The Karnataka High Court has struck down amendments to the Police Act which had criminalised wagering, betting or risking money. This has come as a boon for the online gaming industry.
Karnataka ASG Shanti Bhushan has submitted before the Karnataka High Court that it was very difficult for the state to consider what part of attire was religious and what was not.
The Karnataka High Court has sent an Additional District and Sessions Judge of Mysuru, who granted bail to a dowry death accused, to the Judicial Academy for training, so that he could apply judicious thought process and exercise judicial discretion in future, before granting bail in heinous offences such as dowry death.
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday said that mediation was possible in the case related to petitions seeking quashing of Karnataka government order prohibiting them from wearing Hijab in educational institutions, only if both the petitioner and the respondents (State and College Development Committees) agree.