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  Transfer of Property Act. When a bank institutes a civil suit seeking sale of the mortgaged property upon default, the property becomes ‘directly and specifically in question’ in the proceedings and is therefore subject to the doctrine of lis pendens. Supreme Court.

  • 24-December-2025
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  The right to interest on delayed terminal benefits is not a bounty. While the employer's severe financial hardship or executive austerity directions do not negate this right, the rate of interest awarded by the Court can be moderated based on the employer's financial condition and prevailing market rates, subject to a penalty clause for non-compliance. Karnataka High Court.

  • 24-December-2025
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  ‘’Even the most solemn proceedings stand vitiated if they are actuated by fraud.’’ Karnataka High Court imposes exemplary costs on a litigant for pursuing fraudulent claims and dragging the dispute on for more than a decade.

  • 24-December-2025
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  Associations. Power to elect a Chairman/President would carry with it the power to remove by ‘no-confidence’ subject to following the due procedure. In the absence of the express power/procedure, the guidelines issued by the judicial decisions must be followed. Karnataka High Court.

  • 22-December-2025
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  Tender – Blacklisting/Debarment. Submission of forged documents warrants cancellation of the bid. Fraud strikes at the very root of justice and vitiates even the most solemn proceedings. A tenderer cannot evade responsibility by attributing such fraudulent acts to its employees, as the employer is vicariously liable for acts committed in the course of employment. Karnataka High Court.

  • 22-December-2025
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  Civil Procedure Code. Order 21 Rule 90. Although any fraud or irregularity in the process of publication of an order of attachment or the lack thereof is broadly covered within the scope of the Rule 90, the applicant must prove that he has suffered substantial injury as a consequence of it. Supreme Court.

  • 22-December-2025
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  Electricity Act 2003. Inter-State transmission of electricity under Section 11 can be regulated not only by the Central Government but also by the State Government in an extraordinary circumstance, arising in the public interest. Karnataka High Court.

  • 20-December-2025
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  Civil Procedure Code. Order 21 Rule 89. Application to set aside sale on deposit of the decretal amount can be made even by a pendente lite transferee. Supreme Court.

  • 20-December-2025
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  Tender blacklisting. Members of a consortium are jointly and severally liable for the actions of the lead member in the tender process. Even a ‘non-active’ partner who claims to have withdrawn from the consortium can be legally debarred if they failed to notify the tendering authority of the fraud immediately upon discovery, thereby acting as a ‘fence-sitter’. Karnataka High Court.

  • 20-December-2025
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  Karnataka Rent Act. A tenant who has historically paid rent to a person and admitted the tenancy in writing is legally estopped from challenging that person's title as ‘landlord’. Where a landlord provides evidence of a bonafide intent to demolish and reconstruct a dilapidated property for commercial purposes, and such evidence remains largely undisputed during cross-examination, the landlord is entitled to an order of eviction. Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-December-2025
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  Karnataka Stamp Act. When a sale deed is executed in furtherance of decree for specific performance after contest, the stamp duty liable to be paid would be the value of the property as shown in the agreement and not the value as on the date on which the document was presented for registration. Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-December-2025
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  Court is not an expert in handwriting and cannot reject an application to refer disputed signatures to an expert solely based on its own visual comparison. When the outcome of a case under rests primarily on the identity of a denied signature, and there is no other corroborative evidence to form a conclusion, the court must refer the matter to a handwriting expert. Karnataka High Court.

  • 19-December-2025
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