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  'No instrumentality of the State or any litigant has a right to say that the order of the Court will not be complied with only because an ordinary copy of the order is supplied or that a certified copy is not supplied.' Karnataka High Court.

  • 29-September-2021
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  Consumer Protection Act, 1986. Though surveyor's report is not the final word, consumer forum cannot subject the surveyor's report to forensic examination like civil court. Supreme Court.

  • 29-September-2021
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  Datta Peeta dispute. Government action in allowing Mujawar to perform 'paduka pooja' and to light 'nanda deepa' is violative of Article 25 of the Constitution. Karnataka High Court directs Government to reconsider the matter afresh.

  • 28-September-2021
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  Child custody dispute between genetic and foster mother. 'Breastfeeding by mother needs to be recognized as an inalienable right of lactating mother traceable to Article 21'- Karnataka High Court restores child custody to genetic mother.

  • 28-September-2021
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  Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923. Tractor-trailer combination is a goods carriage. Loader and unloader is entitled for compensation. Karnataka High Court.

  • 28-September-2021
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  Guns are part of martial race Kodavas. Exemption of Kodavas under the Arms Act is a reasonable classification. Karnataka High Court.

  • 28-September-2021
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  Criminal Law. Directors of a company cannot be held vicariously liable unless there are specific allegations and averments against them with respect to their individual role. Supreme Court reiterates.

  • 27-September-2021
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  Defection. Split in political party as a defence. Members tendering resignation and coming out of a political party and merely forming a splinter group will not make them a political party. Karnataka High Court.

  • 27-September-2021
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  Civil Procedure Code. Judgment rendered in a representative suit under Section 92 will operate as res judicata on the same or substantially the same issue. Supreme Court

  • 23-September-2021
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  Administrative Authority, exercising judicial or a quasi-judicial power, must record reasons for its decision unless the requirement has been expressly or by necessary implication done away. Supreme Court reiterates.

  • 23-September-2021
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  Negotiable Instruments Act. When presumption remains unrebutted, validity of the agreement for sale of property under which cheque was issued can not be gone into by the court trying cheque bounce cases. Supreme Court.

  • 23-September-2021
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  Arbitration. Even when an arbitration agreement exists, it would not prevent the Court to decline a prayer for reference if the dispute in question does not correlate to the said agreement. Supreme Court

  • 22-September-2021
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