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  Criminal Law. A corporate entity can be prosecuted for offences involving mens rea, and the non-identification or non-arraignment of its directors or other natural persons is not, by itself, a ground to quash criminal proceedings against the company. Supreme Court.

  • 08-September-2026
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  Reservation. When a post is reserved under the horizontal/special category of Persons with Disabilities and is classified as Unreserved/Open, the same is not confined to candidates belonging to the General category alone but is open to all candidates belonging to all vertical social categories, namely SC, ST and OBC, provided they are Persons with Disabilities. Supreme Court.

  • 07-September-2026
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  Negotiable Instruments Act. Cheque issued by husband to wife towards settlement of matrimonial disputes constitutes a 'legally enforceable debt or liability'. The cannot be quashed at the threshold on the plea that such a cheque is not supported by a legally enforceable debt. Supreme Court.

  • 07-September-2026
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  A document which is inherently unreadable does not attain readability merely by virtue of being placed on a judicial record. Taking cognizance of a criminal offence on the basis of blank or illegible documents reflects non-application of mind and renders the proceedings liable to be quashed. Karnataka High Court.

  • 08-September-2026
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  An accused has a right to a fair trial before a competent and impartial Court; he does not possess a vested right to insist upon trial before a particular Judge. The principle ‘’he who hears must decide’’ cannot override the statutory scheme permitting transfer and succession of Judges in criminal proceedings. Karnataka High Court.

  • 04-September-2026
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  Health Insurance Scheme. Advances in medical science enable treatment without hospitalisation. Hospitalisation is merely a mode of administering treatment and an insurer cannot deny coverage for treatment connected with the insured disease solely because hospitalisation was not required. Karnataka High Court.

  • 04-September-2026
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  Consumer Protection Act. The District Consumer Commission is competent to take cognisance of an offence under Section 72 without directing the complainant to a separate criminal court. An application combining execution-related reliefs with allegations of non-compliance is maintainable, provided the requirements for taking cognisance are satisfied. Karnataka High Court

  • 04-September-2026
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  Artificial Intelligence. An adjudicatory order based even partly on unverified, fake, or AI-hallucinated judicial precedents violates the sanctity of adjudication and is liable to be set aside. Supreme Court

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  Karnataka Land Revenue Act. Section 56(1). A statutory revisional authority cannot reopen a decades-old order when the provision expressly limits exercise of revision to three years. Limitation Act cannot be invoked to negate and defeat the limitation prescribed under the KLR Act. Supreme Court.

  • 04-September-2026
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  SARFAESI Act. When a bank or financial institution governed by the Act acquires a non-performing secured loan from an entity not covered under the Act, the loan immediately becomes a ‘’secured debt’’ enforceable under the SARFAESI Act, irrespective of its origin. Supreme Court. 2026 Daksha Legal SC 517

  • 03-September-2026
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  Commercial Suits. Documents neither produced with the plaint nor subsequently permitted to be produced under Order XI Rule 1(4) CPC cannot be introduced merely on the strength of an undertaking in the plaint to produce them during trial, particularly when they were admittedly in the plaintiff’s possession throughout. Karnataka High Court.

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  Seizure of Vehicles in criminal cases. Continued detention of a transport vehicle deprives its owner of livelihood and results in needless deterioration and depreciation. Once the necessary evidence is preserved through a panchnama, photographs and videography, no purpose is served by keeping the vehicle idle at the police station; it should be released subject to appropriate conditions. Supreme Court. 2026 Daksha Legal SC 531

  • 03-September-2026
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