KHCMONTHLY CASE LAW ARCHIVE
Read 225 LawLens analyses of Karnataka High Court judgments published in October 2026, covering key rulings, legal principles and case law.
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The petitioners, depositors or representatives of depositors, sought payment of their deposits and interest from Respondent No. 3, a bank under liquidation.
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The subject land was initially in the unauthorised occupation of A.D. Muniyappa, whose occupation was regularised in 1978.
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The respondent-plaintiff brought a suit for permanent injunction concerning 3 acres 34 guntas in Sy. Nos. 83/1, 83/2 and 83/3, and sought temporary relief under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure...
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The petitioner sought impleadment in a pending partition and separate-possession suit, claiming rights in the suit property as the holder of a registered agreement of sale dated 6 August 2008.
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On 17 July 2016, the appellant, then aged about 20, was riding a motorcycle when a Tata Indica car allegedly collided with it, causing injuries that required 30 days of inpatient treatment and two surgeries.
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The petitioner purchased the subject property from respondent No. 3 under a registered sale deed dated 18 December 2024.
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The plaintiffs, Balakka and her daughter Lakshmakka, sued for declaration of title to the suit properties and permanent injunction, asserting that the defendant had no right in them.
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Sunil Kumar Dasarathan sued for permanent injunction in O.S. No. 4441/2016, relying on a BDA auction-site confirmation and registered sale deed dated 3 November 2015.
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The claimant was injured in a road accident on 25 July 2017 when a motorcycle struck him while he was working on a road near Nelamangala. He sustained a bimalleolar fracture of the right ankle, underwent surgery and w...
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The appellant, an auto-rickshaw driver employed by respondent No. 1, was injured when the vehicle he was driving overturned on 3 October 2009.
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On 10 November 2017, the appellant, then about 19 years old, was struck by a car while crossing a road in Bengaluru and sustained, among other injuries, fractures to her right tibia and fibula.
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The respondents sought ejectment and occupational charges, claiming they had purchased the premises in 2011 and that the petitioner occupied it under a registered lease executed with their predecessor in title.
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Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) had allotted a civic amenity site to Adarsh Educational and Social Service Trust. After the Trust defaulted on a loan secured over the site, the lender auctioned it; KHB later executed a...
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Praveen Kumar claimed that a motorcycle hit him while he was walking by the roadside on 20 December 2009, causing injuries and loss of earning capacity.
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The land was granted to Lakkappa in 1961 and sold under a registered sale deed in 1966.
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The respondent filed Crl. Misc. No. 261/2017 under Sections 18, 19, 20 and 22 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, seeking relief that included custody of her child.
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The land in dispute was granted to Venkatappa in 1954. It was sold first on 25 May 1971 and again in 1985.
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The petitioner’s 6 MW mini-hydel project was allotted before 1 October 2009.
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The petitioners, who were plaintiffs in O.S. No. 32/2025 before the II Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Anekal, filed this civil revision petition under Section 115 CPC challenging the trial court’s order dated...
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The petitioners, accused Nos. 1 and 2, sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (“BNSS”) in Crime No. 140 of 2026, registered for offences under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 33...
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Respondents 1 and 2 owned properties at Tarabanahalli Village, Bengaluru, which the parties agreed to develop under a Joint Development Agreement dated 11 June 2015. The petitioners alleged that they paid ₹2,07,94,000...
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The complainant alleged that on 2 December 2017, the petitioner, the warden of his hostel, assaulted him with a stick after noticing that he had spat inside the hostel.
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Crime No. 9/2026 was registered after Yogesh M.N. was murdered on 16 January 2026.
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The petitioner, accused of offences under Sections 85 and 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (“BNS”), sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (“BNSS”), after the...
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The petitioner, a Police Sub-Inspector, sought to quash a revisional order setting aside the Magistrate’s dismissal of the second respondent’s private complaint under Section 203 Cr.P.C.
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The wife, who had petitioned for divorce, sought interim maintenance for herself and the parties’ minor son, and payment of the child’s school and related fees.
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The complainant’s company entered into a subcontract with VDB Projects Private Limited for storm-water drain works.
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The complainant-wife’s complaint led to proceedings in C.C. No. 1040/2019 before the VI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru, against her husband (petitioner No. 1) and his parents (petitioners Nos. 2 a...
