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  Courts are not meant to vet tender conditions and rewrite the same based on their own understanding, unless the conditions are manifestly arbitrary or smack of mala fide. Delhi High Court.

  • 17-June-2022
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  Criminal Procedure Code. Charges can be altered anytime during trial and even after the matter is reserved for judgment. Karnataka High Court.

  • 11-June-2022
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  Consumer Protection Act. A Trust is not a person and therefore not a consumer. Consequently, it cannot file a consumer dispute under the provisions of the Act. Supreme Court.

  • 10-June-2022
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  Allottee of a civic amenity site is not barred from seeking allotment of adjacent civic amenity site for expansion. Authority must consider the applications transparently. Karnataka High Court.

  • 11-June-2022
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  Power of attorney holder of an accused in a criminal case cannot maintain a Petition be it under Article 226 or 227 of the Constitution of India or Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Karnataka High Court.

  • 09-June-2022
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  Interpretation of statutes. Proviso to a provision cannot control the main provision nor be interpreted in a manner which renders the main provision nugatory or otiose. Karnataka High Court.

  • 09-June-2022
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  Karnataka Land Reforms Act. Order of the Tribunal without bringing all the legal representatives of the deceased landlord on record is a nullity in the eye of law. Karnataka High Court.

  • 08-June-2022
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  Claimant who was compensated by his own insurer is not entitled to get compensation again for the very same damages from the owner or insurer of the offending vehicle. Kerala High Court.

  • 08-June-2022
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  ''Upload and update contact details of persons in-charge of litigation in the local bodies on the official websites for the effective service of court notices’’. Karnataka High Court directs the Principal Secretary to Govt.

  • 07-June-2022
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  Provisions of CPC and Evidence Act are not applicable to proceedings under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The Commissioner can lay down his own procedure and rely upon documents produced before it. Delhi High Court.

  • 08-June-2022
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  Though a Society cannot be characterized as a 'State' within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India, a Writ would lie against it to enforce a statutory public duty cast upon the Society. Madras High Court.

  • 08-June-2022
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  Public nuisance. Executive Magistrate must afford sufficient opportunities to the parties and record evidence and arrive at a legal finding that the action complained has resulted in nuisance to the general public at large. Karnataka High Court.

  • 07-June-2022
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