The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred hearing on Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines' plea challenging Karnataka High Court's order to deposit around Rs 185 crores with the Income Tax Department as tax deducted at source (TDS) from its employees' wages.
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi will administer the oath of office to the two judges on Friday, an official circular said.
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French diplomat Pascal Mazurier who was granted conditional bail by the Karnataka high court in connection with the alleged rape of his minor daughter, recently filed a petition before the court seeking quashing of the case against him.
French diplomat Pascal Mazurier who was granted conditional bail by the Karnataka high court in connection with the alleged rape of his minor daughter, recently filed a petition before the court seeking quashing of the case against him.
The post of Karnataka Lokayukta had been lying vacant since September 2011, after Shivaraj V Patil resigned from the post in the wake of a media expose that showed irregularities in the allotment of two residential plots to him and his wife.
The 'sex scandal' allegedly involving Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi rocked the Karnataka Assembly again on Tuesday, with the Opposition Congress protesting in the well of the house, demanding an inquiry monitored by the Chief Justice of the high court.
Inordinate delays, difficulty in getting orders implemented put off litigants.
In a relief to former Chief Minister and KJP leader B S Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka high court on Tuesday quashed a land grab complaint against him.
Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka High Court's order directing it to deposit around Rs 185 crore (Rs 1.85 billion) with the Income Tax Department as tax deducted at source (TDS) from its employees' wages.
The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the appointment of Justice (retd) Chandrashekaraiah as upa lokayukta of Karnataka on the ground that he was appointed by the government without consultation with the chief justice of Karnataka high court.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and his wife Datty on Monday appeared before the Lokayukta court here in connection with a complaint filed against them alleging that they had obtained sites through illegal allotment.
Veteran Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi on Monday indicated that all his issues with the All India Tennis Association (AITA) have been sorted out and he may represent the country in the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Korea.
The Karnataka High court on Saturday stayed the two-year ban issued imposed on tennis players Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna by the All India Tennis Association on disciplinary grounds.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, his wife Datty and another accused Anil appeared before the Lokayukta court on Friday in a complaint filed against them alleging illegal construction on government lands and allotment of sites to them under discretionary quota despite them possessing land.
A vacation bench of Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai said that the directions of high court passed on May 17 shall not be treated as directives but an advice to Uttar Pradesh government.
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Kingfisher Airlines' plea against the Karnataka High Court's order directing it to deposit around Rs 185 crore with the Income Tax Department as TDS from its employees' wages.
The Karnataka high court on Wednesday pulled up the city corporation, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, for its inaction against illegal constructions.
A week after chiding the Karnataka government over the "inordinate delay" in appointing the Lokayukta, the Karnataka high court on Monday directed it to begin the process of appointment in the next two days.
The Karnataka high court on Tuesday struck down the appointment of Justice Chandrashekaraiah, the Upa Lokayukta. Justice N Kumar and Justice Kempanna observed that due process was not followed while appointing the Upa Lokayukta.
Pulling up the Bharatiya Janata Party government for "inordinate delay" in appointing the lokayukta, Karnataka high court on Monday warned it would write to the governor that there is a Constitutional crisis if it failed to respond positively.
The Karnataka high court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, arrested for allegedly raping his minor daughter, observing that circumstantial evidence did not 'specify' that he had committed the offence.
In its petition, the Karnataka government called Jayalalithaa's acquittal as illegal.
Says will allow winding-up petition of aircraft lessors in case it fails to do so.
A debt recovery tribunal in India ruled that Rs 6,200 crore of Vijay Mallya's dues -- Rs 5,000 crore as principal and Rs 1,200 crore as interest -- was payable. Mallya claims that out of the sum due, Rs 3,000 crore had already been recovered by the claimants.
The special court trying the disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday adjourned to January 30, the proceedings against her close aide and co-accused Sasikala Natarajan, concerning the translation process.
The Karnataka high court on Thursday rejected the bail plea filed by Abdul Nasar Madani, an accused in the Bangalore blasts case. The leader of the People's Democratic Party from Kerala, who was picked up by the Bangalore police, had moved the high court to seek bail on various grounds.
The defamation suit was filed by Indian Police Service officer, Hemanth Nimbalkar, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
The Karnataka High Court was on Friday informed that the state government has begun the process of appointing the Lokayuktya, a post which is lying vacant since September last year.
The Karnataka high court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in connection with some cases relating to alleged illegal denotification of land and illegalities in housing cooperative societies.
Sasikala Natarajan, close aide of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and co-accused in the wealth case against her, has filed a criminal petition in the Karnataka high court challenging a lower court order rejecting her plea seeking various documents pertaining to the case.
A day after the Karnataka high court granted conditional bail to him, French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, facing charges of raping his minor daughter, on Thursday thanked the country's judiciary saying he has the greatest belief in the system.
The appeal against the high court's order was filed by original complainant Srijan Basha, who had earlier approached the state Lok Ayukta for registration of the case against Yeddyurappa.
The advocates-media-police confrontation in Bengaluru in the wake of the city civil court complex violence on March 2 worsened on Thursday with police deciding to stage a black badge protest on Friday seeking action against lawyers who assaulted their personnel.
The Karnataka high court which on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa made a strong observation, "Taking a former chief minister into custody who continues to be in public life will humiliate him."
The Karnataka high court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, his two sons and son-in-law in relation to the illegal mining case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday told the Karnataka high court that there was a prima facie case against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his kin in the illegal mining case, which required their custodial interrogation.
Facing arrest, controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda on Tuesday moved the Karnataka high court seeking quashing of a first information report filed in connection with last week's violent incidents in his ashram near in Bengaluru.
In a major setback to the Bellary faction of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Karnataka high court on Monday set aside the election of member of Parliament J Shantha, the sister of former member of Legislative Assembly B Sriramulu.
The Karnataka high court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Legislative Assembly Y Sampangi on a criminal appeal filed by him seeking quashing of the recent conviction and sentence by the Lokayukta court.
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