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High Court Quashes FIR Against Husband and In-Laws in Matrimonial Dispute Under Section 482 CrPC Due to Abuse of Process. Allegations of Harassment and Dowry Demands Under Sections 498A and 504 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Found Vague and Lacking Territorial Jurisdiction for Incidents Abroad....

The case involved a criminal petition filed by four petitioners—the husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law—seeking to quash an FIR registered against them under Sections...

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Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR in Matrimonial Dispute Under Section 498A IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act Due to Vague Allegations. Court Holds that Filing of General and Omnibus Allegations Against Husband and In-Laws Constitutes Abuse of Process of Law Under Section 482 Cr.P.C....

The petitioners, husband and his family members (father, mother, brother), sought quashing of FIR registered at Basavanagudi Women Police Station, Bengaluru, under Sections 498A, 504 IPC and Sections ...

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High Court of Karnataka Hears Appeals Against Single Judge's Order on State Government's Authority Over Inter-State Electricity Transmission. The Court examined whether the State Government could extend its Order to inter-state transmission of electricity under the Electricity Act, 2003....

The High Court of Karnataka heard a batch of writ appeals filed by the State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC), Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL), and the State of Karnataka against a...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal for Enhancement of Compensation in Motor Accident Claim — Negligence of Canter Driver Upheld. Claimants, parents of deceased aged 45, awarded enhanced compensation with 40% future prospects and multiplier of 14 under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The appeal was filed by the claimants, Sri Thimmappa @ Pooja Thimmappa and Smt. Sujathamma @ Pooja Ramanjanappagari Sujathamma, who are the parents of the deceased, against the judgment and award date...

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High Court Enhances Compensation for Injured Claimant in Motor Accident Case — Tribunal Award of Rs.6,98,500/- Held Inadequate. Claimant sustained grievous injuries including fracture of femur and tibia, leading to permanent disability; court applied multiplier method and increased compensation to Rs.12,00,000/- with 6% interest....

The appellant, Mrs. Hema Kulkarni, a 65-year-old housewife, filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking compensation for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle acc...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Commercial Appeal in Part, Sets Aside Trial Court's Rejection of Rent Arrears Claim in Eviction Suit. The court held that the claim for arrears of rent from 01.04.2000 to 30.11.2021 was not barred by limitation as the tenancy continued and the suit was filed within three years from termination....

The appellants, Smt. Sarojamma and others, filed a commercial suit (Com.O.S.No.124/2023) before the LXXXVII Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru, seeking eviction of the respondent, Pal...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Petition Challenging Compromise Decree in Partition Suit — Petitioners Failed to Prove Fraud or Misrepresentation. Challenge to Compromise Decree Under Order XXII Rule 3 CPC Dismissed as Not Maintainable and Time-Barred....

The petitioners, Sri Shivarudrappa and Sri S. Somashekar, were defendants No.1 and 3 in O.S.No.24/2011, a suit for partition filed by the respondent, Sri S. Madesh, who is the brother of the petitione...

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The present batch of writ appeals is directed against a common order dated 26.09.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court of Karnataka, whereby three writ petitions filed by the appel...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Appeal by School Head Master in Workmen's Compensation Case — Employer-Employee Relationship Established. Commissioner's Award of Rs.5,38,200/- with 12% Interest Upheld as Deceased Driver Was Under Control and Supervision of School....

The appellant, the Head Master of Balmi Primary School, filed an appeal under Section 30(1) of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, against the judgment and award dated 24.01.2015 passed by the Princ...