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  Decree for permanent injunction. After death of plaintiff, legal representatives can enforce decree against defendant. However, such decree cannot be enforced against a purchaser since injunction does not run with the land. Karnataka High Court. 26:8:1992

  • 26-August-1992
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  Specific Relief Act, 1963. Amendment of Section 20 is prospective in nature. It does not apply to pending suits and appeals. Karnataka High Court.

  • 23-October-2020
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  Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. Provisions of Limitation Act are applicable to contempt proceedings. Supreme Court. 10 August 2001

  • 10-August-2001
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  Civil Procedure Code. Receiver appointed by the Court under Order 40 can, to preserve the estate, institute a suit for recovery of possession from the tenant. Supreme Court. 9 May 2014

  • 09-May-2014
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  Execution of decree. Actual difficulties of a litigant in India begin when he has obtained a decree. Supreme Court lays down guidelines for speedy execution while upholding painstaking judgment of the Karnataka High Court. 22 April 2021

  • 22-April-2021
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  Judicial review. A rule cannot be challenged on grounds of individual hardship. Courts cannot question wisdom behind policy decisions. Karnataka High Court upholds Rule increasing age limit of doctors for posts of General Duty Medical Officers. 12:4:2021

  • 12-April-2021
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  Criminal trial. Evidence of injured witness is accorded a special status in law and the same cannot be discredited without convincing evidence to the contrary. Supreme Court reiterates. 28 April 2021

  • 28-April-2021
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  Domestic Violence Act. Application to Magistrate under Section 12 is NOT governed by limitation under Section 468 Criminal Procedure Code since proceedings under Section 12 are not offences. Karnataka High Court. 1 April 2021

  • 01-April-2021
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  Re-Compensate forest land taken four decades ago for Harangi Reservoir Project. Karnataka High Court directs the State Government to handover 11,722 hectares of Revenue lands to Forest Department. 8 April 2021

  • 08-April-2021
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  Companies Act, 2013. Section 272. Previous sanction of the Central Government to the Registrar to present winding up petition cannot be challenged without showing civil consequences. Karnataka High Court. 28 April 2021

  • 28-April-2021
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  SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989. Section 3 before amendment. Apart from establishing the crime, the prosecution must also establish that crime was committed on the ground that such person is a member of SC/ST. Supreme Court. 27 April 2021

  • 27-April-2021
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  Criminal trial. Testimony of prosecutrix with a disability or disabled witness can't considered weak or inferior, only because she interacts with the world differently. Testimony inspiring judicial confidence is entitled to full weight. 27 April 2021

  • 27-April-2021
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