The Karnataka High Court has expressed its deep concerns about the widespread use of social media among youngsters, particularly schoolchildren. The Karnataka High Court suggested that it might be in the nation’s best interest to restrict access to social media platforms for this demographic. The idea is to potentially set a threshold age of either …
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Can School Management ask parent to monitor dangerous online usage by the child? Karnataka High Court to decide.
Factual antecedents: In the month of June 2023 few children studying in a reputed School formed closed/private online platform. As per the school, during the month of June 2023, several students of the School formed a private social network group and started making obnoxious comments against the teachers of the school. One lady teacher was …
Courts in Karnataka disposed of nearly 17,00,000 cases in 2023.
From Times of India E-paper. Bengaluru : Courts in Karnataka had, as of 7pm Sunday, disposed of nearly 17 lakh cases in 2023, even as pendency continued to haunt them.Analysis of the National Judicial Data Grid data shows that the high court disposed of 87,506 cases, while the lower courts across taluks and districts managed …
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“Know Your Judge”. Justice Ashok S Kinagi. Karnataka High Court.
Justice Ashok S Kinagi celebrates his 54th birthday today. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ashok S. Kinagi: Born on 01.01.1970. Enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1995. Practiced in High Court of Karnataka, Kalaburagi Bench from 2008 to till date. Practiced in the field of Civil, Land Acquisition and Service Matters etc,. Panel Advocate – Hyderabad Karnataka Education …
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Karnataka High Court to adopt advanced & safe technology for videoconferencing.
Adopting technology to its maximum use is one of the notable achievements of the Karnataka High Court. Covid scenario forced Judiciary all over India to create online platforms for videoconferencing that helped thousands of lawyers to effectively argue their cases sitting in different locations. https://wordpress.com/post/dakshalegal.blog/1205 During Covid scenario the Karnataka High Court dealt with batch …
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Who is the Legal Mother of a Surrogate Child? Karnataka High Court takes up the issue.
Nitin Kumar Misra vs The Commissioner.WP 27604/2023 daily order dated 19 December 2023. Justice Suraj Govindaraj
“Know Your Judge”. Justice K S Mudagal. Karnataka High Court.
Hon’ble Justice K S Mudagal is celebrating her 60th birthday today. Hon’ble Justice Kottravva Somappa Mudagal: Born on December 22, 1963. Obtained B’Com, LL.B. from Karnataka University, Dharwad. Joined legal profession on 6th July, 1988 as an Advocate at Dharwad and Bangalore. Appointed as District Judge on 17.06.1998. Sworn in as an Additional Judge of …
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Judicial Plagiarism? – A Tale of Two Judgments.
S. Basavaraj, Senior Advocate & Member, Karnataka State Bar Council. Plagiarism, the act of presenting someone else’s ideas as one’s own, is universally criticized in academia, and the judiciary is no exception. A cornerstone of ethical judgment writing is the obligation to credit and cite the work of fellow judges when their precedents influence the …
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Amendment to the Karnataka Civil Courts Act and and the High Courts Act. Cure or chaos.?
Shridhar Prabhu, Advocate, Bengaluru Karnataka High Court, in a landmark judgement delivered on 05th April, 2023, in the case of Thirakavva and Ors. vs. Ratnavva and Ors. (2023/KHC-D/4225), has given some incalculably worth suggestions to all stakeholders, including the legislature and the judiciary, on remedying the reduction of pendency of cases, particularly the Regular First …
“Right to travel abroad is a fundamental right. Arbitrariness violates Article 14 of the Constitution” Karnataka High Court declared 58 years ago.
Justice K.S. Hegde and Justice Honnaiah Long before the Judgment of the Supreme Court in Maneka Gandhi vs Union of India, the then Mysore High Court had declared that right to go abroad is a fundamental right. It also gave third dimension to Article 14 of the Constitution of India. The entire judgment is reproduced …
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