"Public office cannot be treated as a consolation prize for a defeated politician, nor can it be converted into a reward for political loyalty," the Court said.
The High Court also took note of allegations that police stations in several instances were functioning as parallel courts by entertaining civil disputes between private parties and attempting to sett ...
The Court took strong exception to the conduct of advocates who allegedly entered the courthall and created a ruckus during a protest over violence against lawyers in Karnataka.
Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde issued notice on Ali's plea challenging a Bengaluru magistrate's order accepting a the closure report filed by the police in the case.
The Court observed that the applicable rules provide that the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal, in its discretion, may permit the use of Kannada in the proceedings, provided that the final order is i ...
The Court also issued notice to the Karnataka Labour Department and Karnataka Cine and Cultural Activists' Welfare Board on a plea by Cineplex challenging the constitutional validity of the cess.
The Court recorded the State's assurance that hospitals would not face adverse consequences for failing to disclose the procurement prices of medicines in patient bills for now.
The complainant's further statement to the police that the advocate had neither assaulted her nor outraged her modesty was a key factor that led the Court to quash the case.
The PIL was cursorily dealt with by the High Court and the later writ petition was also dealt with in a similar manner, throwing to winds every tenet of law, the Supreme Court said.
The Court passed the order while refusing to quash a case filed against a man accused of possessing 75 pre-activated SIM cards registered using other people's Aadhaar and ID details without their cons ...
The Court held that expressing dissent against a judgment did not attract offences of promoting enmity or outraging religious feelings, and fell within the limits of free speech.
The Court flagged that police authorities repeatedly issue notices proposing to open or continue rowdy sheets solely on the basis of registered criminal cases, without verifying their subsequent statu ...