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Respondent No. 2 filed a private complaint alleging that the petitioners published newspaper notices accusing her of creating false documents, cheating officials and attempting to alienate disputed properties, thereby...
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The land was granted to the petitioner’s grandfather in 1938. He mortgaged it in 1949 for ten years, and it was retransferred to him in 1959; the land was subsequently sold in 2004.
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The petitioners, accused Nos. 1 and 2 in FOC No. 1/2026-27, sought anticipatory bail in a case arising from a raid at a farmhouse in Kebbepura village.
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The petitioner sought renewal of her passport. The Regional Passport Officer issued an objection dated 25 June 2025, stating that her application could not be considered because criminal proceedings were pending again...
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The subject land was granted to Sadappa in 1971. A portion was sold under a registered sale deed in 1974, followed by a further sale transaction.
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The land in dispute was granted to Govindappa in 1977.
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The subject land was granted to Chikka Kadireppa in 1964 and sold under a registered sale deed in 1967–68, followed by subsequent transactions.
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The petitioner agreed to purchase agricultural land owned by the respondents.
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Prashanth Shetty sustained injuries when another motorcycle collided with his motorcycle on 28 April 2012.
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United India Insurance Company filed three petitions under Article 227 challenging orders of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in separate claim proceedings.
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Respondent No. 2 filed a private complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C. alleging offences under Sections 181, 191 and 193 IPC and Section 125A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
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The complainant alleged that Pearson had obtained access to its Kaleido educational software for trial and licensing discussions, then copied and marketed it as MyPedia.
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The subject land was initially under unauthorised occupation and that occupation was regularised in 1977–78.
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The land was granted in 1965 and sold under a registered sale deed in 1966.
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The respondent filed a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (“NI Act”), alleging that the petitioner had borrowed ₹3,00,000 for “M/s. Fusion Design and Build” and issued a cheque for tha...
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The petitioner was accused No. 1 in a private complaint filed by an SBI official alleging offences under Sections 406, 408, 417, 418, 419, 420, 423, 465, 467, 468, 471, 504 and 506 IPC.
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The appeals arose from a collision between a motorcycle carrying its rider and two pillion riders and an insured jeep.
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The petitioner, an employee of the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. (KPTCL), was convicted by a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court on 5 January 2024, following which he was dismissed from service...
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The petitioner was convicted in C.C. No. 3993 of 2013 for offences under Sections 457 and 380 IPC and sentenced to five and three years’ rigorous imprisonment, respectively, with those sentences directed to run concur...
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The dispute concerned Site No. 568/A/5, measuring 50′ × 80′, at Kadaravalli (Kadrolli) village.
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The petitioner’s land measuring 1,187 sq. metres in Survey No. 40, Mellahalli Village, was acquired for widening the Mysuru–Madikeri Highway.
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The petitioners challenged notifications issued under Sections 28(1) and 28(4) of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966 (“KIAD Act”), proposing and finalising acquisition of their 6 acres and 23 guntas...
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The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board’s Assistant Environmental Officer filed a private complaint against the petitioners, a proprietary concern and its proprietor, alleging offences under Section 44 of the Wate...
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The petitioners in W.P. No. 27636/2025 challenged four notices dated 29 August 2025 that valued sandalwood trees standing on their lands acquired under the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966 (KIAD Act).
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The respondents, claiming through their grandfather Byatappa, sought a declaration concerning Sy. No. 218 and an injunction against the petitioner’s interference with their possession. Their claim relied on a register...
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The respondents, as plaintiffs in O.S. No. 200/2024, sought a declaration and an interim injunction restraining the petitioner-defendant from interfering with their possession of Sy. No. 218, Gangapura Village. They c...
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The respondents, children of Gudiyappa, claimed rights over lands in Sy. Nos. 212 and 218 under a registered sale deed executed by Ramappa in Gudiyappa’s favour on 25 July 1963.
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The plaintiffs filed a partition suit and sought temporary injunctions under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 CPC, including an order restraining certain defendants from alienating the suit properties and changing their phys...
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The appellants were described as unauthorised occupants of Government land classified in the revenue records as Jungle Kharab/B Kharab.
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Respondent No. 2 lodged a private complaint alleging that the petitioners had induced him to part with possession of property under a lease agreement to operate a resort and had thereafter failed to perform the agreem...
