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  Service Law. Minimum qualifications for appointments prescribed under the UGC guidelines are for the purpose of maintaining excellence in the higher standards of education. Universities have no power to relax them. Karnataka High Court.

  • 26-August-2021
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  Cancellation of bail granted by trail court. When there is prima facie strong materials placed on record to show that the accused have committed serious crime, power to cancel bail has to be exercised. Karnataka High Court.

  • 26-August-2021
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  Civil Procedure Code. Section 11. Resjudicata between co-defendants. Three principles governing the issue explained. Supreme Court.

  • 27-August-2021
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  Decree obtained by fraud is nullity and non-est in the eyes of law. Even a subordinate court can grant injunction against execution of such decree of higher court. Karnataka High Court.

  • 01-August-2021
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  Negotiable Instruments Act. Guarantor issuing cheque towards payment of dues of principal debtor. Proceedings under Section 138 are maintainable against such guarantor. Supreme Court.

  • 12-August-2002
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  Service Law. Personal bias of the Selection Committee Chairman in favour of a particular candidate resulting in abnormal grading/marking. Karnataka High Court quashes the appointment process.

  • 19-August-2021
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  'Interim Orders and Judgements uploaded on the official website of the High Court must be acted upon by the authorities/ officers/ courts concerned if certified copy is not readily available.' Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-August-2021
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  Unlawful dispossession by Court Ameen/Officers despite stay of trial court judgment granted by the High Court. 'Section 144 C.P.C. not alternate/efficacious remedy'. Karnataka High Court orders restoration of possession.

  • 19-August-2021
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  Suit for partition. Limitation Act, Section 110. The period of limitation does NOT start where there is no specific demand for partition of share in the property and no refusal or denial by defendant. Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-August-2021
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  Employees of Body Corporate which has incorporated CCA Rules are public servants though not government employees. Lokayukta can be entrusted with disciplinary proceedings against the employees. Karnataka High Court.

  • 05-August-2021
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  Criminal Law. Karnataka High Court deprecates mushrooming of registration of criminal cases by handiwork of disgruntled complainants to score against innocent persons in purely civil matters. Asks Magistrates to be cautious while taking cognizance.

  • 17-August-2021
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  Criminal Procedure Code. Section 191(1)(b). Merely because complainant files protest petition and gives statement, the Magistrate ought not be swayed away by such protest petition. There must be application of mind. Karnataka High Court.

  • 17-August-2021
  • Daksha Legal