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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Electrocution Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Negligence. Barbed Fencing with Electric Current Not Proved to be Rash or Negligent Act Under Section 304-A IPC....

The appellant, Jagannatha @ Muniyappa, was convicted by the I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bangalore Rural District, in Spl.C. No.102/2006 for an offence punishable under Section 304-A of t...

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High Court of Karnataka Partly Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim; Holds Insurer Liable to Pay and Recover for Violation of Policy Condition Regarding Hazardous Goods Endorsement. The Court Reassessed Compensation Applying the Principle of Pay and Recover and Enhanced Amounts Under Loss of Dependency and Conventional Heads....

The appeal arose from a motor accident claim filed by the widow, parents, and minor daughter of the deceased B.S. Thippeswamy. On 2 July 2012, the deceased, a KSRTC conductor, died when a KSRTC bus wa...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Orders in Temple Land Dispute for Violation of Natural Justice. Failure to Implead Legal Heirs of Deceased Parties Leads to Remand for Fresh Disposal Under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India....

The case involves two writ petitions filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging orders passed by the Commissioner of Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowmen...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Port Trust's Eviction Notices for Unauthorized Occupants. Held that lessees/licensees whose tenures expired and who continued in possession without consent are unauthorized occupants liable to eviction under the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963....

The judgment concerns a group of writ petitions filed by various entities who were originally lessees or licensees of land belonging to the Board of Trustees of the Port of Mumbai (the Port Trust). Th...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Landlord's Petitions in Leave and Licence Dispute, Upholds Finding of Tenancy. Agreement styled as 'conducting business' held to be a colourable document creating landlord-tenant relationship under the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947....

The dispute pertains to a suit property, a shed admeasuring 7 x 17 feet, owned by the respondent/landlord. The respondent claimed that by an agreement dated 1st December, 1975, he gave the suit proper...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Accused in POCSO Case for Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault on 9-Year-Old Boy. Court holds that testimony of child victim alone, if credible, is sufficient for conviction under Section 4 of POCSO Act, 2012....

The appellant, Mahesh Sambhaji Chafle, was convicted by the Special Judge, Hingoli, under Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) for committing penetrative ...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Revenue's Appeal in Income Tax Case — Payment to Non-Resident Employees Held as Salary, Not Business Income. Section 28(va) of Income Tax Act, 1961 does not apply to employment-related payments....

The appeal was filed by the revenue under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 against the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) dated 25.02.2011 for the assessment year 2006-07. The r...

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High Court of Karnataka Grants Anticipatory Bail to Accused in SC/ST Atrocities Case Due to Lack of Prima Facie Intent to Humiliate on Caste Basis. Court holds that mere use of caste name without intent to insult does not attract Section 3(1)(r)(s) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989....

The petitioners, Appoji Reddy and K.V. Subramani, accused Nos. 1 and 2 in Crime No.104/2020 registered by Srinivaspura Police Station, Kolar, filed a petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty and Unnatural Death. Conviction under Sections 304B, 498A IPC and Sections 3, 4, 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 set aside as prosecution failed to prove demand of dowry soon before death and that death was otherwise than under normal circumstances....

The appellant, Dashirath Irappa Nagaral, was convicted by the trial court for offences under Sections 304B and 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and Sections 3, 4, and 6 of the Dowry Prohibiti...