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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Trial Court's Order to Impound Insufficiently Stamped Sale Agreement. Document Insufficiently Stamped Cannot Be Admitted in Evidence Without Payment of Deficit Stamp Duty and Penalty Under Section 34 of Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957....

The petitioners, who are plaintiffs in O.S. No.4/2009 pending before the Senior Civil Judge, Lingasugur, filed a suit for specific performance based on two agreements to sell dated 04.06.2008 and 10.0...

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High Court of Karnataka Enhances Compensation for Injured Minor in Motor Accident Case — Multiplier Applied Based on Age of Injured, Not Age of Claimant. The Court held that for computing loss of future earning capacity of a minor, the multiplier must be determined with reference to the age of the injured, not the claimant....

The case involves two appeals arising from a motor accident claim. The claimant, K. Koushik, a minor aged 18 years, suffered grievous injuries in a road accident on 30.05.2009. He filed a claim petiti...

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High Court of Karnataka Enhances Compensation for Injured Minor in Motor Accident Case — Multiplier Applied for Future Loss of Earning Capacity. Claimant, a 16-year-old student, suffered 30% permanent disability; compensation increased from Rs.3,66,000 to Rs.5,66,000 with 6% interest....

The case involves two appeals arising from a motor accident claim. The claimant, K. Koushik, a minor aged 16 years, was injured in a road accident on 22.02.2009 due to the negligent driving of a vehic...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Lokayukta Enquiry Report and Recommendation in Disciplinary Proceeding — Violation of Natural Justice Due to Non-Supply of Documents. Petitioner's Right to Fair Hearing Violated as Adverse Material Not Furnished Despite Request....

The petitioner, an Assistant Executive Engineer in the Karnataka Housing Board, was subjected to a disciplinary inquiry by the Karnataka Lokayukta on a charge of misconduct. The Additional Registrar o...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Motor Vehicle Accident Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Malafide Prosecution. The court held that the FIR was false and registered with ulterior motive, warranting quashing under Section 482 Cr.P.C....

The petitioners, Mahadev and Somaling Byadagi, filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) seeking quashing of the entire criminal proceedings in Athani P.S. C...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Revision Petition for Interim Custody of Seized Articles and Cash in Corruption Case, Dismisses Quash Petition as Premature. The court held that the trial court's refusal to grant interim custody was not justified and that the quash petition was premature as investigation was ongoing....

The judgment concerns two connected petitions arising from Crime No.3/2016 registered by the Lokayukta Police, Tumakuru, against R. Umeshappa, an Executive Engineer, and his daughter Hemavathi U. The ...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Petitions of Retired KMF Employees Seeking Pension Revision — Petitioners Not Government Servants, Hence Not Entitled to Government Pension Orders....

The petitioners, D. Krishna Reddy and L.N. Bhaskar Rao, were retired employees of Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), a cooperative society. They filed applications before the Karnataka Administrative Tr...

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Karnataka High Court Allows State's Revision Against Order Defreezing Bank Accounts in Lokayukta Case. Court holds that Section 457 Cr.P.C. applications for defreezing of accounts are not maintainable during pendency of trial under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988....

The State of Karnataka, through Lokayukta Police, filed a revision petition under Section 397(1) r/w 401 Cr.P.C. challenging an order dated 10.04.2015 passed by the Sessions and Special Judge, Koppal ...

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Karnataka High Court Division Bench Considers Appeals Against Quashing of SC/ST Liquor License Reservation Notification. Single Judge Quashed Notification as Discriminatory, State Appeals....

The High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, by this common order, addressed a batch of writ appeals filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961, against the orders of the learned Single ...