In a ruling that would impact thousands of students, the Supreme Court has held that there can be no rounding-off of the percentage of marks to the next digit for making a candidate eligible for admission to a course when eligibility criteria are clearly mentioned. “When eligibility criteria are prescribed in a qualifying examination, it [ Read More ]
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No tree cutting for widening State highwaysThe Karnataka High Court on Friday, 27, restrained the Forest Department and other authorities from cutting down trees for widening some stretches of State highways in the Tumkur division. As many as 4,153 trees had been identified for felling. A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice Aravind Kumar, passed the interim order [ Read More ] PIL filed against foreign trip of Karnataka legislatorsA PIL has been filed in the Karnataka High Court praying for the issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the state government to drop a proposed foreign trip of legislators in the wake of severe drought. The government had planned to send as many as 250 legislators on foreign trip at an estimated cost [ Read More ] Karnataka High Court:Two day time given to appoint LokayuktaThe Karnataka High Court gave two days’ time to Advocate-General S. Vijay Shankar to get instructions from the government in appointment of Lokayukta and also pointed out that “the Government is violating the Karnataka Lokayukta Act”. Observing that the “public is getting restless” because of the failure to appoint the Lokayukta for the past 10 [ Read More ] M S Dhoni wins legal battle, arbitrator favours himIndian cricket team captain M S Dhoni who wins matches on cricket field has won another battle in legal field. Dhoni who knows only winning has sweep the legal ground by defeating the State-owned Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL) in a five-year-long legal wrangle, with the arbitrator, former Karnataka High Court judge Justice R [ Read More ] Karnataka High Court judge, faces conflict of interest in housing society caseA judge of the Karnataka High Court is set to hear a case that is likely to impact the fate of a housing society plot owned by his daughter. K.M. Chaitra, daughter of Justice K.L. Manjunath, was allotted the plot when she was living with her father and showed his residence as her address. The [ Read More ] SC: Partial relief to woman BJP MPThe Supreme Court today refused to set aside a Karnataka High Court order, which has disqualified woman BJP MP J Shantha from Bellary (ST) Lok Sabha seat, but allowed her to attend the Parliamentary proceedings without exercising her voting right or availing any perquisite. Observing that BJP MP election in 2009 had “materially affected” the [ Read More ] illegal mining case: order reserved for tomorrowThe Karnataka High Court today deferred its orders for tomorrow on the anticipatory bail plea of former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and his kin in the illegal mining case. “I don’t want to read it (orders) today. I will do it tomorrow”, said Justice Subash B Adi, who had yesterday reserved the orders for [ Read More ] Religious guru Nityananda in police custudySelf-claimed guru Nityananda is in police custody for one day. He has been arrested for fresh criminal charges. He surrendered at Ramnagaram. Nityananda, whose whereabouts remained unknown since the latest case of assault and threat to life was registered on June 8, turned up at the judicial magistrate court surprising police who were on the [ Read More ] Bidari’s appointment as DGP : Supreme Court stays Karnataka HC orderThe Supreme Court Tuesday set aside a Karnataka High Court order indicting the state’s then police chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari, terming him worse than Saddam Hussain and Muammar Gaddafi, and directing his removal from the post. A bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice C.K. Prasad said the state, however, was free to appoint anyone [ Read More ] |
