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Karnataka High Court Directs Further Investigation in Attempt to Murder Case with Sexual Assault Allegations, Finds Investigation Lacunae. The Court highlights gross deficiencies in the police probe, including failure to add attempt to rape charges under Section 376/511 IPC despite victim's cogent allegations and medical evidence....

The petitioner, a victim of an alleged brutal assault, approached the High Court of Karnataka under Article 226 of the Constitution read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeki...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Appeal by Original Owners and Subsequent Purchasers — Holders Have No Locus as Land Vested in Government After Final Notification Under City of Mysore Improvement Act, 1903; Sale During Pendency of Challenge Rendered Ineffective...

Background: The case involved a land acquisition challenge under the City of Mysore Improvement Act, 1903, initiated in 1981 for the formation of Vijayanagar Layout in Mysore. The original owners file...

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Division Bench of Karnataka High Court Upholds Bank's Appeal, Reinstates Section 14 Order Under SARFAESI Act. Writ Petition Challenging Magistrate's Order Dismissed on Ground of Availability of Efficacious Alternate Remedy Under Section 17 of SARFAESI Act, 2002....

The appeal arose from a writ petition filed by respondent-borrowers challenging an order dated 13.03.2020 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act, 2002, allowing t...

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Karnataka High Court Examines Constitutional Validity of Amendment to CPC Fixing 120-Day Limit for Written Statement; Challenge to Provisions Curtailing Judicial Discretion and Inherent Powers. The Amendment, Introduced by State Legislature, Allegedly Overrides Supreme Court Ruling and Violates Articles 14 and 141 of the Constitution....

The High Court of Karnataka entertained two writ petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Code of Civil Proc...

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High Court of Karnataka Directs Police to Complete Investigation and File Final Report in Unnatural Death Case Within Six Weeks. Inquest Report Under Section 174 CrPC Not Final Report; Police Must File Final Report Under Section 173(2) Before Jurisdictional Magistrate; Closure Report Requires RCS Notice to Complainant to File Protest Petition....

The case arose from a writ petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution by the petitioner, the complainant/informant, seeking a direction to the police to file a final report/charge s...

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High Court of Karnataka Pronounces Judgment in Writ Appeal Concerning Bangalore Development Authority Road Access Dispute. Appeal Challenges Single Judge's Dismissal of Writ Petition Seeking Implementation of BDA Resolution After Lokayuktha and Supreme Court Directions....

This writ appeal was filed before the Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961, challenging the order of a Single Judge who had dismissed a w...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Petition for Masking of Acquitted Foreign National's Name from Digital Records, Upholding Right to Be Forgotten Under Article 21. The Court Held That Final Acquittal Must Be Digitally Recognized to Prevent Continuing Stigma and Loss of Employment Against Legally Innocent Person....

The petitioner, a foreign national who was arraigned as accused No. 3 in a criminal case for offences under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, Foreigners Act, 1946, Information Technology Act...

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High Court Dismisses Insurer's Appeal and Partly Allows Claimant's Enhancement in Motor Accident Claim Involving Empty Tractor. Breach of Policy Condition Not Established as Tractor Was Empty at Time of Accident Despite Commercial Use, Under Section 173(1) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The case involves two cross-appeals arising from a motor accident claim. The claimant, a pedestrian, was injured when a tractor-trailer returning empty after unloading sugarcane at a sugar factory das...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Lower Appellate Court's Order Allowing Amendment of Written Statement in Remanded Civil Appeal. Procedural Irregularity Found as Application Decided Independently Without Simultaneous Hearing with Main Appeal, Contravening Settled Principles Under Section 96 CPC....

The writ petition arose from a civil suit concerning property rights. The plaintiff filed a suit for partition and declaration, which was decreed by the trial court and affirmed by the first appellate...