On Thursday, the High Court of Karnataka dismissed a public interest lawsuit brought against the Chikkaballapura, India-based Isha Yoga Center. The petitioners have not come the court with clean hands, according to the division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Ashok S Continue Reading
A 23-year-old man was charged with rape under the Indian Penal Code and with sexual offences against children under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act. The Karnataka High Court dismissed the accusations against him (IPC). While the case was pending in a Sessions Court, the 17-year-old victim had married him after turning […]Continue Reading
After the High Court denied their request for permission to wear the hijab in educational institutions, five Karnataka students went to the Supreme Court today. The hijab is not an essential religious practise, according to the Karnataka High Court, which upheld the ban on hijab in schools yesterday. Niba Naaz, a student who was not […]Continue Reading
The Karnataka High Court has barred the viewing of video and songs by turning on the loudspeaker on the mobile phone while traveling in a bus. The Karnataka High Court has ordered people not to turn on the mobile loudspeaker and watch videos or listen to music while traveling in Karnataka RTC Buses. The court […]Continue Reading
In a move which is seen by many as an attempt to strengthen the position of the, so called, Mannargudi mafia, in the AIADMK party and Tamil Nadu politics, the Sasikala’s nephew, TTV Dinakaran, has been named by the party as the candidate for the RK nagar by-election. Just hours before Sasikala, the late […]Continue Reading