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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Petition to Quash POCSO Charges Due to Multiplicity of Child Victims Alleging Sexual Assault. Court Holds That Procedural Violations Do Not Vitiate Proceedings When Prima Facie Material Discloses Serious Offences, Requiring Full Trial....

The petitioner, an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking quashing of the charge sheet an...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR Against Husband and In-Laws in Dowry Case Due to Lack of Cruelty-Dowry Nexus. Allegations of Unnatural Sex, Betting, and Restrictions on Dancing Not Sufficient to Constitute Offences Under Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961....

The case arose from a matrimonial dispute where the husband and his parents (petitioners) sought quashing of FIR No.58 of 2024 registered against them under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the D...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Petition Challenging Rejection of Application to File Written Statement Beyond Limitation in Suit for Specific Performance. Court holds that Order 8 Rule 1 CPC is directory and not mandatory, and that delay in filing written statement can be condoned on payment of costs if no prejudice is caused to the plaintiff....

The petitioner, Smt. Kusuma Kumari, represented by her General Power of Attorney holder, filed a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging an order dated 12.09.2024 pass...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Accused in IPC Case Due to Lack of Sanction Under Section 197 CrPC. Proceedings for offences under Sections 428, 429, 504, 506, 509 IPC quashed as the accused, a public servant, was not granted prior sanction for prosecution....

The petitioner, Sri Taha Husain, filed a criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.13477/2022 pending before the IV ...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Appeal in Partition Suit, Upholds Trial Court's Finding of Joint Family Property and Rejects Claim of Prior Partition. The court held that the suit properties were ancestral joint family properties and that the alleged prior partition was not proved, thereby affirming the decree for partition and separate possession....

The case involves a dispute over partition of properties claimed to be ancestral joint family properties. The appellants (plaintiffs) filed a suit for declaration and partition, asserting that the pro...

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High Court of Karnataka Enhances Compensation for Injured Claimants in Motor Vehicle Accident — Multiplier Corrected from 17 to 18 and Income Assessed at Rs.9,000 per Month. Owner Held Liable for Driver Without Valid Licence but Granted Right to Recover from Driver....

The judgment pertains to four miscellaneous first appeals arising out of motor vehicle accident claims. The appeals were filed by two injured claimants (Basavaraj and Ganesh) seeking enhancement of co...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Employer's Challenge to KAT Order Directing Regularisation of Daily Wage Employee. Continuous Service of 240 Days in a Calendar Year Confers Right to Regularisation Under Karnataka Daily Wage Employees (Regularisation) Rules, 2002....

The case involves two writ petitions filed by the Chief Engineer and other officers of Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Niyamitha (the employer) and the State of Karnataka challenging an order dated 06.12.20...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused No.3 in Cheating and Forgery Case Due to Insufficient Evidence. Conviction under Sections 420, 465, 468, 471 read with Section 34 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The petitioner, Krishna Veni, was accused No.3 in C.C. No.405/2005 before the JMFC Court, Aurad-B, for offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 468, 471 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Co...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused No.3 in Cheating and Forgery Case Due to Benefit of Doubt — Conviction Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The revision petition was filed by accused No.3, Krishna Veni, challenging her conviction under Sections 420, 465, 468, 471 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The trial court in C.C....

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Karnataka High Court Hears First Appeal Against Dismissal of Suit for Permanent Injunction and Damages in Software Development Contract. Suit Alleged Breach of Implied Contract by C-DAC Following Public Advertisement for Tamil Language Software Tools....

The appellant, M/s. Applesoft, a software development firm, filed a suit seeking a permanent injunction against the respondents, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and the Govern...