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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Compensation Under Domestic Violence Act — Mental Torture and Emotional Distress Constitute Injuries Under Section 22 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Acquittal Under Section 498-A IPC Does Not Bar Civil Remedy Under D.V. Act....

The case involves two criminal writ petitions and connected applications arising from proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (D.V. Act). The respondent wife (Sneha ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Employer's Petition Challenging Labour Court's Reinstatement Order in Industrial Dispute Case — Misconduct Proved but Punishment Disproportionate. Labour Court's Discretion Under Section 11A of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Upheld as Not Perverse or Unreasonable....

The petitioner-employer, a company manufacturing fuel injection equipment, challenged an Award dated 13 December 2023 of the First Labour Court, Nashik, in Reference (IDA) No. 9 of 2004. The Labour Co...

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Appellate Court Reverses Harsh Trial Court Order, Upholds Defendant's Right to Defense in Land Dispute. The court rules that the trial court's decision to strike off the defense was erroneous, emphasizing the need for careful consideration of evidence and true facts in property disputes....

In a civil suit concerning the sale of agricultural land, the plaintiffs sought specific performance of an agreement. The defendants (now appellants) had previously given an undertaking not to sell or...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Workman's Petition in Industrial Dispute — Termination Quashed for Lack of Valid Domestic Inquiry. Reinstatement with 50% Backwages Granted as Employer Failed to Prove Misconduct Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The petitioner, Anwarbhashasab S/o Mardansab Saragi, was employed as a driver with the North East Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NEKRTC). He was terminated from service on 22.02.2013 following ...

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The petitioner, Smt. Baligar Chandbi, was appointed as a contract Accountant at Raitha Samparka Kendra, Huvinahadagali, through an outsourcing agency in 2014. She performed continuous service until Ma...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Defamation Proceedings Against Accused Nos. 3 and 4 in Private Complaint — Lack of Specific Allegations and Vicarious Liability Not Attracted. Criminal proceedings under Sections 499, 500 read with 34 and 120-B IPC quashed as complaint did not disclose any specific role of petitioners in publication of alleged defamatory material....

The petitioners, accused Nos. 3 and 4 in C.C.No.76/2020 pending before the Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Hangal, filed a petition under Section 482 CrPC seeking quashing of the entire procee...

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Karnataka High Court Hears Regular First Appeal Against Decree in Partition Suit — Issues Included Joint Family Property Status and Validity of Alienation. The appeal was filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, challenging the trial court's partial decree for partition and possession....

The appeal arose from a suit for partition and separate possession of agricultural and house properties situated in Mahadevakodigehalli village, Bengaluru North Taluk, filed by the plaintiffs (respond...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Revision Petition in Suit for Rejection of Plaint — Order VII Rule 11 CPC Application Must Be Decided on Plaint Averments Alone, Not Evidence or Defenses. The court set aside the Trial Court's order rejecting the application under Order VII Rule 11(a) and (d) CPC and allowed the application, rejecting the plaint....

The petitioner, Defendant No.4 in O.S.No.1246/2013, filed a Civil Revision Petition under Section 115 CPC challenging the order dated 12.12.2023 passed by the XLI Additional City Civil and Sessions Ju...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Partition Appeal for Lack of Evidence of Joint Family Property. Court holds that plaintiffs failed to prove that suit properties were ancestral joint family properties, and the suit was barred by limitation and res judicata....

The appeal arises from a judgment and decree dated 30.01.2018 passed by the Senior Civil Judge, Kolar, in O.S. No. 42/2012, dismissing the suit for partition and separate possession filed by the appel...