Hindu Law. Daughter's right to an equal share in ancestral joint family property under the Hindu Succession Act is established by birth and is not conditional upon the father-coparcener being alive on the date of the amendment. Any prior judgment or preliminary decree restricting the daughter's share based on the father's death date must be modified to grant the daughter an equal share as a son. Karnataka High Court.
Hindu Law. Daughter's right to an equal share in ancestral joint family property under the Hindu Succession Act is established by birth and is not conditional upon the father-coparcener being alive on the date of the amendment. Any prior judgment or preliminary decree restricting the daughter's share based on the father's death date must be modified to grant the daughter an equal share as a son. Karnataka High Court.
  • 08-October-2025
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Suit for partition. Trial Courts should proceed suo motu to draw the final decree after the preliminary decree to prevent undue delay. Karnataka High Court calls for informed discussions among stakeholders to evolve an effective procedure supported by an appropriate legislative framework.
Suit for partition. Trial Courts should proceed suo motu to draw the final decree after the preliminary decree to prevent undue delay. Karnataka High Court calls for informed discussions among stakeholders to evolve an effective procedure supported by an appropriate legislative framework.
  • 08-October-2025
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Pre-emptive suit by testator for avoiding disputes regarding execution and proof of Will.
Pre-emptive suit by testator for avoiding disputes regarding execution and proof of Will.
  • 21-September-2025
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Renewable energy. A regulatory framework that subjects one category of competitors to a mandatory and untime-bound precondition while allowing other competing categories in the same seniority queue to proceed without such a burden, fails to create a ‘level playing field’ is violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution. Karnataka High Court.
Renewable energy. A regulatory framework that subjects one category of competitors to a mandatory and untime-bound precondition while allowing other competing categories in the same seniority queue to proceed without such a burden, fails to create a ‘level playing field’ is violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution. Karnataka High Court.
  • 08-October-2025
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Judgement
A prior security interest created by a Bank under the SARFAESI Act takes precedence over a subsequently created statutory charge for tax dues under the Central or State GST Act, and vice-versa. GST authorities must remove their encumbrance to allow the Bank to proceed with the auction of the secured property. Karnataka High Court.
A prior security interest created by a Bank under the SARFAESI Act takes precedence over a subsequently created statutory charge for tax dues under the Central or State GST Act, and vice-versa. GST authorities must remove their encumbrance to allow the Bank to proceed with the auction of the secured property. Karnataka High Court.
  • 08-October-2025
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Motor Vehicles Act. Insurance Company cannot be exonerated from paying compensation on the ground of the driver not possessing a valid driving license when the police charge sheet names a different driver who is found to have a license. Karnataka High Court.
Motor Vehicles Act. Insurance Company cannot be exonerated from paying compensation on the ground of the driver not possessing a valid driving license when the police charge sheet names a different driver who is found to have a license. Karnataka High Court.
  • 08-October-2025
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Motor Vehicles Act. Combination of tractor and trailer is a goods carriage. Even if only the trailer and not the tractor is insured, the insurer of the trailer remains liable to compensate third-party claims arising from its use. Karnataka High Court.
Motor Vehicles Act. Combination of tractor and trailer is a goods carriage. Even if only the trailer and not the tractor is insured, the insurer of the trailer remains liable to compensate third-party claims arising from its use. Karnataka High Court.
  • 06-October-2025
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A compromise decree in a suit for specific performance, which merely records an agreement to transfer property, does not convey title. A purchaser cannot claim ownership or demand mutation in revenue records solely on the basis of such a compromise without first having the sale deed executed and registered through appropriate execution proceedings. Karnataka High Court.
A compromise decree in a suit for specific performance, which merely records an agreement to transfer property, does not convey title. A purchaser cannot claim ownership or demand mutation in revenue records solely on the basis of such a compromise without first having the sale deed executed and registered through appropriate execution proceedings. Karnataka High Court.
  • 06-October-2025
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Judgement
Pendency of a criminal appeal or the option to apply for suspension of sentence or bail is not a bar to consider an application for parole, which is a separate, time-bound relief granted in exigent circumstances. An authority rejecting parole must issue a reasoned order clearly applying the relevant sections of the Karnataka Prison Manual. Karnataka High Court.
Pendency of a criminal appeal or the option to apply for suspension of sentence or bail is not a bar to consider an application for parole, which is a separate, time-bound relief granted in exigent circumstances. An authority rejecting parole must issue a reasoned order clearly applying the relevant sections of the Karnataka Prison Manual. Karnataka High Court.
  • 06-October-2025
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'Supreme Court curtailing the inherent powers of the High Courts. Neither Legal nor Justified'. - B.V.Acharya, former Advocate General for Karnataka.
'Supreme Court curtailing the inherent powers of the High Courts. Neither Legal nor Justified'. - B.V.Acharya, former Advocate General for Karnataka.
  • 07-November-2024
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Tender. When the intending party responds to the tender notice, it is not permissible for such party to put forth its own conditions and seek variance in the conditions of tender. Karnataka High Court.
Tender. When the intending party responds to the tender notice, it is not permissible for such party to put forth its own conditions and seek variance in the conditions of tender. Karnataka High Court.
  • 08-October-2024
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Suit for specific performance. Purchaser of suit property from the defendant/vendor is a necessary party to the suit and can be impleaded. Karnataka High Court.
Suit for specific performance. Purchaser of suit property from the defendant/vendor is a necessary party to the suit and can be impleaded. Karnataka High Court.
  • 03-October-2024
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Suit for specific performance. Plaintiff can seek amendment of pleading to declare that collusive decree between his vendor and third party is not binding on him. Court must prevent multiplicity of the proceedings. Karnataka High Court.
Suit for specific performance. Plaintiff can seek amendment of pleading to declare that collusive decree between his vendor and third party is not binding on him. Court must prevent multiplicity of the proceedings. Karnataka High Court.
  • 01-October-2024
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Tender. Courts cannot interfere with the terms of the tender because it feels that some other terms would have been fair, wiser or logical. Karnataka High Court.
Tender. Courts cannot interfere with the terms of the tender because it feels that some other terms would have been fair, wiser or logical. Karnataka High Court.
  • 30-September-2024
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Negotiable Instruments Act. Cheque issued towards refund of advance sale consideration upon the failure to execute the sale deed, attracts the provisions of the Act. Karnataka High Court.
Negotiable Instruments Act. Cheque issued towards refund of advance sale consideration upon the failure to execute the sale deed, attracts the provisions of the Act. Karnataka High Court.
  • 28-September-2024
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