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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal in Income Tax Case — Valuation by District Registrar Without Reasons Held Perverse. Tribunal's finding that valuation by District Registrar/Appellate Authority is more effective and realistic without assigning any reasons is perverse, arbitrary, and unsustainable under Section 260-A of Income Tax Act, 1961....

The appeal was filed by the assessee, an individual engaged in transport business, under Section 260-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, against the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Banga...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Petition Challenging Rejection of Nomination for Vice President of Gram Panchayat. Rejection of nomination on ground of non-production of caste certificate held arbitrary under Article 226 of the Constitution....

The petitioner, Smt. Yasmeen, was elected as a member of Gram Panchayat, Gonikoppa, in the election held on 20.4.2016. Subsequently, a notice was issued for the election of Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha (...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses State's Appeal in Motor Vehicles Act Case — Regional Transport Authority Lacks Power to Impose Rear Overhang Restriction. The prohibition on grant of contract carriage permits for three wheelers with rear overhang exceeding 450 mm is illegal as no provision of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 confers such power....

The State of Karnataka and its transport authorities appealed against an order of a learned single Judge of the High Court of Karnataka, which held that the Regional Transport Authority's decision dat...

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Karnataka High Court Hears Regular First Appeal Against Trial Court Decree Declaring Plaintiff as Absolute Owner and Ordering Delivery of Possession. Deemed University's Land Acquisition and Possession Dispute Involving Application of Land Acquisition Act, Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960, and Section 96 of CPC....

The appeal arose from a suit filed by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), a deemed university and society registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1...

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High Court of Karnataka Enhances Compensation for Dependents of Deceased Cleaners in Workmen's Compensation Cases. Computation of monthly wages corrected to maximum under Section 4(1)(a) of Workmen's Compensation Act, 1926, leading to enhanced awards....

The judgment pertains to multiple appeals filed under Section 30(1) of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1926, against the order dated 28-04-2009 passed by the Labour Officer and Commissioner for Workme...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Re-Assessment Orders Denying Composition Scheme Benefit to Restaurant — Notice Based on Inspection Report Without Proper Opportunity of Hearing Violates Principles of Natural Justice. The court held that the impugned orders were passed without affording proper opportunity of hearing and remanded the matter for fresh consideration....

The petitioner, Sri Anantha Padmanabha Bhat, proprietor of M/s SLV Corner, a vegetarian restaurant in Bangalore, opted to pay tax under the Composition Scheme at a concessional rate of 4% under Sectio...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Preventive Detention Order for Non-Communication of Grounds in Known Language. Detenu's Right to Make Effective Representation Under Article 22(5) of Constitution Violated as Grounds Were Served in English, Not in Kannada Which Detenu Understood....

The petitioner, Smt. Shylamma, mother of the detenu Abhishek @ Abhi @ Sutta, filed a habeas corpus petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the preventive detention...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Petition of Ad-hoc Employee Seeking Regularisation — Appointment Not Through Proper Selection Process. Petitioner Appointed on Ad-hoc Basis as Showroom Assistant in 1997 Cannot Claim Regularisation as a Matter of Right....

The petitioner, Smt. D. Uma, was appointed on an ad-hoc basis on 10.03.1997 as a Showroom Assistant in the Office of the Regional Design and Technical Development Centre (Handicrafts), under the Minis...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Contractor's Challenge to Substitution in Solid Waste Management Contract — Upholds BBMP's Right to Replace Non-Performing Contractor. The court held that public bodies have the right to replace contractors who fail to perform, and no vested right exists in a contract for public service....

The petitioner, Sri S Gautam Raj, a contractor, filed two writ petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the substitution order dated 7.4.2016 issued by the Bruhat ...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal in Property Dispute — Sale Deed by GPA Holder Without Authority Declared Void. Court holds that a General Power of Attorney must expressly authorize sale of immovable property and that the burden of proving authority lies on the party relying on the GPA....

The case involves a regular first appeal filed by the defendants against the judgment and decree dated 24.02.2012 in O.S.No.2405/2010 passed by the XII Addl. City Civil Judge, Bangalore. The trial cou...