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Justice Gurusiddaiah Basavaraja celebrates his 58th birthday today.He was born on 03.05.1965 at Chitradurga.  He did his early education in Government Higher Primary School, Metikurike Village.   He studied SSLC from Government High School, Gannayakanahalli, Hiriyur Taluk, Chitradurga District; PUC from Government Pre-University Junior College, Hiriyur Taluk, Chitradurga District, Graduated from Vanivilasa First Grade College, Hiriyur …

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Justice M I Arun celebrates his 53rd birthday today. Justice M.I. Arun was born on 24.04.1970 at Mysore. His father Shri. M. J. Indrakumar served as Registrar, Karnataka Lokayukta till his retirement in the year 1999. Justice M.I.Arun did his early education in Dharwad, Arasikere, Bhardravathi, Bangalore and Mysroe. He studied SSLC from MES High …

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Justice Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai retires on 21 May 2023 during the summer vacation. He is being given hearty farewell today. Justice P.N. Desai was born on 21:5:1961 at Navalgund, Dharwad District. He did Bachelor of Science (B.sc) Degree from P.C. Jabin Science College, Hubli and LL.B. (Spl) from University College of Law, Dharwad. Justice P.N. …

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S. Basavaraj, Senior Advocate, Bengaluru. Recently the Chief Justice of India asked a pertinent question “Why there are less women in Higher Judiciary?” I wrote this on 8 March 2016. Unfortunately there is little improvement since then. Another Women’s’ Day is here. From the legal perspective, it is highly disappointing. The woman lawyers are completely …

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Senior Advocate S Basavaraj has urged the Supreme Court collegium to adopt the system of “objective assessment of relative merit” of the candidates for elevation as High Court Judges. The letter reads; The procedure of circulating the judgments of the High Court Judges prospective candidates and making an objective assessment of their relative merit and …

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During the interactive session with office bearers of various Bar Associations on 26th November 2022 at Tumkur, we had a pleasant surprise. Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar of the Karnataka High Court revealed/informed that all his judgments, except the one dictated in the open court, are hand-written by him. This gives complete command over the facts …

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