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The petitioner invoked Article 227 of the Constitution seeking a direction for expeditious disposal of O.S. No. 118/2014, a partition suit pending before the I Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Nelamangala.
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On 30 July 2018, the claimants were passengers in a car travelling from Moodbidri to Bengaluru. Near Bidanegere Village, Kunigal Taluk, the car collided with a lorry while the car’s driver was attempting to overtake i...
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The petitioners filed O.S. No. 5923 of 2026 seeking declaration and permanent injunction concerning the Schedule-B property, and applied under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC), for...
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The petitioner filed four writ petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, seeking to quash FIRs registered against her at Jayanagar Police Station...
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The injured claimants, a mother and son, obtained compensation awards in MVC Nos. 388/2021 and 410/2021 arising from an accident on 25 January 2021.
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The 39 appellants sought anticipatory bail in Crime No. 117/2026 of Basavapatna Police Station, registered for offences under Sections 189(2), 191(2), 126(2), 127, 352, 115(2), 109 read with Section 190 of the Bharati...
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The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) engaged NCC Limited to renovate and reconstruct the Puttanna Kanagal Theatre and adjoining shopping complexes under an agreement dated 27 June 2012. The works covered four blo...
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The claimant sustained injuries in a road accident on 17 November 2020 involving a tipper lorry.
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The Lokayukta Police registered Crime No. 1/2026 against H.M. Janardhana, a Superintendent Engineer, for alleged acquisition of disproportionate assets.
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The prosecution alleged that, on 16 June 2009, the appellants were found possessing 1.200 kg of ganja at the seashore at Boloor, Thanneerubhavi, with the intention of selling it without a permit or licence
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The petitioners challenged a preliminary notification dated 29 January 2003, issued under Section 28(1) of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966 (“KIAD Act”), proposing to acquire their land in Sy. No....
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Three fatal accidents occurred when a tractor-trailer overturned and fell on three persons who were waiting near a weighbridge after Nilgiri poles had been cut and loaded for transport.
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Respondent No. 2 alleged that, on 1 February 2024, the petitioners trespassed onto land he claimed to own, obstructed him from removing compost, abused and threatened him, and assaulted him.
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The respondent was appointed as a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the appellants’ institute in February 2011, possessing a first-class B.E. degree.
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The appellants were described as unauthorised occupants of Government land classified in the revenue records as Jungle Kharab/B Kharab.
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The petitioners, arrayed as accused in Crime No. 476/2014, sought to quash the complaint, FIR and charge sheet filed for offences under Sections 409, 419, 420, 504, 506 read with Section 149 of the IPC.
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The appellant claimed that a KSRTC bus, driven by the first respondent, negligently collided with his motorcycle on 16 March 2017, causing injuries that resulted in amputation of his right leg.
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Respondent No. 2’s complaint led to registration of Crime No. 557/2015 and, following investigation, a charge sheet against the petitioners and others.
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The appellant challenged the order dated 22 June 2026 in W.P. No. 17972 of 2026 by filing this writ appeal under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act.
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The petitioners challenged the II Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Shivamogga’s order dated 27 November 2025 rejecting their application to file a written statement after the 120-day period under the Karnataka...
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Plaintiff Nos. 1 to 5 in O.S. No. 525/2008 applied under Order XXIII Rule 1 CPC to delete Item No. 3 from the suit schedule, submitting that the parties had settled the dispute concerning that item.
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The petitioners challenged an order dated 26 August 2021 in O.S. No. 1546/2015, by which the trial court allowed applicants to be impleaded as proposed defendant Nos. 31 to 41 in a partition suit.
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The petitioners challenged the trial court’s order in O.S. No. 2501 of 2026, which deferred consideration of court fee and valuation until after issues were framed and evidence recorded.
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The appellant filed an appeal under Order XLIII Rule 1(r) CPC challenging the order dated 4 April 2026 on I.A. No. 1 in O.S. No. 369/2023, passed by the Principal Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Devanahalli
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The petitioner, claiming to be the successful purchaser at an auction conducted on 30 January 2016 in Execution Case No. 372/2013, stated that he had deposited ₹21,35,000 as the bid amount.
