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High Court of Karnataka Allows Judgment-Debtor's Petition Seeking Rescission of Contract Under Section 28 of Specific Relief Act — Decree-Holder's Failure to Deposit Balance Consideration Within Stipulated Time Gives Right to Rescission, Subsequent Deposit Does Not Extinguish That Right....

The petitioner, T.L. Rajagopal, was the defendant/judgment-debtor in a suit for specific performance of an agreement of sale dated 16.08.1997 filed by the respondent, S.N. Shivakumar (plaintiff/decree...

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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Property Dispute, Restores Trial Court Decree for Possession and Damages. Defendant's Possession Not Protected Under Section 53A of Transfer of Property Act, 1882 Due to Breach of Contract and Non-Performance....

The case involves a second appeal filed by the original plaintiff, Deorao Balaji Bhoyar (since deceased, through legal representatives), against the judgment of the Additional District Judge, Nagpur, ...

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Bombay High Court Partially Allows Writ Petition in Industrial Dispute — Reinstatement Upheld with Continuity but Back Wages Denied Due to Delay. Labour Court's award modified to include continuity of service; back wages denied as petitioner failed to prove unemployment after 11-year delay in raising dispute....

The petitioner, Bhausaheb Rajaram Dhanwate, was employed as a Labourer by the respondent, MulaPravara Electric Cooperative Society Ltd., from 01/04/1977 until his oral termination on 30/04/1978. He ra...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Petition in Stamp Act Case — Impounding of Agreement of Sale with Possession Required Under Article 5(e)(i) of Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957. Trial Court Erred in Declining to Impound Document Where Possession Was Delivered Under Agreement of Sale, as It Attracts Stamp Duty as a Deed of Conveyance....

The defendant filed a writ petition challenging the trial court's order declining to impound documents under Section 33 of the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957. The plaintiffs had filed a suit for specific p...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Transfer of Matrimonial Case from Puttur to Madikeri for Convenience of Wife and Child. Wife's Divorce Petition at Final Arguments, Husband's Restitution Case Transferred for Joint Trial Under Section 24 CPC....

The petitioner-wife and respondent-husband married on 08.08.2011 at Kushalnagar, Madikeri District, and have an 18-month-old son. Due to differences, they live separately: the wife in Madikeri with he...

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Bombay High Court Allows Pension Benefits to Employees of Sheltered Workshop for Handicapped - Government Resolution of 1984 Extended to Workshop Employees...

The petitioners, employees of the Sheltered Workshop Section of Home for Aged and Handicapped, sought a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to grant pension and other retiral benefits in accord...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Dismisses Petition Challenging Land Acquisition for Rehabilitation of Displaced Person. Acquisition under Section 4 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for rehabilitation of respondent no. 4 upheld as valid and not vitiated by malafides....

The petitioners, claiming to be shareholders of the Communidade of Betalbatim (respondent no. 3), filed a writ petition challenging the acquisition of a portion of property surveyed under no. 169/10 a...