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  Right to Information Act. Asset and liability statements of a public servant submitted to an employer under service rules constitute ‘personal information’. Such disclosures cannot be obtained under the RTI Act to advance or support private civil claims or litigation. Karnataka High Court. 2026 Daksha Legal Kar 1114.

  • 20-August-2026
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  Land merely classified as a ‘Government Plantation’ cannot be treated as a ‘State Forest’ or ‘Reserved Forest’ unless it has been specifically declared as such in accordance with the statutory procedure especially when the earlier binding judgment has already determined the legal character of land covered by the same notification. Karnataka High Court.

  • 20-August-2026
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  Town Planning. Once an occupancy certificate is issued and third-party rights are created, a developer cannot, without the apartment owners’ consent, use the completed complex’s land for computing FAR for further construction. Future development is confined to vacant land reserved for that purpose in the original sanctioned plan, subject to permissible FAR or additional TDR. Karnataka High Court.

  • 21-August-2026
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  Karnataka Land Revenue Act. ‘A’ kharab land belongs to the landholder and does not vest in the State merely because it is unassessed to land revenue. It cannot be reclassified as ‘B’ kharab or treated as Government land by executive fiat or internal correspondence; such reclassification must be preceded by a proper enquiry and a full opportunity of hearing to the landholder. Karnataka High Court.

  • 20-August-2026
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  Evidence Act. Section 154. Question to hostile witness. Inconvenience is not hostility; discrepancy is not disloyalty; and an isolated departure is not necessarily an abandonment of the case. Trivial inconsistencies, stray answers or insignificant omissions cannot be magnified into hostility. Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-August-2026
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  Abetment to commit suicide. The proximity lies in the continuation of the harassment into the period preceding the ultimate act. Where harassment continues even after an earlier attempt to commit suicide, ultimately resulting in suicide, the accused must face the trial. Karnataka High Court

  • 20-August-2026
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  Criminal Law. In the absence of an appeal preferred by the State or the victim or the Complainant seeking enhancement of the sentence, the appellate court cannot enhance the sentence of the convict on its own so as to leave the convict in a position worse off than he was prior to filing of the appeal. Supreme Court.

  • 29-August-2026
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  Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015. Parties to pre-amendment arbitral proceedings may, by mutual conduct, adopt the amended provisions, whereupon Section 29A applies. Consequently, the arbitrator’s mandate terminates on expiry of the prescribed period unless extended by a competent Court. Karnataka High Court. 2026 Daksha Legal Kar 1064.

  • 19-August-2026
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  Once a statutory authority issues an allotment letter, accepts the stipulated allotment price, and completes a transaction by executing an absolute registered sale deed in favour of a land loser under an incentive scheme, the contract stands concluded. The authority cannot demand additional or revised value thereafter. Karnataka High Court. 2026 Daksha Legal Kar 1078.

  • 19-August-2026
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  Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act. An application under Section 23 of Act is maintainable against a transferee who is himself a senior citizen. Karnataka High Court. 2026 Daksha Legal Kar 1081.

  • 19-August-2026
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  Negotiable Instruments Act. Magistrate can permit the accused also to file affidavit in lieu of examination-in-chief under Section 315 Cr.P.C., unless there is just and reasonable ground to refuse such permission. Karnataka High Court.

  • 18-August-2026
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  Mere allegations of workplace harassment or stern official conduct, even when mentioned in a suicide note, do not constitute abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC unless there is a proximate act of instigation or intentional aid accompanied by the requisite mens rea. Supreme Court.

  • 18-August-2026
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