Judgements

Bangalore Development Authority (Allotment of Sites) Rules. An allottee of a site forfeits his right to the allotment if he fails to deposit the full sital value within the period stipulated. The Court cannot direct the BDA to accept such payment and execute the sale deed years after the stipulated period has expired. Karnataka High Court.

20-November-2025

Daksha Legal
Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act. Voluntary refusal or unwillingness of an initially nominated delegate of a Co-operative Society to act as such delegate for an election is a 'substantial reason' justifying the substitution of the delegate by a subsequent resolution of the board of directors. Karnataka High Court.

20-November-2025

Daksha Legal
Karnataka Lokayukta Act. Chairman of a government company is a 'public servant' under the Act. The collective nature of board decisions does not absolve the Chairman of responsibility for ensuring adherence to statutory rules. Karnataka High Court.

20-November-2025

Daksha Legal
WAKF Act. Power to remove a member of the Managing Committee is vested exclusively in the WAKF Board. The Managing Committee of the WAKF has no power to remove a member, and any such action taken by the Committee is void. Karnataka High Court.

19-November-2025

Daksha Legal
Prevention of Money Laundering Act. A transaction concerning a corporate asset that is already under liquidation, executed by a promoter or director without lawful title or authority, and undertaken in circumstances demonstrating absence of good faith, is liable to be declared void. Karnataka High Court.

19-November-2025

Daksha Legal
Customs Act. Mandatory pre-deposit amount along with statutory appeals do not operate as a stonewall denying access to justice, rather it represents a statutory discipline. Constitutional courts cannot sit in the armchair of experts to decide such issues. Karnataka High Court.

19-November-2025

Daksha Legal
State Eligibility Test results must ensure the rule of reservation, as prescribed under Karnataka Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes Act applying subject-wise and category-wise method in the final declaration. Karnataka High Court.

19-November-2025

Daksha Legal
Karnataka SC/ST (PTCL) Act. Where an illegal land transfer is invalidated by revenue authorities, Civil Court can grant the declaration of ownership to the original grantee, even without the consequential relief of possession. The restitution of possession is a statutory function reserved exclusively for the competent authority under Section 5. Karnataka High Court.

18-November-2025

Daksha Legal
A Court Order obtained by misleading the court cannot be the basis for initiating contempt proceedings for its non-compliance. Such order cannot be given effect to and no contempt can be said to have been committed by its non-compliance. Karnataka High Court.

18-November-2025

Daksha Legal
Code of Civil Procedure. In a summary suit, an application to set aside an ex parte decree is maintainable under Order XXXVII Rule 4 and not under Order IX Rule 13. The applicant must demonstrate special circumstances for non-appearance and also establish existence of a triable defense that would entitle him to leave to defend the suit. Karnataka High Court.

17-November-2025

Daksha Legal
When a jurisdictional issue is raised belatedly, after substantial evidence has already been led on the original issues, the Trial Court cannot exercise discretion to treat it as a preliminary issue. In such circumstances, the mandate under Order XIV Rule 2(1) to decide all issues together must prevail. Karnataka High Court.

17-November-2025

Daksha Legal
Karnataka Land Revenue Act. Tahsildar cannot refuse to enter the purchaser’s name in the revenue records on the ground that the sale violates the Karnataka SC/ST (PTCL) Act. Unless and until the competent authority declares the sale void and sets it aside, the Tahsildar has no authority to deny such mutation. Karnataka High Court.

17-November-2025

Daksha Legal

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