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The Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court, formerly the Mysore High Court, traces to 1884 and sits at Bengaluru, in the Attara Kacheri building opposite the Vidhana Soudha. It has two further permanent benches — at Dharwad, established in 2013 after decades of advocacy from the legal community in North Karnataka, and at Kalaburagi, also established in 2013 — each serving defined districts of the state's north.

Identifying the correct bench for a matter's originating district is the first step before filing outside Bengaluru — the Dharwad bench alone covers eight districts of North Karnataka that would otherwise require litigants to travel 400–600 km to the principal bench.

Matters Commonly Arising
What Typically Comes Up
Tech
Technology & IP Disputes
Software licensing, data, and IP-adjacent commercial disputes, given Bengaluru's concentration of technology companies.
Commercial
Commercial & Arbitration
Commercial court matters and Section 9/34 applications under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, tied to Bengaluru's startup and corporate ecosystem.
Regulatory
Municipal & Regulatory Matters
Writ petitions against municipal and civic bodies such as the BBMP, a recurring category before the Bengaluru bench.
Land
Land & Revenue Disputes
Land conversion, tenancy, and title disputes, with a distinct character across the Bengaluru, Dharwad, and Kalaburagi bench regions.
Service
Service & Administrative Matters
State and public-sector service disputes, a significant share of the docket across all three benches.
Criminal
Bail & Criminal Appeals
A steady volume of bail applications and criminal appeals across the Bengaluru, Dharwad, and Kalaburagi benches.
How Matters Are Handled
Correspondent Counsel, Not a Local Office

Mayach & Co. does not maintain an office in Karnataka. Matters arising here — whether before the Bengaluru bench or the Dharwad or Kalaburagi benches — are advised on from the New Delhi chambers and coordinated through correspondent counsel local to the relevant bench, in the manner standard to Indian legal practice. See Matters Outside Delhi for how this works generally.