Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On September 19th, the Karnataka High Court suggested that the Central Government should consider bringing in an age limit for the use of social media while hearing an appeal filed by X Corp. (formerly Twitter) against the Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Karnataka High Court dismissed the petition challenging the family court’s order for the husband to pay his estranged wife Rs 10,000 per month as maintenance for the upkeep of his minor child. The single judge bench headed by Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The High Court of Karnataka has issued a historic decision that clarifies the meaning and application of Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.), which deals with the maintenance of spouses, children, and parents. The case Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal According to a recent ruling by the Karnataka High Court, a wife is humiliating her husband by referring to him as dark-skinned will amount to cruelty. The court was of the opinion that the wife’s decision to prevent Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Social media platform X challenges a court decision from India, claiming it may encourage more content blocking and censorship. Social media platform called X has been trying to overturn a court decision in India that found it had disobeyed instructions to remove Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Karnataka High Court quashed the conviction of a 46-year-old man charged under section 498A of the IPC since the complaint was filed by his ‘second wife’, which makes their marriage ‘null and void’. Section 498A of Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Karnataka High Court recently ordered the implementation of e-filing, e-appearance, and other electronic or digital services within six months in all national tribunals. The bench consisted of Justice Suraj Govindaraj, who issued the said order after he was Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a plea filed by Twitter Inc, which challenged several blocking and take-down orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act. Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Karnataka High Court has strictly warned Magistrates not to deviate from the given guidelines (given below) and gave a warning that doing so would be considered contributing to the already concerning backlogs. In a recent decision, Justice M. Nagaprasanna, Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently the Karnataka High Court held that if the husband denied having a physical relationship, then it will amount to cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 but not under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Read more