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High Court Grants Bail to NDPS Accused Due to Non-Compliance with Section 50 and Lack of Independent Witnesses. The court held that the prosecution's failure to comply with Section 50 of the NDPS Act and the absence of independent witnesses entitled the accused to bail despite the commercial quantity of ganja....

The petitioners, Tasleem N.P., Haseeb K.V., and Rasique Ali P., were arrested in connection with Crime No.110/2020 registered at Hulimavu Police Station, Bengaluru, for offences under Sections 20(b), ...

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Karnataka High Court Reduces Compensation in Motor Accident Claims for Rider of Motorcycle Under Section 163A of Motor Vehicles Act. Rider Held Not Entitled to Full Compensation as Liability Limited to Contractual Personal Accident Cover of Rs.1,00,000....

The case involved a fatal motorcycle accident on 08.12.2007 where the rider lost control and collided with a roadside stone, resulting in the death of both the rider and pillion rider. The legal repre...

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High Court of Karnataka Dharwad Bench Partly Allows Insurer’s Appeal and Dismisses Claimants’ Appeals in Motor Accident Case – Rider Not a Third Party Under Section 163A of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Compensation to Legal Heirs of Deceased Motorcycle Rider Limited to Rs. 1,00,000 as Per Policy’s Personal Accident Cover, Not Structured Formula....

The High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, delivered a common judgment in four appeals arising out of two motor accident claim petitions filed under Section 163A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The ...

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High Court of Karnataka Reviews Criminal Appeals Against Convictions Under Sections 498A and 302 IPC. The court examines whether circumstantial evidence was sufficient to prove the husband's guilt in the homicide and whether cruelty was established....

The appeals challenged the judgment of the trial court convicting the husband (accused No.1) under Section 302 and both the husband and brother-in-law (accused No.2) under Section 498A r/w 34 IPC. The...

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High Court of Karnataka Dharwad Bench Acquits Accused under Section 498A IPC; General Allegations of Suspicion and Ill-Treatment Do Not Constitute Cruelty. Convictions Under Section 498A Set Aside, While Appeals Against Conviction Under Section 302 to be Decided on Remaining Grounds....

The appellants, accused No.1 and accused No.2, were convicted by the trial court for the offence punishable under Section 498A read with Section 34 IPC, and accused No.1 additionally under Section 302...

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High Court of Karnataka Dharwad Bench Considers Insurance Company and Claimant Appeals Against MACT Award Under Section 163A of Motor Vehicles Act. Dispute Centers on Maximum Compensation Payable for Deceased Motorcycle Rider and Pillion Rider's Death....

Background: The appeals arose from two motor accident claim petitions filed under Section 163A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal at Belagavi. The deceased ride...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Compensation Appeal in Electrocution Death Case — Father Awarded ₹5 Lakhs for Negligence of Electricity Board. Failure to Maintain Power Lines Causing Death of College Student Attracts Strict Liability Under Section 161 of the Electricity Act, 2003....

The appellant, Pandurang S/o Bhimayya Ainapure, a farmer aged 60, lost his 20-year-old college-going son Srinivas due to electrocution on 24.09.2000. The deceased came into contact with a hanging live...

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Karnataka High Court Sets Aside MACT Award in Motor Accident Claim Due to Fraudulent Suppression and Unexplained Delay; Insurer's Appeal Allowed and Claimants' Appeal for Enhancement Dismissed. Medico-Legal Case Procedures Under CrPC Sections 39, 174 Highlighted to Emphasize Need for Genuine Claims....

The two appeals before the High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, arose from the judgment and award dated 03.01.2018 in MVC No.1932/2017 by the X Additional District Judge and Member, Additional Moto...

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Karnataka High Court Hears Appeal in Property Dispute; Focuses on Compliance of Order 32 CPC and Effect of Abatement on Deceased Defendant...

The appeal was filed against the judgment and decree dated 08.11.2013 passed by the XXVIII Additional City Civil Judge, Bangalore, in O.S.No.16723/2006. The trial court had decreed the suit, declaring...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Accused's Appeals, Upholding Conviction in Murder Case Based on Corroborated Eye-Witness Account and Medical Evidence. Conviction Under Sections 302, 201, and 506 IPC Upheld as Prosecution Proved Homicidal Death and Accused's Role in Killing and Destruction of Evidence....

The case arose from an incident on 17 May 2005, where the deceased, Mahadeva @ Nagamadegowda, husband of accused No.1 (Smt. Malathi), was murdered. Accused No.2, Girish, is the elder brother of accuse...