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The claimant sought compensation for injuries sustained in a road accident on 3 December 2022, allegedly caused by the rash and negligent driving of a Tata Ace.
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The claimant sustained multiple fractures and a brachial plexus injury in a road traffic accident on 1 June 2023, allegedly caused by the rash and negligent driving of a tractor.
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The claimant sustained multiple fractures in a road accident on 24 November 2022, allegedly caused by the negligent driving of a car owned by respondent No. 1.
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Javarayigowda sued for partition and separate possession of a one-half share in properties covered by a compromise decree in an earlier partition suit, contending that the properties had been allotted jointly to him a...
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The claimant sustained injuries, including an open comminuted fracture of the right patella with retinacular injury, in a road traffic accident on 10 April 2023 involving a tractor.
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Respondent No. 2 initiated proceedings under Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, seeking annulment of a registered gift deed executed in favour of the petitioner.
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The claimant sought compensation for injuries sustained in a road traffic accident on 4 March 2023, allegedly caused by the rash and negligent driving of a Mahindra Bolero.
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The petitioner, an accused in Crime No. 5/2024 registered by the Karnataka Lokayukta for an offence under Sections 13(1)(b) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, sought to quash the FIR and source...
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The petitioner filed four writ petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, seeking to quash FIRs registered against her at Jayanagar Police Station...
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The injured claimants, a mother and son, obtained compensation awards in MVC Nos. 388/2021 and 410/2021 arising from an accident on 25 January 2021.
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The appellants, the husband and children of Munilakshmamma, sought compensation for her death in a road accident on 28 June 2024 involving a bus.
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On 17 August 2018, while the appellant was boarding a KSRTC bus, the bus moved and he fell; its rear wheel ran over his right leg, causing injuries.
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The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KS HRC) considered a complaint alleging that NIMHANS failed to provide adequate and timely care to Prem Singh, who was brought to its casualty ward with head injuries on 24...
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The petitioner sought a direction for expeditious disposal of F.D.P. No. 11/2023, pending before the I Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Magadi.
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The appellant invoked arbitration against the first respondent, claiming ₹7.20 crore in damages for alleged wrongful termination, ₹72 lakh for loss of goodwill, and interest.
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On 30 July 2018, the claimants were passengers in a car travelling from Moodbidri to Bengaluru. Near Bidanegere Village, Kunigal Taluk, the car collided with a lorry while the car’s driver was attempting to overtake i...
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The complainant, a partner in a firm, alleged that the appellant, a First Division Assistant in the District Registrar’s office, demanded ₹500 to process documents relating to dissolution of the partnership, despite p...
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The petitioner had been tried in C.C. No. 1855/2009 for offences under Sections 447 and 427 read with Section 34 of the IPC concerning the land in question and was acquitted by a reasoned judgment dated 29 February 20...
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The respondent, employed as a Security Supervisor, was dismissed by the appellant on 14 October 2013. He raised an industrial dispute under Section 10(4-A) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
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The petitioners, who were accused in Crime No. 97/2015 of Malavalli Town Police Station, faced charges under Sections 406, 408, 417, 429, 465, 468 and 477A of the Indian Penal Code.
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The claimant appealed under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act against the award dated 12 February 2025 in MVC No. 1105/2021.
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The petitioner challenged a Lok Adalat compromise in O.S. No. 43/2009, alleging that her signatures had been obtained hurriedly and without explaining the terms, which gave her only a limited life interest in certain...
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The plaintiff filed a partition suit claiming that Schedule ‘B’ property was ancestral and available for partition. Defendant No. 1 disputed that claim, asserting that the property had fallen to his share in an earlie...
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The petitioner, an agriculturalist, stated that he drew water from a borewell on his land and supplied it free of cost to nearby schools and hospitals.
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The petitioners were accused in Crime No. 86/2022, registered by Indiranagar Police Station for offences under Sections 506 read with 34, 504, 323 and 324 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), arising from an incident on 24...
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Series 5 Labs filed O.S. No. 7314/2023 seeking, among other reliefs, injunctions concerning the “BMTC Passes” and “AC Bus Tickets” features on the respondents’ Tummoc applications
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The claimant sustained injuries in a road accident on 17 November 2020 involving a tipper lorry.
