• 

  Change of partners in a partnership concern holding excise license amounts to transfer of excise license. Authorities can cancel license for violation of condition against transfer of license. Karnataka High Court.

  • 27-February-2023
  • Daksha Legal
• 

  When a Company nominates a Director under Section 49(2) of the Legal Meteorology Act, 2009, initiation of penal proceedings against other Directors is not permissible. Karnataka High Court.

  • 27-February-2023
  • Daksha Legal
• 

  Suit for possession based on title without seeking declaration of ownership is maintainable when the defendant does not assert the title to himself. Karnataka High Court.

  • 25-February-2023
  • Daksha Legal
• 

  Suit for partition. Registration of a sale deed in respect of joint family property would amount to constructive notice to all members of the joint family and the period of limitation would commence from the date of such registration. Karnataka High Court

  • 23-February-2023
  • Daksha Legal
• 

  Labour Law. Dispute regarding termination can be raised before the Labour Court within whose jurisdiction the employee worked last and received the termination letter and not from the place of origin of termination letter. Karnataka High Court.

  • 27-February-2023
  • Daksha Legal
• 

  Interpretation of statutes. Where a discretion is conferred on a authority coupled with an obligation the word 'may' which denotes discretion should be construed to mean a command. Karnataka High Court.

  • 23-February-2023
  • Daksha Legal
• 

  Cr.P.C. Sections 82 and 83. Even an agreement holder can challenge the attachment on the ground that he has an interest in the property provided the agreement is bonafide and not fraudulent. Karnataka High Court.

  • 22-February-2023
  • Daksha Legal
• 

  Refusal to pay Grant-in-Aid to educational institution on the Principal having reached to the age of superannuation does not amount to violation of Article 30(1) of the Constitution. Supreme Court.

  • 23-February-2023
  • Daksha Legal
• 

  DNA paternity test. No adverse inference can be raised against mother on her declining to subject her child to a paternity test. Supreme Court.

  • 24-February-2023
  • Daksha Legal
• 

  ‘Mankind owes to the child the best it has to give’. An innocent child cannot be traumatised and subjected to extreme stress and tension in order to discover its paternity through DNA tests. Supreme Court.

  • 25-February-2023
  • Daksha Legal
• 

  A child should not be lost in its search for paternity. Children have the right to privacy not to have their legitimacy questioned frivolously before a Court of Law. Supreme Court.

  • 23-February-2023
  • Daksha Legal
• 

  Cheque bounce cases. While considering application for grant of interim compensation, conduct of the accused is relevant. Karnataka High Court.

  • 22-February-2023
  • Daksha Legal