The Court flagged gaps in safety, compliance and consumer protection and directed the State to frame comprehensive guidelines governing homestays across Karnataka.
The founders were arrested in an ED case involving allegations that Gameskraft laundered ₹250 crores and employed deceptive practices to lure users on their real-money gaming platform.
The Court was hearing a plea by a homestay owner who claims that he was falsely implicated in the case on allegations that he hid information about the rape of a US tourist by a homestay worker.
The Court will examine the applicability of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 to the projects of statutory authorities like the BDA.
The Court noted the daughter-in-law's submission that settlement talks were underway and that she had no objection to bail being given to the accused man.
In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice, Karnataka CM Siddaramiah wrote that premises measuring nearly 50,000 square feet have been identified to be repurposed for the proposed Bench's operations.
The daughter told the Court that she had been pressured by her parents and certain Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) members into making earlier accusations against her lover.