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The petitioner, a defendant in O.S. No. 143/2025, challenged the Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Turuvekere’s order dated 28 February 2026 rejecting I.A. No. VII, which sought permission to file a written statement
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The petitioner, arrayed as accused No. 11, sought anticipatory bail in Crime No. 52/2026 of Honnavar Police Station.
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The petitioner challenged a notice dated 26 May 2025 issued by the Sub-Registrar, Belagavi, seeking recovery of alleged deficit stamp duty on a sale deed executed and registered in 2018.
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HESCOM invited bids for supplying 2,620 sets of LT Wiring Kits. Under QR-2, an MSME bidder had to establish prior supply of at least 40% of the tender quantity—1,048 sets—in a qualifying financial year. M.B. Industrie...
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The dispute concerned Sy.No.32, measuring 1 acre 19 guntas in Bhadrapur Village.
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The petitioner, owner of agricultural land bearing Sy. No. 141, Hissa No. 2, challenged a notice dated 14 June 2024 proposing to draw a 110 kV overhead transmission line across his property.
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The plaintiffs alleged that defendant Siddamma had encroached on their land in Sy. No. 34/3A by constructing a compound wall, and sued for its removal and possession of the affected portion.
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On 26 October 2024, an Assistant Sub-Inspector received information that persons were playing Andar-bahar for stakes at a lodge in Dharwad. During a raid, police allegedly found persons playing cards and seized ₹1,04,...
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The husband appealed the Senior Civil Judge, Bailhongal’s dismissal of his petition for divorce under Sections 13(1)(ia) and 13(1)(ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, on grounds of cruelty and desertion.
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The prosecution alleged that three accused dishonestly removed the complainant’s Cruiser vehicle, registration No. KA-48/M-5448, from the compound of the PKPS Co-operative Society at Hunnur Village
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The petitioner, a contractor, sought reimbursement of additional GST incurred on works contracts entered into before the GST regime, directions for calculation and payment of the differential tax, and a policy for suc...
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The petitioner challenged an original tax demand of ₹1,03,816 for FY 2017–18 before the Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Appeals).
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The appeals arose from Crime No. 116/2026, registered by Hukkeri Police for offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 3(2)(v-a) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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The petitioner’s vehicle, registered in Pondicherry as PY-05-P-6777, was seized on 18 September 2026 while travelling from Mudhol to Lokapur in Karnataka.
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The petitioners, arrayed as accused Nos. 2 and 3, sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in a prosecution alleging offences under Sections 103, 238 and 61 read with Sect...
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The petitioner sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in a pending POCSO case alleging offences under Sections 137(2), 64(m) and 65 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023,...
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The prosecution alleged that, on 22 July 2015, the petitioner and others went to the complainant’s house during a dispute concerning water and assaulted her father, causing a fracture to both bones of his left forearm.
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The appeals under Section 14A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 challenged the Special Court’s rejection of the appellants’ applications for anticipatory bail in...
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On 24 February 2011, the first petitioner was driving a tractor and trailer that struck Bhimappa as he returned home, causing fatal injuries.
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The petitioner, accused No. 1, sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in a case arising from a complaint that the complainant’s 15-year-and-8-month-old daughter had gone...
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The complainant reported that his 15-year-and-6-month-old daughter had gone missing. She and the petitioner were found four days later.
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The petitioner completed his LL.M. in 2015 and was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the University’s Department of Law on 1 October 2018.
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The petitioners, accused Nos. 1–6, sought to quash the proceedings arising from Sankeshwar Police Station Crime No. 92/2025, registered on the complainant’s 20 May 2025 complaint.
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The petitioner claimed that he was appointed as Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) on 8 January 1996 and had completed ten years of uninterrupted service.
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The petitioners, accused Nos. 2 and 3 and parents of accused No. 1, challenged the Sessions Court’s refusal to discharge them from charges under Section 498A read with Section 34 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry...
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Four cold-storage businesses challenged arbitral proceedings and awards made under Section 84 of the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 (MSCS Act). Their principal contention was that no separate notice unde...
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The dispute concerned Site No. 568/A/5, measuring 50′ × 80′, at Kadaravalli (Kadrolli) village.
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The petitioners, arrayed as accused Nos. 1–3, sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in a sessions case arising from a prosecution for offences under Sections 126(2), 35...
