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 …

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 …

“ವಕೀಲರನ್ನು ಬ0ಧಿಸಿದಾಗ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಕೀಲರ ಪರಿಷತ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಹತ್ತಿರದ ವಕೀಲರ ಸ0ಘಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ತಿಳಿಸತಕ್ಕದ್ದು”. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಉಚ್ಚನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದ ಮಹತ್ತರ ಆದೇಶ.

ವಕೀಲರನ್ನು ಬ0ಧಿಸಿದಾಗ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಕೀಲರ ಪರಿಷತ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಹತ್ತಿರದ ವಕೀಲರ ಸ0ಘಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ತಿಳಿಸತಕ್ಕದ್ದು. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಉಚ್ಚನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದ ಮಹತ್ತರ ಆದೇಶ.

Karnataka High Court. Technological Accomplishments.

The Karnataka High Court has taken several initiatives such as display of Preamble of the Constitution of India digitally in 3 Languages i.e., Kannada, Hindi and English in the Center Portico of the High Court. The High Court has installed Justice Clocks in all the three Benches i.e., Principal Bench, Bengaluru and Benches at Dharwad …

“Know Your Judge” Justice H P Sandesh. Karnataka High Court.

Honble Mr. Justice H. P. Sandesh is celebrating his 59th birthday today. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Hethur Puttaswamygowda Sandesh was born on 2 December 1964, at Hethur in Sakaleshpur Taluk, Hassan District to Late Sri. Puttaswamy Gowda and Late Smt. Kaveramma as a second son. He had his Primary Education at Hethur and Sakaleshpur. Secondary Education …

“Know Your Judge”. Justice S G Pandit. Karnataka High Court

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shankar Ganapathi Pandit is celebrating his 58th birthday today. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shankar Ganapathi Pandit: Born on 16th November 1965. Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka and took oath on 14.02.2018 and Permanent Judge on 07.01.2020. As a Lawyer he represented many statutory bodies such as BMRDA, BIAAPA, …

Caste/religious inequality in Karnataka High Court and the Supreme Court of India. Senior Advocate writes to the Union Law Minister.

In his letter dated 10 November 2023, Mr. S. Basavaraj, Senior Advocate and Member, Karnataka State Bar Council has severely criticized the composition of judges in the Karnataka High Court and the Supreme Court of India. The letter addressed to the Union Law Minister reads; 1. Thirty years ago, Justice S Ratnavel Pandian in his …

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಉಚ್ಚನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಸರ್ವೋಚ್ಚ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿಜಾತಿ/ ಧರ್ಮ ಅಸಮಾನತೆ. ಕಾನೂನು ಮ0ತ್ರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಪತ್ರ.

ಕೇವಲ ಒ0ದು ಜಾತಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿದ ನ್ಯಾಯಾದೀಶರು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಉಚ್ಚನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯ ಹಾಗೂ ಸರ್ವೋಚ್ಚನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಗ್ರಸ0ಖ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದು ಇದು ಅಸ0ವಿದಾನಿಕ ನ್ಯಾಯವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ಮಾರಕ ಎ0ದು ಹಿರಿಯ ವಕೀಲ ಹಾಗೂ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಕೀಲರ ಪರಿಷತ್ತಿನ ಸದಸ್ಯ ಎಸ್. ಬಸವರಾಜ್, ಹಿರಿಯ ವಕೀಲರು ದೇಶದ ಕಾನೂನು ಮ0ತ್ರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಪತ್ರಬರೆದು ತಮ್ಮ ಅಸಮದಾನ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಪತ್ರ ಈ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಇದೆ.

“Know Your Judge”. Justice K Natarajan. Karnataka High Court.

Justice K Natarajan is celebrating his 59th birthday today. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Krishnan Natarajan: Born on 05.11.1964 at Bengaluru City. Studied in Primary Education at Government Primary School, Shamanna Bungalow, Sultanpet, Bengaluru and Higher Primary Education at Government Boys’ Middle School, Mamulpet, Bengaluru; Secondary Education at Central High School, K.G. Road, Bengaluru; Pre-University Education at …