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High Court of Karnataka Condones Delay in Cross-Objection in Partition Suit Involving Muslim Law. Court Determines that 89-Year-Old Defendant Suffering from Old Age Ailments and Lacking Family Support Constituted Sufficient Grounds to Condone 614-Day Delay in Filing Cross-Objection....

The dispute concerned a suit for partition filed by the appellants (plaintiffs), who are the brothers and sister of the deceased Shahnaz Begum, against her husband, the respondent (defendant). The sui...

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Karnataka High Court Adjudicates Multiple Petitions Challenging Grant of Pardon to Accused No.1 in Yogesh Goudar Murder Case; Procedural Aberrations in Pardon Grant Considered...

The case arose out of the murder of Yogesh Goudar, a Zilla Panchayat member, on 15 June 2016, following which his wife filed a complaint. The police initially charge-sheeted six accused, and trial com...

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The plaintiff, a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956, engaged in developing resorts and health clubs, entered into an agreement to purchase suit lands from the first defendant on 17.2.200...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking Mandamus for Water Release from Narayanapur Dam for Irrigation. Court holds that decisions of an Irrigation Advisory Committee are recommendatory and not binding on the State, and that mandamus cannot issue to compel implementation of such recommendations....

The petitioners, four farmers from Yadgir district, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus to direct the respondents (State of Karnata...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Appeals Against Land Acquisition for Sir M. Visveswaraya Layout; Upholds Single Judge's Order. The appeals challenged acquisition notifications under Sections 17(1) and 19(1) of the BDA Act, 1976, alleging arbitrary exclusion and violation of constitutional rights....

This matter concerns four writ appeals filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961, challenging a common order dated June 6, 2006, of a learned Single Judge. The appeals arise from lan...

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Karnataka High Court Considers BDA's Appeal Against Quashing of Land Acquisition Notifications Under Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976. Case Involves Dispute Over Inclusion of 5 Acres Not in Preliminary Notification and Offer of 40% Developed Land as Compensation....

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) initiated acquisition proceedings for 4,043 acres 27 guntas of land to form the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout. Following a resolution on 3 September 2007 and s...

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The appellant was convicted by the II Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ballari for offences under Sections 498A and 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for allegedly causing the dowry death of h...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeals by Police Officers and Complainant in FIR Quash Case — Sets Aside Single Judge Order Restoring Investigation. Court holds that inherent power to quash FIR under Section 482 CrPC must be exercised sparingly and only to prevent abuse of process, not to conduct a mini-trial....

The case involves two writ appeals arising from a common order of a learned Single Judge of the Karnataka High Court dated 30.03.2022 in Writ Petition No.12787/2021, whereby the Single Judge quashed t...