”Judges appoint Judges” – a true statement.

B.V.Acharya, Senior Advocate and former Advocate General The statement of CJI (Hon’ble Justice N.V. Ramana) that the “Judges appoint Judges”  to the higher judiciary is not correct is an assertion which has not only the effect of creating a totally wrong impression in the minds of the public but also contradicting the statement of the …

Mekedaatu Paadayatra. Karnataka High Court orders notice on PIL

The Karnataka High Court has today issued notice to Government of Karnataka and Congress party on a PIL seeking direction to the Govt not to permit/allow any political rallies, dharnas and protest and to restrain the Congress from holding and continuing the Padayatra with the theme “NAMMA NEERU NAMMA HAKKU” in anyplace in the State …

Court Language – All India Judicial Service.

Recent incident in the court of Chief Justice of Gujrat High Court has given raise to avoidable controversy. When a party-in-person before the Bench presided over by the Chief Justice insisted on addressing the court in Gujarathi only, the Chief Justice getting irritated responded by replying to him in Kannada. The Chief Justice appears to …

Owner of trees grown on his land has no right over branches hanging over adjacent land. Adjacent landowner has a right to prevent entry into his lands.

Naganna and others vs Muddamma. Original Suit 38 of 2017 decided on 1 August 2020. Judge Bharath Yogesh Karagudari. Court of the Additional Civil Judge and JMFC Pavagada . The plaintiff professes that,he is the owner in possession of the suit schedule property and the defendant is the owner of the Sy.No. Z6/1€ of Konanakurke …

Suit for damages alleging malicious prosecution. Simply because the accused/plaintiff was acquitted, that cannot be a ground to hold the prosecution as malicious in nature..

In the Court of the Principal Civil Judge at Davanagere. Shri. Sameer G Kolli, B.A.L., LL.B., Principal Civil Judge Original Suit 32/2012, decided on 1 December 2021A. Basavarajappa vs Jasteen Desouza Issue: Whether   the   plaintiff   proves   that defendant has prosecuted the plaintiff maliciously in C.C. 1539/2002 ? 9. It is the case of the plaintiff that …

MLA uses Police force to get back his diary seized by Income Tax Officers during raid. Karnataka High Court quashes criminal case.

Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) and others vs Deputy Commissioner of Police Bengaluru – East Division Writ Petition 29697 of 2017 decided on 25 November 2021Judgment Link: http://judgmenthck.kar.nic.in/judgmentsdsp/bitstream/123456789/423229/1/WP29697-17-25-11-2021.pdf The petitioners are before this Court calling in question proceedings in FIR dated 28.02.2017 in Crime No.52 of 2017, notice dated 13.04.2017 issued under Section 91 of the …

A Study on Bitcoins

What is bitcoin? Before we begin to understand this, a more basic question we need to ask is: “what is money?”. Money, ultimately, is simply the tool that we use to exchange value. Throughout history we’ve used lots of things as money, from seashells, to precious metals, to salt… The most popular money, historically, has …

ವಕೀಲರ ವಿರುದ್ದ ಕ್ಷುಲ್ಲಕ ದೂರು. ಅರ್ಜಿದಾರನಿಗೆ 50 ಸಾವಿರ ರೂ ದ0ಡ ವಿಧಿಸಿದ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಕೀಲರ ಪರಿಷತ್.

ಕಳೆದ ಹಲವಾರು ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದೇ ಸ್ವತ್ವವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ತಮ್ಮ ವ್ಯಾಜ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊ0ಡ ಕಕ್ಷಿದಾರರು ವಕೀಲರ ವಿರುದ್ದ ಕ್ಷುಲ್ಲಕ ದೂರು ಕೊಡುವುದನ್ನು ವಕೀಲರ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು ಗಮನಿಸಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಕಕ್ಷಿದಾರರ ಪರವಾಗಿ ಕಷ್ಟಪಟ್ಟು ಹೋರಾಡಿದ ವಕೀಲರೊಬ್ಬರ ಮೇಲೆ ಎದುರುದಾರರೊಬ್ಬರು ದೂರು ನೀಡಿ ವಿನಾಕಾರಣ ಎರಡು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಕಾಲ ಕಿರುಕುಳ ನೀಡಿದ್ದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅರ್ಜಿದಾರರಿಗೆ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು ರೂ. 50,000 ದ0ಡ ವಿಧಿಸಿದೆ. ಆದಿತ್ಯ ವಿವಿದೊದ್ದೇಶ ಸಹಕಾರಿ ಸ0ಘವು ತಾನು ಸಾಲ ಕೊಟ್ಟವರ ಪರವಾಗಿ ವಕಾಲತ್ತು ವಹಿಸಿ ಪ್ರಭಲವಾಗಿ ವ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ ನಡೆಸಿ ಭಾರಿ ನಷ್ಟವು0ಟು …

Behind ”Jai Bheem”. The Judges who upheld the Rule of Law..

The judgment of the Madras High Court in Rajakannu Vs. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors is the inspiration behind the movie “Jai Bheem”. Many may not know about the learned judges who delivered this judgment. Justice P.S. Mishra and Justice Shivaraj V Patil adopted inquisitorial system in Habeus Corpus Petition 711 of 1993 and …

Lawyers lend voice to the voiceless. Courts & adjudicatory authorities should not be too sensitive in commenting on lawyers. Karnataka High Court.

M.S.Srinivasa vs Union of India and anotherWrit Petition 16518 of 2021 decided on 10 November 2021Judgment Link: http://judgmenthck.kar.nic.in/judgmentsdsp/bitstream/123456789/419607/1/WP16518-21-10-11-2021.pdfPetitioner is an advocate by occupation; he had appeared for the appellant in appeal vide A.No. 279/2019 CUS(B-Air); the Commissioner of Customs (Appeals) vide order dated 16.03.2021 at Annexure-D dismissed the appeal; in the course of order, the …