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  A civil court may consider orders passed by revenue authorities, pertaining to the extent of land, etc., in proceedings between the parties, when evaluating an application for a temporary injunction. Karnataka High Court.

  • 27-January-2025
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  Although limitation is typically a mixed question of fact and law, the court may consider rejecting a plaint if the pleadings unequivocally establish a limitation bar. Karnataka High Court.

  • 27-January-2025
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  ‘’Just because a man and woman have had consensual sex, it doesn't give the man a free pass to assault the woman’’. Karnataka High Court refuses to quash criminal proceedings terming the case as ‘gross misogynist brutality’.

  • 25-January-2025
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  A construction area is a public place as per Section 2(34) of the Motor Vehicles Act. Consequently, an insurance company is liable to pay compensation to victims of accidents, including those occurring within the construction area at night. Karnataka High Court.

  • 25-January-2025
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  A member cannot be disqualified under Section 43-A(1)(iii) of the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993, when reasonable cause is shown by the member for remaining absent for four consecutive meetings. Karnataka High Court.

  • 25-January-2025
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  Whether the legislators are immune from criminal prosecution for the alleged offences committed inside the House? Karnataka High Court to consider the issue.

  • 24-January-2025
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  Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act. Merely recording the State's name in revenue records does not constitute taking over possession from landowners. Actual/legal transfer of possession must be established. Karnataka High Court.

  • 24-January-2025
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  In cases where protection under a Rent Act is available, no eviction can be ordered unless ground seeking eviction is made out, even if parties had entered into a compromise. Supreme Court.

  • 24-January-2025
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  Income Tax Act. Proceedings against the legal representatives of a deceased assessee can be continued only if the proceedings were initiated during the lifetime of the assessee and not otherwise. Karnataka High Court.

  • 24-January-2025
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  Hindu Law. Once the factum of existence of legal necessity stands proved, no co-coparcener son has a right to challenge the sale of ancestral property made by the Karta of his family. Supreme Court.

  • 24-January-2025
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  Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act. While calculating ten days’ time to withdraw resignation to the office of Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha, the date of submission of the resignation has to be excluded. Karnataka High Court.

  • 24-January-2025
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  A person who acquires an interest in the suit property during the pendency of the suit can seek to be impleaded at the appeal stage by invoking Section 146 of the CPC which provision should be interpreted broadly and liberally to promote justice. Karnataka High Court.

  • 23-January-2025
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