“Know Your Judge”. Justice M. Nagaprasanna. Karnataka High Court.

Hon’ble Mr Justice M. Nagaprasanna celebrates his 53rd birthday today. He was born on 23 March 1971. He is a very good cricket player and known for maintaining calm composure throughout the day. He delivered 50 Judgements in a single day apart from dealing with 482 criminal petitions filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C ! Justice …

New Criminal Laws. Provisions regarding private complaints unworkable.

B.V. Acharya, Senior Advocate. Section 223 of the Bharathiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhitha 2023 ( for short  “ Sanhitha” ) corresponds to Section 200 of the Criminal Procedure Code 1973 ( for short “ Code” ). The said provision deals with the procedure to be followed when a private complaint is filed before a Magistrate. While …

Inter-country Adoption. Authoritative Judgment of the Karnataka High Court.

U. Ajay Kumar and others Vs The Union of India.Writ Petition 16681 of 2023 decided on 23 January 2024.Justice M. Nagaprasanna. Discussion and the declaration of Law: The petitioners, husband and wife are before this Court seeking a direction by issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus to consider their representation dated 20-06-2023 …

“Even the men deserve equal opportunity.” Karnataka High Court declares 100% reservation to women in Indian military nursing services as unconstitutional

Sanjay M Peerapur and others Vs The Union of India and others. Writ Petition 62966 of 2011 decided on 5 January 2024. Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde. 2. Be that as it may, the Constitution of India which embodies egalitarian principles at its core recognises both men and women as equal. At the same time, the …

Karnataka High Court to adopt advanced & safe technology for videoconferencing.

Adopting technology to its maximum use is one of the notable achievements of the Karnataka High Court. Covid scenario forced Judiciary all over India to create online platforms for videoconferencing that helped thousands of lawyers to effectively argue their cases sitting in different locations. https://wordpress.com/post/dakshalegal.blog/1205 During Covid scenario the Karnataka High Court dealt with batch …