The Karnataka High Court quashed rape proceedings against a man accused of a false promise of marriage under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Justice M. Nagaprasanna said, “The law does not criminalize heart break,” citing a consensual relationship.
The Karnataka High Court stayed a 2024 criminal case against D. K. Shivakumar over a controversial Facebook post targeting Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, with Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav seeking the State’s response to his plea challenging the proceedings.
The Supreme Court ruled that the Karnataka High Court wrongly stopped insolvency proceedings against Farooq Ali Khan, restoring the case before NCLT for a speedy resolution.
