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  Mysore Forest Act. Once land is notified as forest under Section 17, the notification applies in perpetuity, unless denotified under Section 30 or covered by exceptions under Section 20, which must be strictly proved by the claimant. Karnataka High Court.

  • 21-August-2025
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  Hindu Law. In partition of joint family property, a coparcener’s wife is entitled to a share if she is a part of the partition proceedings. On a son’s death, his share devolves equally on his wife and mother as Class I heirs under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. Karnataka High Court.

  • 20-August-2025
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  Rejection of plaint. A suit for partition, filed several years after the original transaction solely to harass a subsequent purchaser, amounts to bogus litigation and must be nipped in the bud, even if clever drafting creates an illusion of cause of action to overcome the law of limitation. Karnataka High Court.

  • 21-August-2025
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  A suit for declaration of a right, including a challenge to a registered Will, is barred by limitation if it is not filed within three years from the date when the plaintiffs had knowledge of the document. Karnataka High Court.

  • 20-August-2025
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  Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules. Government has the authority to refer a departmental inquiry to the Upa-Lokayukta, even if a separate disciplinary inquiry has already been initiated and the same is at an advanced stage. Karnataka High Court.

  • 20-August-2025
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  Arbitration and Conciliation Act. Once an arbitrator is appointed under Section 11(6), the Court, having disposed of the proceedings, cannot issue any further ancillary directions relating to the arbitration that commenced pursuant to such appointment. Supreme Court.

  • 20-August-2025
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  Purchaser of undivided interest cannot be impleaded in the suit for partition since his rights, if any, in an undivided interest has to be worked out in final decree proceedings. Karnataka High Court.

  • 20-August-2025
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  The buffer zone requirement under the Revised Master Plan 2015 does not apply to layouts approved before its finalisation. Where a layout was sanctioned prior to RMP-2015, authorities cannot refuse a building plan solely on the ground of buffer zone compliance. Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-August-2025
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  Criminal proceedings for pre-marital rape under the POCSO Act cannot be quashed when the allegations disclose the commission of the offences. Karnataka High Court dismisses the husband’s petition challenging charges of voyeurism, rape, and cruelty.

  • 19-August-2025
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  POCSO Act. ‘Penetrative sexual assault provision applies equally to men and women. The archaic notion that a woman is merely passive in intercourse and a man active is liable to be rejected under modern jurisprudence.’ Karnataka High Court while dismissing the plea of a woman accused of sexually assaulting a minor boy.

  • 19-August-2025
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  Karnataka Civil Rules of Practice. A party to the suit is entitled to receive a certified copy of a document that has been produced along with the plaint, regardless of whether the document has been formally admitted into evidence. Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-August-2025
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  Amendment by substitution to restore property tax exemption has retrospective effect and no demand can be raised for the interregnum period. Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-August-2025
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