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On 28 November 2009, the appellant was riding a motorcycle when it collided with a median, throwing him and his pillion rider onto the opposite side of the road.
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The appellants were appointed as Assistant non-Hereditary Archakas at Sri Banashankari Amma Temple following a selection process conducted in 2018.
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The petitioner, Indian Khadi Export Development Association (R), filed six criminal petitions under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, se...
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The petitioner claimed to hold a 40-year lease over the subject land under a lease deed dated 3 September 1993.
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The Enforcement Directorate provisionally attached bank accounts of JSW Steel Ltd. under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), alleging that amounts retained by the company represented unpaid considerat...
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On 9 September 2013, Suresha was injured while travelling as a passenger in an auto-rickshaw that collided with a bullock cart.
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The petitioners challenged the Deputy Commissioner’s order dated 2 August 2024 in Revision Petition No. 275/2023 concerning a change of mutation.
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The petitioner, Indian Khadi Export Development Association (R), filed six criminal petitions under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, se...
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The petitioner sought to quash the charge sheet in Spl. C. No. 741/2024, pending before the VIII Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru Rural.
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The petitioner challenged the charge sheet and cognizance in proceedings arising from an alleged recovery of ganja from his apartment in Mangaluru.
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The petitions challenged cross-FIRs registered as Crime Nos. 92 and 93 of 2025, arising from an alleged altercation between the parties and their family members on 23 May 2025.
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The petitioner sought interim custody of two vehicles seized during the investigation of Crime No. 265/2023 and Crime No. 249/2025.
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A preliminary decree in O.S. No. 8263/2011 awarded the plaintiff and defendant Nos. 1 to 3 equal one-fourth shares in the suit schedule properties, subject to the exclusion stated in paragraph 17 of the trial court’s...
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The respondents obtained a decree in O.S. No. 320 of 2009 declaring their ownership of the suit property and entitling them to recover possession of one acre from the defendants, including the petitioner, Lalitha.
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The State appealed against the learned Single Judge’s order dated 15 March 2021 in connected writ petitions concerning the respondents’ claims for regularisation.
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The petitioner filed O.S. No. 70 of 2020 seeking specific performance of a sale agreement. After the petitioner led evidence and the matter was posted for the defendant’s evidence, the respondent sought permission und...
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On 14 January 2019, Shivayya was injured while riding as a pillion passenger when the motorcycle carrying him was struck by another motorcycle.
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The petitioner sought to rely on an unregistered partition deed (Watni Patra) dated 21 December 2000 in a suit concerning declaration and possession of land.
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The petitioner-plaintiff brought O.S. No. 17/2022 seeking declaration of ownership and other reliefs.
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The petitioner, accused No. 5, sought to quash Crime No. 119/2026, registered by Chittapur Police for an alleged offence under Section 87 of the Karnataka Police Act, 1963.
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The petitioner, a healthcare-services company registered under the GST Act, obtained cancellation of its GST registration with effect from 15 September 2021.
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Kamalabai claimed that she had filed Form No. 7 seeking occupancy rights over 23 acres 27 guntas of land at Tadalagi and that the Land Tribunal granted her occupancy rights in 1976.
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The petitioner claimed ownership of 2 acres 27 guntas in Survey No. 775/4, Kolhar Village.
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The petitioner, a police head constable, sought anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in Crime No. 133/2026, registered for offences under Sections 115(2), 318(2), 351(2)...
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The petitioner challenged an award before the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal (KAT) and sought interim relief. The KAT rejected the interim application by order dated 23 September 2026.
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The prosecution alleged that on 29 May 2016 the appellant took his six-year-old son, Shivu, assaulted him, and caused his death; the body was later found concealed in agricultural land.
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The suit property had been acquired by G. Venkatakrishnaiah Setty from the Bengaluru Development Authority.
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Respondent No. 2 borrowed money from the Karnataka State Khadi & Village Industries Board and, in 1991, created registered mortgages over the properties in dispute.
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The petitioners claimed through their mother, Naremma, who had purchased the land under a registered sale deed dated 1 October 1965. The Assistant Commissioner ordered mutation in the petitioners’ favour on that basis...
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The second respondent alleged that, following her 2016 marriage to petitioner No. 1, he and his relatives subjected her to physical and mental harassment, including demands for additional dowry.
