Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 16 - December 22, 2024
Live LawCitation 2024 LiveLaw 513 to 2024 LiveLaw 525 Nominal Index: Satish Jarkiholi AND Dilip Kumar. Earlier, the court had while issuing notice to the respondents said, “There shall be an interim order of stay of all further proceedings in C.C.No.238/2024, qua the petitioners, till the next date of hearing” Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against BJP State President BY Vijayendra For Allegedly Extorting Money Under Guise Of Electoral Bonds Case Title: B Y Vijayendra AND State of Karnataka & ANR Case No: CRL.P 13192/2024 Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw 517 The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday allowed the petition filed by then Vice President and now BJP State President BY Vijayendra and quashed proceedings pertaining to an FIR registered against him for allegedly extorting money under the guise of electoral bonds. S.187 BNSS | Police Custody Must Be Within First Forty Days For Offences Punishable Upto 10 Years Imprisonment : Karnataka High Court Case Title: State of Karnataka & Kalandar Shafi & Others Case No: CRIMINAL PETITION No.13459 OF 2024 C/W WRIT PETITION No.33526 OF 2024 Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw 518 The Karnataka High Court has held that as per Section 187 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, the 15-day police custody must be sought within the first forty days in cases of offences which are punishable upto ten years of imprisonment It clarified that the phraseology used in Section 187 BNSS is an offence punishable "for ten years or more", explaining that 10 years or more would mean that the threshold punishment is 10 years and not a punishment up to 10 years. Authority Can't Decline Landowners' Plea For Layout Plan Approval Unless Acquisition Notification Is Published For Scheme Formation: Karnataka HC Case Title: Principal Secretary To Government & ANR AND Mahaveen Oswal and Others Case No: WRIT APPEAL NO.200165 OF 2023 Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw 519 The Karnataka High Court has said that an urban development authority would have the right to decline a plea for approval of layout plan of land, only if a notification is duly published as per law for acquisition of the lands for formation of a scheme or a layout. Karnataka High Court Directs NLSIU To Provide Reservation To Transgender Students As Per SC's NALSA Judgment Case Title: ABC And State of Karnataka & Others Case No: WRIT PETITION NO.14909 OF 2023 Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw 525 The Karnataka High Court as an interim measure directed the National Law School of India University to provide a reservation of 0.5% to transgender persons with fee waiver, until it implements the 2014 directions of the Supreme Courts by formulating a reservation for transgender candidates.