwin Rao at Aurangabad in Marathwada r...

Four members of civil society, represented by Supreme Court advocate KV Dhananjay, have filed a writ petition in the Karnataka high court praying that a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation be started against the Lokayukta of Karnataka, Y Bhaskar Rao and his son Ashwin Y Rao, who are being investigated for corruption charges by the Lokayukta’s internal police force.

The Karnataka high court on Wednesday stayed an inquiry being conducted by the state Lokayukta’s police into the bribe charge against some of its unidentified officials. Passing an interim order against the internal probe, a division bench of the high court comprising Justice N Kumar and Justice B S...

The Karnataka high court on Wednesday stayed an inquiry being conducted by the state Lokayukta’s police into the bribe charge against some of its unidentified officials. Passing an interim order against the internal probe, a division bench of the high court comprising Justice N Kumar and Justice B S...

Karnataka high court and Supreme Court advocate KV Dhananjay has commissioned a web developer to build a website that is intended to allow advocates to rate judges on three parameters - knowledge, integrity and cordiality.

The Karnataka government today moved the Supreme Court challenging the state high court’s verdict acquitting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, her aide Sasikala Natrajan and two others in a case of disproportionate assets. The Karnataka government has urged the apex court to stay the operati...

Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela was today sworn-in as the chief justice of the Odisha High Court by Governor SC Jamir in Cuttack. Prior to his new assignment, Justice Waghela was officiating as the chief justice of the Karnataka high court. Waghela was transferred here in April this year by a pres...

The Karnataka government today decided to appeal in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case. “The state cabinet has accepted the recommendation of the special public prosecutor (BV Acharya) and state advocate general (Ra...

“Yes I have recommended saying it is a fit case for appeal” for the Karnataka government special prosecutor BV Acharya, who was responsible for getting the initial trial court verdict against J Jayalalithaa, told the Times of India as well as the Hindu Businessline . Acharya had said earlier this we...

Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) BV Acharya on Monday expressed reservation over the acquittal of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in the 18-year-old disproportionate assets’ case by the Karnataka high court without considering his submission. “I expected the high court to conform to t...

In a development bound to bring her back as Tamil Nadu’s chief minister, the Karnataka High Court on Monday acquitted AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case, triggering wild celebrations by her supporters all across the state. (See judgment summary below) “Justice has won,...

The New Indian Express reported that the Karnataka high court yesterday stayed for the petitioner the Bar Council of India (BCI) rule introduced in January that makes a “Certificate of Practice”, to be renewed ever several years, compulsory for all advocates: Hearing a petition filed by advocate A P...

Karnataka high court justice KL Manjunath retired on Monday accusing, in his farewell speech, a Supreme Court judge for damaging his prospects of “climbing higher in the judiciary”, reported the Indian Express and others. Justice Manjunath, who was a judge at the Karnataka high court since December ...

Karnataka high court senior advocate Prabhuling Navadgi yesterday accepted his appointment to become additional solicitor general (ASG), taking up a post created for the first time ever in the state.

The Supreme Court Thursday extended the bail of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa by another four months as it asked the Karnataka high court to decide on her appeal challenging her conviction in disproportionate assets case within three months. Noting that Jayalalithaa had complied wi...

Fortis Hospital Bangalore, whose organ transplant licence was cancelled in 2011 after alleged medical negligence by two of its surgeons led to the death of a patient undergoing pancreatic transplant, lost its appeal in the Karnataka high court. In a writ petition, Fortis had challenged the authority...

Fortis Hospital Bangalore, whose organ transplant licence was cancelled in 2011 after alleged medical negligence by two of its surgeons led to the death of a patient undergoing pancreatic transplant, lost its appeal in the Karnataka high court. In a writ petition, Fortis had challenged the authority...