Court : Karnataka
Reported in : 1999(1)KarLJ603
1. Corruption in a civilised society is a disease like cancer, which if not detected in time is sure to malignise the polity of country leading to disastrous consequences. It is termed as plague which is not only contagious but if not controlled spreads like a fire in a jungle. Its virus is compared with HIV leading to AIDS, being incurable. It has also been termed as Royal thievery. The socio-political system exposed to such a dreaded communicable disease is likely to crumble under its own weight. Corruption is opposed to democracy and social order, being not only anti people, but aimed and targeted against them. It affects the economy and destroys the cultural heritage. Unless nipped in the bud at the earliest, it is likely to cause turbulence shaking of the socio- economic-political system in an otherwise healthy, wealthy, effective and vibrating society.2. The menace of corruption was found to have enormously increased by first and second world war conditions. The corruption, at th...
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Reported in : ILR1998KAR3620; 1998(6)KarLJ667; (1999)IILLJ552Kant
K.R. Prasada Rao1. These appeals have been filed against the order passed by the learned Single Judge in Writ Petition Nos. 5517 and 5518 of 1998, dated 4-3-1998 confirming the ex parte stay order dated 24-2-1998 staying the operation of the order of transfer of respondent 2-Deputy Manager (TTC) from the Technical Training Centre to its Regional Office, Calcutta under Office Memorandum No. FPA TRF 97 384, dated 27-11-1997 issued by the appellant (Annexure-EE to the writ petitions) and rejecting the application filed by the appellant-Company for vacating the stay order dated 24-2-1998.2. The impugned order passed by the learned Single Judge has been challenged by the management of the appellant-Company on two grounds which are (1) the writ petitions filed by the respondents in the writ appeals are not maintainable, as the appellant-Company is not a 'State' or other authority within the sweep of the expression used in Article 12 of the Constitution of India and (2) the order of transfer ...
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1. All these Writ Petitions are listed before this Bench by a Special Order of the Hon’ble Chief Justice for decision. The subject matter of all these petitions is identical though one of the writ petition is by way of public interest litigation. Therefore, they are taken up for consideration together and disposed of by this common order. 2. The petitioners in W.P.No. 66920/2010 herein are the member shareholders of the Doodhganga Krishna Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane Niyamit, Chikkodi. It is a Co-operative sugar factory registered under the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959. It was established to cater to the needs of the sugarcane farmers in and around Chikkodi, Raibagh and Athani Taluk in Belgaum District. Later it was converted into a Multi-State Co-operative Society under the Karnataka Multi State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002, by extending its area of operation to more than one State (Karnataka and Maharashtra) Earlier, they were having crushing capacity of 2500 TCD...
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Reported in : AIR1990Kant97; 1989(2)KarLJ202
ORDER1. Common prayer in these series is to issue a writ in the nature of mandamus to forbear respondents from interfering with their right to excavate, remove and transport granite found in his/their patta land/s.2. Most of the petitioners are from old State of Mysore and a few from Kollegal, which on re-organization has become part and parcel of Mysore District. They trace their right to excavate granite either to proviso to S. 38 of Mysore Land Revenue Code and notification issued thereunder or the Madras Board Standing Order. In support of their prayer, reliance is placed on catena of decisions of this Court to which a reference would be made a little later.3. Respondents in their statement of objections dispute their right to extract minor minerals except in accordance with the Rules framed under S. 15 of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act') Specific reference is made to Ch. II of the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concessio...
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- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU R DATED THIS THE8H DAY OF APRIL, 2024 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE KRISHNA S DIXIT WRIT PETITION No.1167 OF2024(GM-POLICE) BETWEEN: SRI.VINAY RAJASHEKARAPPA KULKARNI, AGED ABOUT54YEARS, MEMBER, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, KARNATAKA STATE AND RESIDENT OF BARAKOTI SHIVAGIRI, DHARWAD 58 007. PETITIONER (BY SRI.C V NAGESH., SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SRI. K RAGHAVENDRA.,ADVOCATE) AND: CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, BELLARY ROAD, BENGALURU 560 032. REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR. RESPONDENT (BY SRI. S V RAJU., ASG A/W SRI. P PRASANNA KUMAR AND SRI. RAHUL REDDY., ADVOCATE) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE226OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO I) CALL FOR RECORDS IN SPL.C.C.NO.565/2021 WHICH IS PRESENTLY PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE LXXXI ADDL. CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, (CCH.NO.82), BENGALURU AND ETC., THIS PETITION HAVING BEEN HEARD AND RESERVED FOR ORDER, THIS DAY, THE COURT PRONOUNCED THE FOLLOWING: - 2 - ORDER Petitioner, a former Cab...
