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  Instigating Police personnel to go on mass leave and to participate in the strike seeking redressal of grievances do not constitute the offence of Sedition. Karnataka High Court.

  • 17-August-2022
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  ''Independence did not mean mere freedom from British Rule by breaking the bonds of slavery but it meant more than that. It meant justice to all citizens of India, irrespective of religion, caste, creed or language, each getting his legitimate due.''

  • 15-August-2022
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  Foreign award in respect of parties situated outside India can be executed in India if property of the award debtor is situated within India Karnataka High Court.

  • 16-August-2022
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  Reference and incorporation in a contract. Mere reference to another document in a contract will not incorporate terms of the document into the contract. Karnataka High Court.

  • 13-August-2022
  • Daksha Legal
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  Intra-Court appeal is maintainable against an interlocutory order passed in an Election Petition under the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Karnataka High Court.

  • 17-August-2022
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  Criminal Law. Accused ‘must be’ and not merely ‘may be’ guilty before a Court can convict. Supreme Court reiterates.

  • 16-August-2022
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  Severance of land due to acquisition for railway line. Unacquired portion, the value of which is diminished cannot be awarded the same compensation as that of the acquired portion. Supreme Court.

  • 16-August-2022
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  Transactions between banker and borrower are purely contractual. Private lending agency/Bank does not fit into the term ‘other authorities’ within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution. Karnataka High Court.

  • 13-August-2022
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  Karnataka High Court declares creation of the Anti Corruption Bureau unconstitutional.

  • 11-August-2022
  • Daksha Legal
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  False recital made in a sale deed cannot be construed as a ‘statement made before the Sub-Registrar’ to attract penal provision of Section 82 of the Registration Act. Karnataka High Court.

  • 12-August-2022
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  Criminal Trial. ‘’Just like mythological Hamsa, (swan) Courts separate milk and water from a mixture of the two’’. Supreme Court replaces the old idiom ‘’sifting the chaff from the grain’’.

  • 12-August-2022
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  In special drive to fill up backlog vacancies meant for reserved category candidates, creation of DPC becomes redundant since candidates considered for promotion invariably belong to the same reserved category. Supreme Court clarifies.

  • 12-August-2022
  • Daksha Legal