High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru, Dated:23rd December 2020 NOTIFICATION NO.HCBB– 276 / 2020 In modification of earlier Notification No. HCBB–200/2020 dated 30th September 2020, the sittings of Hon’ble the Chief Justice and the Hon’ble Judges in the Principal Bench at Bengaluru are arranged in the Court Halls as mentioned below from Monday the 04th January 2021. Sl. Court Hall Name of the Hon’ble Judge Nos. Nos. 1 Hon’ble the Chief Justice 1 2 Hon’ble Mrs. Justice B.V.Nagarathna 2 3 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar 3 4 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Alok Aradhe 4 5 Hon’ble Mrs. Justice S. Sujatha 5 6 Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.Veerappa 6 7 Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.S.Dinesh Kumar 8 8 Hon’ble Mr.Justice P.B.Bajanthri 9 9 Hon’ble Mr.Justice K.Somashekar 10 10 Hon’ble Mrs.Justice K.S.Mudagal 11 11 Hon’ble Mr.Justice B.A.Patil 12 12 Hon'ble Mr.Justice N.K.Sudhindrarao 13 13 Hon'ble Dr.Justice H.B.Prabhakara Sastry 14 14 Hon'ble Mr.Justice Krishna S.Dixit 15 15 Hon'ble Mr.Justice S.G.Pandit 16 16 Hon'ble Mr.Justice R.Devdas 17 17 Hon'ble Mr.Justice B.M.Shyam Prasad 18 18 Hon'ble Mr.Justice S.Sunil Dutt Yadav 19 19 Hon'ble Mr.Justice Mohammad Nawaz 20 20 Hon’ble Mr.Justice H.T.Narendra Prasad 21 21 Hon’ble Mr.Justice Ashok G. Nijagannavar 22 22 Hon’ble Mr.Justice H.P.Sandesh 23 23 Hon'ble Mr.Justice S.R.Krishna Kumar 24 24 Hon'ble Mr.Justice Sachin Shankar 25 Magadum 25 Hon'ble Mr.Justice Nataraj Rangaswamy 26 26 Hon'ble Mr.Justice Hemant Chandangoudar 27 27 Hon'ble Mr.Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur 28 28 Hon’ble Mr.Justice M.Nagaprasanna 29 29 Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.I.Arun 30 30 Hon'ble Mr.Justice E.S.Indiresh 31 31 Hon'ble Mrs.Justice M.G.Uma 32 32 Hon'ble Mr.Justice V.Srishananda 33 By Order of Hon’ble The Chief Justice Sd/- Date: 23.12.2020 Registrar (Judicial) 2 HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU ARRANGEMENT OF SITTINGS OF HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON’BLE JUDGES WITH SUBJECTS ASSIGNED TO THEIR LORDSHIPS FROM MONDAY THE 4TH JANUARY 2021 Sl. SITTINGS AND SUBJECTS Remarks No. Hon’ble The Chief Justice & Physical hearing/ 1 Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum Video conferencing hearing(optional) All WPs (PIL) (except those which are assigned to Division Bench presided over by Hon'ble Mrs.Justice B.V.Nagarathna and Hon'ble Mr.Justice Aravind Kumar) WP Green Bench, WP Green Bench (PIL), WP arising under Laws relating to Pollution Control, Environment Protection Act, and Rules framed there under and all other Laws relating to Environment - Preliminary Hearing, Orders & Final Hearing Commercial Appeals -Preliminary Hearing, Orders and Final Hearing CCC (Civil and Criminal) of 2020 and 2021 - Admission, Orders and Final Hearing Specially assigned matters 1A Hon'ble the Chief Justice and Physical hearing/ Hon'ble Mr.Justice Aravind Kumar Video conferencing hearing(optional) Covid-19 related PILs as and when dates are fixed 2 Hon'ble Mrs.Justice B.V.Nagarathna and Physical hearing/ Hon'ble Mrs.Justice M.G.Uma Video conferencing hearing(optional) MFA (MC/FC) - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing Writ Appeals of 2019, 2020 and 2021 - Admission, Orders and Final Hearing 3 All Writ Petitions (PIL) in the category of (i) Education (ii) Karnataka Municipalities Act (iii) Karnataka Excise Act and Rules there under (iv) Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act and Rules framed there under (v) Juvenile Justice Act (vi) POCSO Act - Admission/Orders/Final Hearing MFAs of all categories (except LAC & MV) which are not specifically assigned to any other Bench of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 - Admission, Orders and Final Hearing (minimum 10 order matters/IAs in the Category of MFAs to be listed everyday) MFA (MC/FC) for final hearing from Advance List I (B) Specially assigned matters 3 Hon'ble Mr.Justice Aravind Kumar and Physical hearing/ Hon'ble Mr.Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur Video conferencing hearing(optional) Writ Appeals of 2016, 2017 and 2018 - Admission, Orders and Final Hearing Criminal Appeals under National Investigation Agency Act - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing WP (HC) - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing All Division Bench Writ Petitions and Civil matters not assigned to Courts at Sl. Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5 for Admission/Orders and Final Hearing WP (S-KSAT) from 2018 to 2021 - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing 4 RFAs from 2019 to 2021 - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing (Minimum 15 order matters/IAs from this category to be listed everyday) Final Hearing RFAs from Advance List No.II (B) (from Sl.Nos.1 to 100) PILs under Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 PILs under Wakf Act,1995 - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing CCC (Civil and Criminal) up to year 2019 - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing Specially assigned matters 4 Hon'ble Mr.Justice Alok Aradhe and Physical hearing/ Hon'ble Mr.Justice V.Srishananda Video conferencing hearing(optional) All DB tax matters for Admission/Orders and Final Hearing ITAs from Advance List III (B) MFA (MV) up to 2017 - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing (Everyday minimum 15 order/IAs matters of this category to be listed) MFA (LAC) - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing (Everyday minimum 5 order/IAs matters of this category to be listed) MFA (MV) from Advance List IV (B) of final hearing upto 2017 WP (S-CAT) From 2019 onwards - Preliminary Hearing, Admission/Orders and Final Hearing 5 Writ Appeals upto 2015 - Admission, Orders and Final Hearing Advance List V (B) of final hearing of (S-CAT) of 2019 and 2020 Specially assigned matters 5 Hon'ble Mrs.Justice S.Sujatha and Physical hearing/ Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.I.Arun Video conferencing hearing(optional) MFA (MV) from 2018 to 2021 - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing (Everyday minimum 15 order matters/IAs to be listed) MFA (MV) from Advance List VI (B) of final hearing from 2018 MFAs of all categories (except LAC & MV) which are not specifically assigned to any other Bench up to the year 2018 - Admission, Orders and Final Hearing RFAs upto the year 2018 - Admission, Orders and Final Hearing (minimum 10 order/IAs matter to be listed everyday) RFAs from Advance List II (B) from Sl.No.101 to 200 - Final Hearing WP (S-KSAT) upto 2017 - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing Specially assigned matters 6 Hon'ble Mr.Justice B.Veerappa and Physical hearing/ Hon'ble Mr.Justice Hemant Chandangoudar Video conferencing hearing(optional) Criminal Appeals against order of Conviction & Acquittal - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing WP (S-CAT) up to 2018 - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing 6 Criminal Appeals (against Conviction) where accused are in Jail as per Advance List VII (B) - Final Hearing Criminal Appeals (against Conviction) where accused are on bail as per Advance List VIII (B) - Final Hearing Criminal Appeals (against Acquittal) from Advance List IX (B) - Final Hearing Final Hearing RFAs from Sl.Nos.201 onwards in Advance List II(B) as may be directed by the Bench. Specially assigned matters 7 Hon'ble Mr.Justice P.S.Dinesh Kumar Physical hearing/ Video conferencing WP (GM & CS) (Except assigned to the Bench of hearing(optional) Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.Devdas) - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing (minimum 20 Order matters/IAs will be listed everyday) Writ Petitions filed by Judicial Officers and Members of the staff of High Court & District/Trial Courts - Preliminary Hearing, Admission/Orders and Final Hearing Specially assigned matters 8 Hon'ble Mr.Justice P.B.Bajanthri Physical hearing/ Video conferencing WP (KLR & LR) hearing(optional) - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing (minimum 15 old Order matters/IAs in the category of WP (KLR) will be listed everyday) Priority will be given to Group ‘B’ matters in WP (KLR) on Advance List No.X (B) Specially assigned matters 7 9 Hon'ble Mr.Justice K.Somashekar Physical hearing/ Video conferencing Criminal Petitions (U/s 482 of Cr.P.C) and Writ hearing(optional) Petition filed u/Art. 226 & 227 of the Constitution of India r/w Section 482 Cr.P.C. upto the year 2018 Admission/Orders and Final Hearing Criminal Revision Petitions from 2020 onwards - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing (everyday minimum 20 Order matters/IAs will be listed in the category of Criminal Petitions (U/s 482 of Cr.P.C) (Priority will be given to Final hearing of Criminal Petitions (U/s 482 of Cr.P.C) upto 2016 on Advance List No.XI (B) Specially assigned matters 10 Hon'ble Mrs.Justice K.S.Mudagal Physical hearing/ Video conferencing Criminal Appeals against Conviction hearing (optional) - Orders, Admission and Final Hearing Criminal Revision Petitions from 2015 to 2017 - Admission/Orders and Final Hearing Priority will be given to following categories of Final Hearing cases (i) Criminal Revision Petitions from 2015 to 2017 on Advance List No.XII (B) (ii) Criminal Appeals (Conviction) on Advance List No.XIII (B) Specially assigned matters 11 Hon'ble Mr.Justice B.A.Patil Physical hearing/ Video conferencing Criminal Petitions Under Section 438 and 439 of hearing(optional) Cr.P.C on Advance List No.XIV (B) Specially assigned matters 8 12 Hon'ble Mr.Justice N.K.Sudhindrarao Physical hearing/ Video conferencing Regular First Appeals (Except assigned to the hearing(optional) Benches of Hon’ble Dr.Justice H.B.Prabhakara Sastry and Hon’ble Mr.