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  Revised Master Plan, 2015. In private layouts, Civic Amenity sites shall be handed over to the local residents association for maintenance since they are community assets for residents' maintenance. Karnataka High Court.

  • 08-December-2025
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  Arbitration and Conciliation Act. A mutually agreed interest rate cannot later be assailed as excessive, and an arbitrator has no authority to depart from or alter the contractual rate of interest. Supreme Court.

  • 08-December-2025
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  Rape. When a Trial Court wrongly applies later statutory amendment to an offence committed before its enforcement, it breaches the constitutional prohibition on ex post facto laws under Article 20(1). A rape conviction cannot stand where the victim was above the age of consent under the unamended law and the medical and oral evidence points to voluntary cohabitation rather than forcible intercourse. Karnataka High Court.

  • 08-December-2025
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  Writ Court can intervene and correct the rejection of a nomination in an election process, even for an association, if the rejection is found to be incorrect or arbitrary. The Court's writ jurisdiction extends to the examination of the validity of nomination rejections in such elections. Karnataka High Court.

  • 06-December-2025
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  Land acquisition. A suit for permanent injunction against a land acquiring authority is not maintainable in a Civil Court under Section 9 CPC if the land has already been subject to completed acquisition proceedings. Land Acquisition Act is a complete code, and the Civil Court's jurisdiction is barred from interfering with such proceedings. Karnataka High Court.

  • 06-December-2025
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  Service Law. Seniority in a service cadre must be determined by the employee’s actual date of entry into that cadre. A rule granting a notional appointment date or weightage of past service is arbitrary and void if it confers seniority from a time when the employee was not yet ‘born in the cadre.’ Any such weightage can operate only for assessing eligibility for promotion, not for fixing inter-se seniority between direct recruits and promotees. Karnataka High Court.

  • 08-December-2025
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  Sanction of layout plan cannot be rejected only on the ground that the converted land is bifurcated. The restriction under the KT&CP Act is only bifurcation of plots within an existing layout and not the converted land. Karnataka High Court.

  • 05-December-2025
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  The Executing Court should permit an amendment to the execution petition and its schedule when the decreed property has undergone physical changes after the decree. Refusing such an amendment solely on the ground that the Court cannot travel beyond the decree amounts to ignoring relevant subsequent events and would unjustly deprive the decree-holder of the fruits of the decree on a mere technicality. Karnataka High Court.

  • 05-December-2025
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  Indian Partnership Act. The bar on suits by an unregistered firm under Section 69(2) does not apply to a suit seeking a permanent injunction against passing off or misuse of a trade name, as this right arises from common law/tort and not from the contract of partnership. A plaint seeking such an injunction cannot be rejected on the ground of the firm's non-registration. Karnataka High Court.

  • 05-December-2025
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  While a General Power of Attorney that is irrevocable and coupled with interest cannot be unilaterally cancelled, the mere use of the term “irrevocable” does not confer such protection if no interest is created. A GPA not coupled with interest, even if registered, is capable of being unilaterally cancelled, and such cancellation does not require prior notice by the Sub-Registrar. Karnataka High Court.

  • 05-December-2025
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  Backward Class reservation. For determining whether a candidate is excluded on the ground of belonging to the creamy layer, the salary income of the candidate’s parents must be taken into account. Karnataka High Court.

  • 06-December-2025
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  Karnataka Lokayukta Act 1984. The Lokayukta has no authority under the Act to adjudicate questions of right, title, or interest in property; such issues can be determined only in appropriate civil proceedings. Karnataka High Court.

  • 04-December-2025
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