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  Games of skill involve elements of expression and enjoy protection under Article 19(1)(a). State cannot criminalize online games involving skill. Karnataka High Court

  • 15-February-2022
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  Education. ''On account of the pandemic, one cannot give up maintaining standards of education''. Karnataka High Court while rejecting plea of law students to dispense with exams.

  • 15-February-2022
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  Continuous refusal to cohabitate with husband amounts to desertion under Section 13(1)(ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Supreme Court.

  • 15-February-2022
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  Education. Though admission deadline is inviolable if the authority extends it, admission of students beyond deadline is valid. Karnataka High Court.

  • 15-February-2022
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  Limitation period extended by the Supreme Court applies for filing written statement before the Commercial Courts and even in cases where the delay is otherwise not condonable. Supreme Court.

  • 14-February-2022
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  Court can NOT direct the authorities to acquire land reserved in the development plan for a particular purpose and to pay compensation to landowners when the reservation has lapsed. Supreme Court

  • 14-February-2022
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  Insurance Company can NOT repudiate claim merely on the ground of delay in intimating the Insurance Company about the occurrence of the theft. Supreme Court.

  • 13-February-2022
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  Prosecution under the Seeds Act, 1966. Defeating right of accused to get seed re-assessed by the Central Seed Laboratory renders the prosecution illegal and unsustainable. Karnataka High Court.

  • 12-February-2022
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  Probate of a Hindu Will in respect of the properties situated within the State of Karnataka is NOT required. Karnataka High Court.

  • 12-February-2022
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  ''When a Judicial Officer having good track record tenders resignation, High Court ought to counsel and persuade him/her to withdraw it in the interest of the institution.'' Supreme Court while reinstating the judge who resigned out of frustration.

  • 10-February-2022
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  Civil Procedure Code. Court cannot postpone framing of necessary issues when pleadings give raise to a lis. Failure to frame issues amounts to failure to exercise judicial duty. Karnataka High Court.

  • 09-February-2022
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  Independent suit challenging compromise decree is not maintainable. Cleverly drafted plaint making indirect attack on the compromise decree is liable to be rejected. Supreme Court.

  • 09-February-2022
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