The Court was considering a plea moved by BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal to quash the case registered against him for referring to Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao as “half-Pakistani,” purpotedly because ...
Kumar and Muthalik had contested from the Karkala constituency in Udupi district in the 2023 elections as the BJP candidate and an independent contestant respectively.
Kumar first moved the Karnataka High Court by way of an election petition but the same was rejected on June 21 prompting him to approach the apex court.
As per the complaint, while speaking at a protest organised by the BJP, Shetty had allegedly said that Rahul Gandhi should be slapped for making a statement against Hindus in the Lok Sabha.
A Division Bench of Chief Justice NV Anjaria and Justice Krishna S Dixit issued notice to both the leaders, the State of Karnataka as well as the Deputy Commissioner, the Corporation and Zilla Panchay ...
The petitioner had reportedly objected to the MLAs and Ministers taking the oath of office in the name of voters or other persons, instead of taking it either in the name of God or by saying they "sol ...
“I'll come to the merits, once I hear them (State government) on locus ... If I hold it as maintainable, I will hear it on merits,” Justice Nagaprasanna said today.
