Pankhuri Swarnim
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A 19-Year Old Student Accused of Sedition Withdraws Bail Application, Submits before the Karnataka High Court
Amulya Leona Noronha, a student, was charged for raising pro-Pakistan slogans. She did so in a rally held in Bengaluru in February. The rally was to voice dissent against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The police arrested her on...
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Karnataka High Court: State Cannot Deny Migrants the Chance to Travel Back Only Because They Cannot Pay
The Karnataka HC directed the Government to decide on the issue of paying railway fare. It was specifically for the migrants who want to travel back but cannot do so because they cannot pay the fare. Chief Justice Abhay...
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Karnataka Government Finally Decides to Bear the Cost of Workers’ Travelling to their States
On 22.05.2020, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, BS Yediyurappa, gave important news on Twitter. It said that the State Government will now bear the cost of travel of migrant workers to their home states. They will travel by Shramik...
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The Karnataka State Level Advocates Clerks Association moves a Petition, to avail financial aid from the State Government
A writ petition was moved by Advocate Murthy Dayanand Naik on behalf of Karnataka State Level Advocates Clerks Association, in the Karnataka High Court. They prayed to direct the State Government to sponsor a Rs 5 crores fund for...
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Karnataka High Court presses Nikhil Kumaraswamy’s wedding matter; says the State cannot act like a private litigant
On May 12, the Karnataka HC questioned the State’s delay in disclosing certain details about Nikhil Kumaraswamy's wedding party. This included the number of movement passes issued for the inter-district movement of attendees. Nikhil Kumaraswamy is the son of...
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Karnataka High Court Questions both the Centre and the State over Nikhil Kumaraswamy’s Wedding amidst COVID-19 Lockdown
On 5th of May, 2020, the Karnataka HC sought clarifications from both the Central and State Governments on whether a wedding attended by approximately 90 people were permitted during the lockdown.
The Karnataka High court asked the State Government to...
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Karnataka High Court’s directions to the State Government: Smoothen the process of transporting the Migrant Workers both within and without the State
A Division Bench of Karnataka High Court, comprising of Chief Justice Abhay Sreeniwas Oka and Justice BV Nagarathna on 5th May 2020, passed an order directing the State Government to facilitate a smooth process of transporting migrant workers outside...
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AICCTU moves Karnataka High Court after the State Government calls off all the trains for inter-state travel of migrants, in the wake of COVID-19...
On the 4th of May, 2020, the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU) filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, challenging the State Government’s move to cancel...
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The Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020 passed to protect Officials engaged in COVID-19 Relief work, challenged in Karnataka High Court
Advocate G R Mohan filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court, challenging “The Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020”, which came into effect on April 22, passed to protect, from physical harm, the officials engaged in duty in the...
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Karnataka HC orders to ensure adequate Police Protection and Zero Deprivation of Salaries to Health Personnel
On the night of 19th April, 2020, it was reported in newspapers, at Padarayanapura in Bengaluru, that a few people who were sought to be quarantined attacked the doctors as well as the police. A writ petition was filed...
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