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  Income Tax Act, 1961. Section 80JJAA. Deduction in respect of employment of new workmen. Calendar year and not financial year is to be considered to compute completion of 300 days by the workmen. Karnataka High Court. 21 April 2021

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  Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Software engineers in a software industry are workmen within the meaning of Section 2-s so long as they do not discharge any supervisory role. Karnataka High Court. 21 April 2021

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  Local bodies. Consequences of conversion of Town Municipal Area into a City Municipal Area and absorbion of Panchayat into newly constituted City Municipal Council explained. Karnataka High Court. 21 April 2021

  • 21-April-2021
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  Criminal Procedure Code. Default bail. Apart from Police and Judicial custody, period spent during house arrest legally passed under Section 167 can be taken into consideration for the purpose of default bail. Supreme Court. 12 May 2021

  • 12-May-2021
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  Cr.P.C. Section 205. Permanent exemption can NOT be granted when the court has already issued non bailable warrant. Application for permanent exemption is NOT maintainable without appearance and recall of NBW. Karnataka High Court. 6 April 2021

  • 06-April-2021
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  Land acquisition. Consideration of delay and laches in the light of fraud. Karnataka High Court nullifies 34 years old acquisition proceedings on the ground of fraud. Orders restoration of land to original owner. 22 April 2021

  • 22-April-2021
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  Criminal trial. Court is duty bound to avoid delay in trial and to secure presence of the accused. Court can on its own take recourse to Section 82 Cr.P.C. and issue proclamation and initiate follow up action. Karnataka High Court. 9 April 2021

  • 09-April-2021
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  Constitution of India. Summary dismissal of Petition under Article 32 by the Supreme Court is NOT a bar for High Courts to entertain Writ Petition under Article 226. Karnataka High Court. 16 April 2021

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  Service Law. Single post by direct recruitment cannot be reserved in any manner. Even clubbing of all the vacancies in all the subjects and reserving a single post in a subject is impermissible. Case law discussed. Karnataka High Court.17 April 2021

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  Criminal Law. Testimony of a witness who identified the accused for the first time in Court without knowing him before, and in the absence of any Test Identification Parade, would be valueless and unreliable. Karnataka High Court. 5 May 2021

  • 05-May-2021
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  Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. Manner of deciding petition under Section 34 explained. Guidelines laid down. Karnataka High Court. 17 April 2021

  • 17-April-2021
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  Eminent Domain and Police Power explained. By eminent domain State may take any property and appropriate for public purpose. By police power, State may regulate public health, morals, safety etc. Supreme Court. 15 September 1967

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