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Karnataka Sexual Minorities Forum versus State of Karnataka & Ors. (2017), a case of the Karnataka High Court, which resulted in an amendment of Section 36A of the Karnataka Police Act, which categorized the intersex, non-binary gender and transgender individuals as predisposed to criminal activity. [1] [2]
The High Court is a court of record and can prosecute for contempt of itself. [6] The Karnataka High court has two permanent benches at Hubballi-Dharwada and Kalaburagi. The permanent Karnataka high court bench at Hubballi-Dharwada became operational on 24 August 2013 and Kalaburagi on 31 August 2013. [7]
It also instructed the High Court to get written statements from the newly appointed prosecutor of the case by Karnataka government. [20] The Karnataka government appointed B. V. Acharya. [21] On 11 May 2015, Jayalalithaa was acquitted of all charges by the Karnataka High Court, causing wild celebrations by supporters. [22]
The number of judges in a court is decided by dividing the average institution of main cases during the last five years by the national average, or the average rate of disposal of main cases per judge per year in that high court, whichever is higher. The Madras High Court is the oldest high court in the country, established on 26 June 1862 ...
2. In December 2020, Karnataka Lok Adalat and Karnataka High Court jointly by resolving 2,61,882 in a single day through mega Lok Adalat, created a record. [13] 3. In August 2021, Karnataka Lok Adalat, through Mega Lok Adalat settled 3,244 cases in Udupi district and 5,235 cases in Dakshina Kannada. [14]
In India, landmark court decisions come most frequently from the Supreme Court of India, which is the highest judicial body in India. High courts of India may also make such decisions, particularly if the Supreme Court chooses not to review the case or if it adopts the holding of the lower court.
There are 25 High courts in India. The number of total judges sanctioned in these high courts are 1114 of which 840 judges are permanent and remaining 274 sanctioned for additional judges. As of 29 December 2024, 362 of the seats, about 32.3% are vacant. Allahabad High Court, has the largest number (160) of judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3) of judges. The lists of high ...
Her father, E. S. Venkataramiah, was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India in 1989. [3] She gained public attention in 2009 after being forcibly detained within the Karnataka High Court premises by a group of protesting lawyers. [4] She has delivered a number of significant judgments relating to commercial and constitutional law in Karnataka.