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Reported in : 2009(5)KarLJ375; 2009(4)KCCR2313; 2009(4)AIRKarR385(D.B)
ORDERV.G. Sabhahit, J.1. The writ petitions and the contempt of Court case are disposed of by this common order since they are interconnected.2. W.P. No. 3568 of 2007 is filed by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Limited (for short, 'NICEL') and two others seeking for quashing of the order dated 4-11-2006 passed by the State-first respondent in the writ petition (Annexure-P to the writ petition) and to prohibit the respondents and their servants and agents permanently from acting pursuant to the Government order dated 4-11-2006.3. W.P. No. 17550 of 2006 is filed by Dr. B.K. Chakrapani seeking for quashing of the order dated 4-11-2006 passed by the respondent-State (Annexure-A to the writ petition); quashing of the report of the fifth respondent-Chief Engineer, Communication and Building (South), Bangalore, dated 15-7-2006 (Annexure-Al to the writ petition) and to direct the respondents not to construct the peripheral road or any other road on or over the Gottigere Tank on pilla...
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Reported in : 2008CriLJ4425; ILR2008KAR4166; ILR2008(4)Kar4166; 2008(4)KCCRSN251; 2008(5)AIRKarR408; 2008CriLJ4425;
V. Jagannathan, J.1. 'In every case the end result is important, but the means to achieve it must remain above board' observed the Supreme Court in State of Punjab v. Baldev Singh : 1999CriLJ3672 when the public interest to protect the society from the adverse effects of drugs abuse, is pitted against the procedural safeguards in ensuring fair trial to the accused and to protect his valuable human rights, what should be the approach of the courts. NDPS Act being a penal statute and the offence under it being a grave one attracting severe punishment, whether it is incumbent, on the part of the prosecuting agency to strictly follow the procedures provided under Sections 41, 42, 52 to 55 and 57 of the N.D.P.S. Act and whether the absence of any finding with regard to the percentage of heroin drug in the samples sent for examination, will be an irrelevant factor, are the important questions among others that call for answer in these appeals.2. Criminal Appeal No. 2236/06 is filed by the A-...
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Reported in : ILR2009KAR2589; 2009(6)KarLJ205
ORDERN. Kumar, J.1. In all these Writ Petitions the petitioners have challenged the constitutional validity of Section 27(2) and (3) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (hereinafter far short referred to as the Act') as well as the procedure followed by the District and State Consumer Forum in issuing arrest warrants against them. Therefore, all these Writ Petitions axe taken up for consideration together and disposed of by this common order. However, for proper appreciation of the rival contentions, the facts pleaded in W.P. No. 700/2008 and the statement of objections filed in W.P. No. 18465/ 2006 by the Union of India which was adopted by them as the statement of objections in all the Writ Petitions, is set out as under.2. The petitioner is a registered partnership firm. It is in the business of land development and construction. The petitioner entered into an agreement with the land owners for development of land bearing Sy. No. 4848 and 2878 at 6th Main, V.V. Puram, Devaraja Moha...
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(Prayer: These Writ Appeals are filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act praying to set aside the order passed in the Writ Petition No.11518/2008(LA-RES) dated 10.11.2010.) 1. The above appeals are preferred praying to set aside the order dated 10.11.2010 passed by the learned Single judge in W.P. No.11518/2008 and to dismiss the said writ petition and to grant such other reliefs as this Court deems fit in the circumstances of the case. 2. Brief facts of the case are that respondent Nos.1 to 15 herein filed the aforesaid writ petition for the relief of writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the preliminary notification dated 5.5.1988 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act (for short 'the Act') and published in the Karnataka Gazette on 12.5.1988 as per Annexure-E to the writ petition, the final notification dated 22.3.1989 issued under Section 6(1) of the Act and published in the Karnataka Gazette on 20.4.1989 as per Annexure-F to the writ petition, and th...
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Reported in : ILR2003KAR3885
ORDERKumar, J.1. This petition is filed by the petitioner for sanction of the scheme of arrangement and amalgamation between J.K. Industries Limited (hereinafter referred to as Transferee Company) and its share holders and J.K. Agri Genetics Limited (hereinafter referred to as JKAL) and its shareholders and J.K. Sugar Limited (hereinafter referred to as JKSL) and its shareholders and Vikrant Tyres Limited, the petitioner herein, and its creditors and its shareholders. 2. The petitioner is a public company limited by shares under the Companies Act of 1956, on October 3, 1973 having its registered office at Vikrant House, No. 54, First Main Road, V.V. Mohalla, Mysore, Karnataka. The main object of the petitioner is to manufacture, construct, produce, prepare, vulcanize, retread, repair, develop, improve, sell, export, import and generally deal in tyres and tubes of every description for all types of vehicles and other business as mentioned in the memorandum of association. The authorized...
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