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  Water Supply and Sewerage Board cannot levy impost fee/charge as a condition to issue ‘No Objection Certificate’ to a proposed residential building in the absence of ‘quid pro quo’. Karnataka High Court.

  • 23-April-2024
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  Planning Authority cannot demand free relinquishment of land for road widening at the time of plan sanction without paying compensation. Karnataka High Court.

  • 23-April-2024
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  Criteria for exercising power under Section 482 Cr.P.C to quash FIR is the situs of the authority who has registered the case and not the place of commission of the crime either in full or part. Karnataka High Court.

  • 23-April-2024
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  When there is no recital in sale agreement that possession of property is handed over to purchaser, Court cannot direct the party to pay stamp duty and penalty as per conveyance. Karnataka High Court.

  • 22-April-2024
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  Urban (Ceiling and Regulation) Act. Revenue Inspector has no power to take possession of excess land. Karnataka High Court restores land to the owners after 30 years.

  • 22-April-2024
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  A person who purchases the property in a Court auction would be purchasing such property free from all encumbrances including the tenancy claims. Karnataka High Court

  • 22-April-2024
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  Karnataka Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act. For the purposes of determining market value of agricultural land assessed to land revenue, the procedure prescribed under Section 7(2) of the Act has to be followed. Karnataka High Court.

  • 20-April-2024
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  When a registered conveyance takes place, no duty is cast on the purchaser to intimate such transfer to the Revenue Authorities. Mutation entry has to take place as per Section 128(4) of the Karnataka Land Revenue 1964 Act. Karnataka High Court.

  • 20-April-2024
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  Once a document produced before the Court is impounded for non-payment of stamp duty, the party cannot withdraw the same without payment of duty penalty simply because he does not want to rely on it. Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-April-2024
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  BBMP Act. Improvement expenses can be collected in instalments for transfer of khata. Non-payment of instalment cannot be a reason to deny benefit of revenue entry since the amount can be recovered in accordance with law. Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-April-2024
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  Doctrine of res judicata cannot be used to reject a plaint, as its determination necessitates an examination of pleadings, issues, and decisions in prior suits. Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-April-2024
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  Municipal Authority cannot claim transfer fee without any basis or support of any provision of law when fee was already levied at the time of transfer of property. Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-April-2024
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