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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...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Insurer's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Tribunal Lacked Territorial Jurisdiction as Claimant and Respondents Did Not Reside in Belagavi. Award passed by Tribunal without territorial jurisdiction is void ab initio and non-est, quashed under Section 173(1) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The appellant, Go Digit General Insurance Company Limited, filed a miscellaneous first appeal under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, challenging the judgment and award dated 18.02.2022 ...

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High Court Dismisses Claimants' Appeal Against Exoneration of Insurer in Motor Accident Claim Due to Owner-Driver's Lack of License. Liability on Owner as Pay and Recover Principle Not Applied Where Offending Driver is Father of Claimants Under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The appeal arose from the judgment and award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in MVC No.3616/2020. The claimants, the children of the deceased Smt. Manjula, sought enhancement of compensation and...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Industrial Establishment's Writ Petition Against Strike Notice by Workers' Union. Union Not Considered 'State' or Discharging Public Duty, and Alternative Remedy Under Industrial Relations Code, 2020 Available....

Background: The writ petition was filed by Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt Ltd, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and engaged in manufacturing automotive electronic component...

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High Court of Karnataka Examines Trial Court's Order Allowing Amendment of Plaint in Suit for Recovery to Include Specific Performance. Petition Under Article 227 Questions Delay and Due Diligence Despite Liberal Approach to Amendments under Order VI Rule 17 CPC....

The writ petition was filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India by the defendants in a suit, challenging the order of the Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Sidlaghatta dated 25.11.2021, by which...