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The petitioner, arrayed as accused No. 2, sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (“BNSS”), in a murder case registered under Sections 103(1) and 249 of the Bharatiya Nyay...
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The plaintiff, R. Radha, sued her brother and purchasers of two properties for partition and separate possession, claiming that she and her brother inherited equal shares from their father, who had received the proper...
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The petitioners sought anticipatory bail in two excise cases arising from a raid on a logistics company’s parcel godown at Yeshwanthpur Railway Station, where officers seized liquor allegedly stocked without a licence.
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Respondent No. 2, the petitioner’s mother-in-law, alleged that the petitioner forcibly entered her house by breaking open the door, abused and threatened her and her son.
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AMD India filed its return for AY 2013–14, reporting international transactions with its associated enterprise. The Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) made adjustments concerning software-development services and receivab...
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M/s Apoorva Constructions Co. (ACC) sought reimbursement of alleged differential GST on works performed under contracts with various public authorities, including KSRTC.
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The prosecution alleged that during an Anjaneya Swamy procession on 6 May 2012, the priest refused to accept a pooja plate offered by PW1, a member of the Holeya community, and that accused persons opposed the process...
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The appellant challenged his conviction by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Chikkaballapura, for offences under Sections 279, 338 and 304A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), arising from a tractor-and-trolley a...
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Respondent No. 2 filed a private complaint alleging that the petitioners and others attempted to trespass upon his property in Govindapura.
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The petitioner was charged as accused No. 15 in a case arising from an alleged mob attack on shops and a hotel. As he was unavailable for trial, proceedings against him were split and registered as S.C. No. 60/2006.
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Vemanna G., an ex-serviceman, challenged the Deputy Commissioner’s 2020 rejection of his request for five acres of Government land.
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B. Thippanna @ Chinnabba died following an accident on 30 September 2010 while travelling in a goods vehicle with agricultural produce.
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Wipro provided IT facility management services and maintained that they were not taxable, claiming they fell within “Business Auxiliary Services.”
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The prosecution alleged that the appellants—Accused Nos. 1 and 2—conspired to murder Accused No. 2’s minor daughter after Accused No. 1 allegedly sexually assaulted and impregnated her.
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The prosecution alleged that on 24 March 2014, a pickup vehicle struck a motorcycle near Y. Mallapura Gate, causing the rider, Nitin, to fall and die at the scene.
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The petitioner, Accused No. 23, sought regular bail in a PMLA prosecution arising from alleged fraudulent claims and awards of land-acquisition compensation, said to have resulted in misappropriation of ₹64.01 crore.
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The appellant was convicted by the Sessions Court of kidnapping under Section 363, rape under Section 376, and criminal intimidation under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and sentenced to imprisonment and...
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The petitioner, Accused No. 2, sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in a prosecution under the NDPS Act
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The Court heard three connected criminal petitions arising from cross-proceedings between the parties.
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The State appealed under Section 377 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking enhancement of the sentence imposed for the offence under Section 332 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC).
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The claimant, the wife of Devarajegowda, filed a claim under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking compensation for his death in an accident involving a car he owned and which was insured by the respo...
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The petitions arose from cross-complaints concerning an incident on 29 November 2025 between parties involved in an earlier dispute over a passage.
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The appellant filed five appeals under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, challenging awards made in separate motor accident claim petitions.
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The claimant, aged 30, was riding a motorcycle when it collided with a lorry on 13 May 2017. He sustained severe injuries, including amputation of his right arm and right leg and injury to his left hand.
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The petitioners challenged the Deputy Commissioner’s order dated 4 April 2025 and sought restoration of the Assistant Commissioner’s order dated 9 August 2021.
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The appeal challenged the award in MVC No. 814/2018 concerning the death of Vasanti, who was struck by a motorcycle on 5 December 2017 and later died from her injuries
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The petitioners applied under the same advertisement for Indian Oil Corporation retail outlet dealerships.
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The petitioner challenged a debit of ₹9,14,476 and a further demand of ₹9,05,656 as commercial-rate interest on her home-loan account. She contended that the loan had been repaid and sought closure of the account, ret...
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Respondent No. 2 alleged that, following her marriage to the petitioner on 5 March 2021, he and his family demanded dowry, including ₹10 lakh, gold and silver ornaments, and that the petitioner later subjected her to...
