If we can describe his lordship Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka in one word, it is “Kayakayogi” as perceived by 12th century social reformer Basavanna. This quality is reflected both in his lordship’s judicial and administrative work. Justice Oka worked tirelessly without showing a semblance of displeasure at anything or anyone. The temperament exhibited by his …
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Apart from hard-work and strong determination, Justice B.V.Nagarathna is known for championing the cause of children branded by society as illegitimate. Two judgments reflect her commitment for the cause of these ‘Children of a lesser God’ who had/have no say about their status. ‘We add that no child is born in this world without a …
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Extract from the interview of Justice M.N Venkatachaliah “Evolution of Law & Judicial system” In the Mahabharatha, there is an episode. Jignasu goes to his Brahimin teacher and asks him “is a fact equivalent to truth? A factual incident, does it qualify itself to be truth?’” The master says “I can’t answer this. The only man who …
Padmavathi and another vs Jayamma and others. Regular First Appeal 916 of 2014 decided on 15 May 2020. Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Suraj Govindaraj. Per Nagarathna J.: I have had the benefit of reading the erudite judgment of Hon’ble Suraj Govindaraj J. While I concur with the same, I wish to supplement my own …
The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 17th August, 2021 has approved the proposal for appointment of following Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court as Permanent Judges of that High Court: Shri Justice Neranahalli Srinivasan Sanjay Gowda, ,Ms. Justice Jyoti Mulimani, Shri Justice Nataraj Rangaswamy, Shri Justice Hemant Chandangoudar, Shri Justice Pradeep …
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On 5 August 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the Rajya Sabha that the President of India had issued The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019 (C.O. 272) under Article 370, superseding the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954. The order stated that all the provisions of the Indian Constitution …
A Kannadiga who “drafted” the Constitution of India – B.N.Rau (Sir Benegal Narasimga Rau). – A Hero we’ve all forgotten. Brother of B.Shiva Rau who authored “Framing of the Indian Constitution” Narsing Rau was born in Mangalore on 26 February 1887 in a family of intellectuals. His father Benegal Raghavendra Rau was an eminent doctor. …
B.V.Acharya, Senior Advocate and former Advocate General for Karnataka Recently Supreme Court has come down heavily on the authorities responsible for making appointments to the various tribunals for their failure to fill up vacancies. Two days back, the Supreme Court took the Union Government to task for not ordering appointment of judges to the …
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ಉಚ್ಚ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದ ವಕೀಲರು ಸರ್ವೋಚ್ಚ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದ ವಕೀಲರಿಗಿ0ತ ಕೀಳು ಎ0ದು ಠರಾವು ಮಾಡಿದ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಈಗ ಸುಪ್ರೀ0 ಕೋರ್ಟ್ ಬಾರ್ ಅಸೋಸಿಯೇಶನ್ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸೇರಿದ0ತೆ ಉಚ್ಚ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಸರ್ವೋಚ್ಚ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದ ವಕೀಲರನ್ನು ನೇಮಿಸಲು ತನ್ನದೇ ಆದ ಪಟ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ತಯಾರಿಸಿದೆ! (ಪಟ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ) ಸರ್ವೋಚ್ಚ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದ ತೀರ್ಪಿನ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಮುಖ್ಯ ನ್ಯಾಯಾದೀಶರಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಈ ರೀತಿ ಅಧಿಕಾರವಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಸುಪ್ರೀ0 ಕೋರ್ಟ್ ಬಾರ್ ಅಸೋಸಿಯೇಶನ್ ಅತ್ಯ0ತ ಅಹ0ಕಾರದಿ0ದ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಯಾರ ಹಿಡಿತವೂ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಈ ಅಸೋಸಿಯೇಶನ್ ಕೆಲವೊ0ದು ಪಟ್ಟಭದ್ರ …
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ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಕೀಲರ ಪರಿಷತ್ತಿನ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾದ ಶ್ರಿ. ಎಲ್. ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಬಾಬು ಹಾಗೂ ಸದಸ್ಯರಾದ ಶ್ರಿಯುತರಾದ ಬಿ.ವಿ. ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ್, ವಿಶಾಲ್ ರಘು, ಮದುಸೂದನ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಎಸ್. ಬಸವರಾಜ್ ಇವರು ತಾರೀಖು 3 ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ ರ0ದು ಗೌರವಾನ್ವಿತ ರಾಜ್ಯಪಾಲರನ್ನು ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಕೀಲರ ಪರಿಷತ್ತಿಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ಕೊಡಲು ವಿನ0ತಿಸಿದರು. ವಕೀಲರ ಪರಿಷತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯದಿ0ದ ರಾಜ್ಯಪಾಲರಾದ ವಕೀಲರ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಅನಾವರಣ ಮಾಡಲು ಗೌರವಾನ್ವಿತ ರಾಜ್ಯಪಾಲರನ್ನು ವಿನ0ತಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ಈ ಸ0ದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಕೀಲರ ಪರಿಷತ್ತಿನ ಇತಿಹಾಸ, ಕಾರ್ಯವೈಕರಿ, …
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