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“Adopt Objective Assessment of Relative Merit for appointment of High Court Judges.” Senior Advocate urges SC Collegium.

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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Writing Judgments by hand. Clarity of thought and dedication personified.

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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Disposal of cases. Karnataka High Court crosses monthly filing rate.

Karnataka High Court (Principal Bench) has, perhaps for the first time, disposed cases more than the filing rate. The “Virtual Justice Clock” (digital information provided on the Karnataka High Court website) gives monthly details of “cases instituted in last month” and “cases disposed in last month” apart from other details such as (1) Cases filed …

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“Corruption is an insidious plague that has wide range of corrosive effects on the society. It is high time for the State Govt to bring back the glory of the Institution of Lokayukta.” Karnataka High Court while quashing the ACB.

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Brother Judge told me that someone from Delhi called him and enquired about me. He did not stop there. Justice Sandesh reveals.

Mahesh P S  vs State of KarnatakaCriminal Petition 4909 of 2022. Daily Order dated 11 July 2022Justice H P Sandesh The Special Counsel appearing for ACB placed the investigation materials collected till date as directed by this Court in a sealed cover and the same is taken on record. 2. The Registrar (Judicial) also placed …

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‘Ok’, ‘Thanks’, ‘Yea’. Mind your (Court) language & manners.

S.Basavaraj, Senior Advocate and Chairman, Karnataka State Bar Council Law Academy On Friday, (8 July 22) a learned Judge of the Karnataka High Court had to advise a junior advocate not to use ‘Yea’ in the Court while arguing. I have seen many young lawyers using such Law college campus language. Few say ‘Ok’, ‘Thanks’ …

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