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The petitioner, accused No. 9, was charged in Special C.C. No. 1704/2025 with offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the NDPS Act, the Information Technology Act, the Arms Act and the Karnataka Control of O...
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The petitioner, proprietor of a manpower agency, sought to quash an FIR registered under Sections 406, 409 and 420 of the IPC.
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Respondents 2 and 3 filed a private complaint in PCR No. 1175/2020 alleging offences against the petitioners.
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The defendants owned the suit property and entered into a registered Joint Development Agreement (JDA) and executed a General Power of Attorney in favour of the plaintiff-builder.
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The Enforcement Directorate provisionally attached bank accounts of JSW Steel Ltd. under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), alleging that amounts retained by the company represented unpaid considerat...
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The petitioners participated in a recruitment examination for Assistant Engineer posts conducted by the Karnataka Examination Authority after an earlier examination had been set aside.
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The petitions arose from allegations that public officials had created or forged revenue and survey records concerning approximately five acres of tank-bund land in Survey No. 75 of Navaratna Agrahara Village, later a...
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The petitioner’s name was entered in the revenue records for 2 acres and 6 guntas in Survey No. 29, Itaga (K) Village, pursuant to M.R. No. 92 dated 17 July 2002.
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On 8 July 2013, Satish was stabbed during an incident near Muthumariyamma Temple in Bengaluru and later died.
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The petitioner challenged the Deputy Commissioner’s order dated 18 September 2025, the Assistant Commissioner’s order dated 2 November 2022, and the Tahsildar’s order dated 23 January 2020 concerning mutation entries...
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The petitioner, a cadre Director serving as Managing Director of the Dakshina Kannada District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Societies’ Union, challenged an order dated 6 August 2026 placing him under suspension pendin...
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The petitioner claimed unauthorised cultivation of land at Megalapura Village, including Sy. No. 15 measuring 30 guntas, and sought regularisation by an application in Form No. 57.
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M/s Mycon Construction Limited (MCL) sought reimbursement of alleged differential GST on works contracts awarded by various public authorities, including NWKRTC, and obtained directions from the Single Judge for calcu...
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The appellant was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly murdering Sukanya @ Indira by slitting her neck and taking her jewellery.
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The wife appealed the Family Court’s decree granting the husband a divorce on the ground of cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
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Basheera Bi claimed that she was injured on 7 November 2011 while riding as a pillion passenger on a motorcycle.
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The petitioner’s land in Sy. No. 71/4, Nandur (K) Village, was included in a KIADB acquisition initiated by a preliminary notification dated 9 December 2020 under Section 28(1) of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Develo...
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The petitioner’s land in Sy. No. 71/6 at Nandur (K), Kalaburagi, was included in a preliminary acquisition notification dated 9 December 2020 under Section 28(1) of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966...
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The petitioner’s land in Sy. No. 72, measuring three acres at Nandur(K), was notified for acquisition under Section 28 of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966 (“KIAD Act”).
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The appellant’s father, a Veterinary Compounder, died while on duty on 12 March 1986. The appellant sought compassionate appointment and made an application in 2002.
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On 14 January 2019, Shivayya was injured while riding as a pillion passenger when the motorcycle carrying him was struck by another motorcycle.
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The petitioner challenged a Town Municipal Council mutation order dated 28 November 2024 concerning house property No. 3-6-12 at Kasaba, Lingasugur.
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The petitioner, a Medical Officer Grade-II (Ayurveda), was discharged from service in 2012.
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The appellant-Society sought a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Chief Officer of the Town Municipal Council, Chitaguppa, to obtain an electricity connection for premises at Ward No. 14, Chitaguppa.
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The complainant sought contempt action alleging non-compliance with the Single Judge’s order dated 24 October 2024 in W.P. No. 202976 of 2022.
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The State appealed against the learned Single Judge’s order dated 15 March 2021 in connected writ petitions concerning the respondents’ claims for regularisation.
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Respondents 1 and 2 sued the petitioner seeking a declaration of an easementary right of way and an injunction against construction in the suit lane.
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The husband challenged the revisional court’s dismissal of his revision, which had affirmed a Magistrate’s order directing him to pay his wife monthly maintenance of ₹10,000 in proceedings under Section 12 of the Prot...
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