Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: [January 2 To January 7, 2024]
Live LawCitations: 2024 LiveLaw 01 To 2024 LiveLaw 09 Nominal Index: Raghvendraraddi Shivaraddi Naduvinamani AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw 9 Judgments/Orders Karnataka High Court Quashes Rape Charge On False Promise To Marry But Orders Accused To Maintain Child Born From 'Consensual' Relationship Case Title: Raghvendraraddi Shivaraddi Naduvinamani AND State of Karnataka Case No: Criminal Petition No 100721 of 2023. I therefore, deem it appropriate to direct the petitioner to pay maintenance to the child at Rs.10,000 p.m. till the conclusion of the trial.” Drawer's Consent Not Required For Alterations To Body Of Blank Signed Cheque But Shouldn't Exceed Amount Covered By It: Karnataka High Court Case Title: H B Bhagyalakshmi AND Cheluvamma Case No: Criminal Appeal No 2104 OF 2018 Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw 2 The Karnataka High Court has held that when the drawer of the cheque signs and issues a blank cheque to the complainant, if any alteration appears on the body of the cheque, such alterations need not require the consent of the drawer of the cheque. A division bench of Justice P S Dinesh Kumar and Justice T G Shivashankare Gowda however dismissed the petition saying, “Keeping in view the welfare of minor girl, in our considered opinion, the girl being a four year old girl child, it would be in her best interest to remain in the custody of her mother.” Hindu Succession Act | Legal Heirs Of Daughters Who Died Before 2005 Amendment Entitled To Equal Share In Family Property: Karnataka High Court Case Title: Channabasappa Hosmani AND Parvatevva alias Kasturevva & Others Case No: Writ Petition no 105363 OF 2023 Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw 6 The Karnataka High Court has held that legal heirs of a daughter are entitled to equal share in the family properties, even if the daughters had passed away before the amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, came into force in 2005. Playing With Children's Future: High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Bengaluru's Brigade School For Delayed Compliance Of Its Order Case Title: Jagdeep Rao AND State of Karnataka & Others Case No: CCC 1307/2023 Citation No: 2024 LiveLaw 7 The Karnataka High Court on Friday saddled the Brigade School in Bengaluru's Malleshwaram area with Rs 1 lakh cost for failure to comply with its interim order requiring it to permit petitioner's daughter to attend classes.