The Karnataka High Court at Dharwad held that the availability of a remedy before the Waqf Tribunal does not bar writ jurisdiction where the challenge is to the legality of the Waqf Board’s own action, and quashed an official memorandum constituting an eleven-month ad-hoc committee in place of the mechanism under Rule 54 of the Karnataka Wakf Rules, 2017.
The Karnataka High Court set aside a royalty demand against cement major ACC Limited, holding that the State cannot assess royalty on limestone using a “notional conversion factor” where the company’s actual weighment data is credible and unrebutted, and where a technical body had physically verified the consumption. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed […]
The Karnataka High Court quashed an assault case against a police inspector accused of berating a colleague over a sports meet, holding his conduct had a nexus with official duty, but refused to quash proceedings against a Superintendent of Police accused of hurling a paperweight that injured the officer. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has […]
The Karnataka High Court set aside the measures used to enforce a 2% cess on cinema tickets, holding that the levy could not be collected because the Act imposing it had never been validly brought into force through a commencement notification. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the measures used to enforce a 2% […]
