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Karnataka HC cancels order child pornography watching child pornography was not offence | What mistake did the High Court make, on which it spoke during the hearing

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Karnataka HC cancels order child pornography watching child pornography was not offence | What mistake did the High Court make, on which it spoke during the hearing

High Court withdrew its order: Karnataka HC has withdrawn its order in which it had said that merely watching child pornography is not a crime under the IT Act. A single bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna has withdrawn this decision. He said that the bench had misread Section 67B while passing the order. The bench further said, ‘We are also human beings and we can also make mistakes. There is always scope for improvement. An investigation will be conducted regarding this and a new order will be issued. This order…

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Supreme Court to have 3 Dalit judges as Center clears elevation of justice PB Varale

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Supreme Court to have 3 Dalit judges as Center clears elevation of justice PB Varale

Supreme Court: The Central Government on Wednesday (January 24), approving the recommendation of the Collegium, issued a notification to promote Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PB Varale as a judge in the Supreme Court. With this, there will be three Scheduled Caste judges in the Supreme Court. In this regard, Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal said on social media platform The recommendation has been approved. The number of Supreme Court judges will increase to 34.With the appointment of Justice Varale, the number of judges…

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Karnataka High Court Takes Up Suo Motu PIL On Bengaluru Metro Pillar Collapse

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Karnataka High Court Takes Up Suo Motu PIL On Bengaluru Metro Pillar Collapse

Bengaluru Metro pillar collapsed: The Karnataka High Court has suo motu filed a PIL on the death of a woman and her child due to the collapse of a pillar of the under-construction Bengaluru Metro. Starting the hearing on the PIL on Friday, January 13, in the High Court, Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Ashok S Kinagri referred to the news reports about the accident and expressed concern. Now he has sought answers from the concerned authorities on the security measures of the Metro project. The High Court…

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