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  Motor Vehicles Act. If evidence before the Tribunal runs contrary to contents in the FIR, the evidence recorded before the Tribunal has to be given weightage over FIR. Supreme Court.

  • 02-October-2021
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  Indian law leans towards legitimacy and frowns upon bastardy. The presumption in law of legitimacy of a child cannot be lightly repelled. Supreme Court.

  • 02-October-2021
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  DNA tests impinge upon right of privacy of an individual and has major societal repercussion. Where other evidence is available, court should ordinarily refrain from ordering DNA Test. Supreme Court.

  • 02-October-2021
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  Unregistered family settlement can be used as evidence of any collateral transaction. However, such collateral transaction should not itself be one which must be effected by a registered document. Supreme Court.

  • 02-October-2021
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  In a contempt jurisdiction, the court can NOT travel beyond the original judgment or issue supplementary or incidental directions. Supreme Court reiterates.

  • 02-October-2021
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  Trademark. Authoritative judgment of the Karnataka High Court on 'passing off', 'infringement' 'distinctiveness' and 'deceptive similarity'

  • 01-October-2021
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  Production of alleged false caste certificate to seek employment does NOT attract the provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Karnataka High Court.

  • 07-November-2021
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  Motor Vehicles Act. Non-filing of police complaint personally or pleading guilty for the alleged negligence can NOT be a ground for rejecting the claim petition for compensation by the Tribunal. Karnataka High Court.

  • 30-September-2021
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  Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. Power of attorney holder who is granted proper authorisation can file application under Section 7 on behalf of the financial creditor. Supreme Court.

  • 30-September-2021
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  'No instrumentality of the State or any litigant has a right to say that the order of the Court will not be complied with only because an ordinary copy of the order is supplied or that a certified copy is not supplied.' Karnataka High Court.

  • 29-September-2021
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  Consumer Protection Act, 1986. Though surveyor's report is not the final word, consumer forum cannot subject the surveyor's report to forensic examination like civil court. Supreme Court.

  • 29-September-2021
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  Datta Peeta dispute. Government action in allowing Mujawar to perform 'paduka pooja' and to light 'nanda deepa' is violative of Article 25 of the Constitution. Karnataka High Court directs Government to reconsider the matter afresh.

  • 28-September-2021
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