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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Employee's Appeal in Transfer Dispute — Upholds Termination for Disobedience. Employee Failed to Comply with Transfer Order and Did Not Respond to Show Cause Notices, Leading to Termination....

The appellant, Sri. Angadi Vrushabha, was employed as a Field Officer with the 4th respondent bank, P.C.A. & R.D. Bank Ltd., Huvinahadagali. He was issued a transfer order which he failed to obey. Con...

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Karnataka High Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petition, Quashes Preventive Detention Order for Non-supply of Translated Documents. Detention Order Held Violative of Article 22(5) as Kannada Translations of Relied-upon Court Order Sheets Were Not Furnished, Precluding Effective Representation....

The case arose from a habeas corpus petition filed by Smt. Jayamma, the mother of detenu Ravikumar @ Kumara @ Tango, challenging a preventive detention order dated 29 August 2018 passed by the Commiss...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal and Upholds Nullity of Marriage Due to Prior Subsisting Marriage. Suppression of Previous Marriage and Lack of Divorce Renders Second Marriage Void Under Section 5(i) Read with Section 11 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955....

The appellant, Priya Jethani, and the respondent, Hitesh Sawlani, were married on 24 December 2013 in Nagpur according to Sindhi customs. After marriage, discord arose, and the respondent made inquiri...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Refusal of Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme Benefit to Development Officer. Court holds that the Scheme's eligibility conditions are clear and the petitioner's application was rightly rejected as he did not meet the qualifying service requirement....

The petitioner, K.G.H. Dodhiya, joined the New India Assurance Company Limited as a Development Officer on 16 April 1977 and later became an Administrative Officer. On 1 January 2004, the Union of Ind...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Partition Suit — Upholds Concurrent Findings on Limitation and Validity of Sale Deeds. Suit for partition and declaration that sale deeds were null and void held barred by limitation under Article 58 of Limitation Act, 1963 as plaintiffs had knowledge of the transactions since 2000 but filed suit in 2007....

The appellants, original plaintiffs, filed a suit for partition and separate possession of a suit house property, seeking a declaration that they have a right to worship God 'Narsinha' and that two sa...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Application to Bring Legal Representatives on Record in Heirship Certificate Dispute. Right to Sue Does Not Survive After Death of Appellant Claiming Heirship Certificate Under Bombay Regulation Act 8 of 1827....

The case arose from a dispute between two women, Anita Anant Patil and Malini Anant Patil, each claiming to be the legally wedded wife of the deceased Anant Patil, who died on 28 March 1997. Both file...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Partition Suit Due to Lack of Substantial Question of Law — Delay of 291 Days in Filing First Appeal Not Properly Explained. The court held that the District Judge's discretion in rejecting the condonation application was not perverse and that no substantial question of law arose for consideration under Section 100 of CPC....

The appellant, who was defendant no.1 in a partition suit (Regular Civil Suit No. 799 of 1992), challenged the decree passed by the trial court on 26th April 2013. The trial court decreed the suit aft...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petitions Challenging Rejection of Declaration under Income Declaration Scheme, 2016. The court quashed reassessment and prosecution notices under Section 276CC of Income Tax Act, 1961, holding that valid declaration under the Scheme grants immunity....

The petitioners, Umesh D. Ganore and Mangesh D. Ganore, filed two writ petitions challenging the decision of the Revenue Authority in not accepting their declarations under the Income Declaration Sche...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Order Setting Aside Ex Parte Decree in Loan Recovery Suit — Petitioner Failed to Show Sufficient Cause for Non-Appearance....

The petitioner, Siddappa Savadi, filed a suit (O.S. No. 175/1995) for recovery of a loan amount of Rs. 1,80,000 against the respondents. The suit was decreed ex parte on 17.08.2001, and a decree was d...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Petitions of Contractual Employees Seeking Regularisation in Electricity Supply Company. Petitioners failed to establish any legal right to regularisation as they were engaged on contract basis without following due process of recruitment....

The petitioners, numbering 47 individuals, were employed as Operators and Helpers in various sub-stations of the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) in the Ballari region. They we...