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  Courts shall not adopt hyper-technical ground to dismiss suit for default. Past negligence is not a ground not to restore the suit. Karnataka High Court.

  • 14-June-2024
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  Specific Performance. Purchaser pendente lite cannot come on record in the execution proceedings or obstruct delivery of the possession to the decree holder. Karnataka High Court.

  • 14-June-2024
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  ‘Stay of suits under Section 10 CPC’ applies not only when the parties in both the suits are identical, but also when the parties are claiming through or under any of the litigating parties. Karnataka High Court.

  • 13-June-2024
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  Market value in a suit in respect of agricultural lands shall be twenty-five times the revenue assessed. Karnataka High Court reiterates.

  • 13-June-2024
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  Dowry harassment cases. Relatives of the husband should not be roped in on the basis of omnibus allegations unless specific instances of their involvement in the crime are made out. Karnataka High Court.

  • 13-June-2024
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  Lok Adalat cannot record compromise unless the parties to the compromise are present before it. Advocate cannot act before the Lok Adalat only on the basis of the Vakalat. Karnataka High Court.

  • 13-June-2024
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  Karnataka Land Revenue Act. Even a portion of larger extent of land can be converted for non-agricultural purposes. Karnataka High Court.

  • 12-June-2024
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  Presentation of undated cheque after three years from the date of the transaction by adding the date. Proceeding under Section 138 NI Act will be clearly barred by limitation. Karnataka High Court.

  • 12-June-2024
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  Will. Proof. Attesting witness of a will is not found or having died. Court can accept the evidence of the Sub Registrar who had registered the will. Supreme Court.

  • 12-June-2024
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  Co-operative Society cannot be considered as procurement entity under the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements Act unless the Government has major share or effective control over it. Karnataka High Court.

  • 12-June-2024
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  ‘Breach of marriage engagement’ cannot be construed as ‘false promise to marry’. Sexual intercourse after engagement cannot be termed as rape when the engagement is breached. Karnataka High Court.

  • 12-June-2024
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  Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act. Cancellation of khata under Section 114A can be resorted to only within the period of limitation. Belated challenge to a legally entered khata is impermissible. Karnataka High Court.

  • 11-June-2024
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