Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: December 2023

Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 457 To 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 504Nominal Index:Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project AND M/s. KMC - VDB (JV). 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 457Sanju v. The State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 458C G Jagdish AND State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 459Santhosh Beejadi Srinivas AND Union of India & Another. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 460Srishti Daiv & ANR AND NIL. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 461Hangal Taluka Civil Contractors Association AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 462Ann Nimmi Sebastian v. State of Karnataka and Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 463Chikkagundappa And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 464Renuka Yamunappa Golasangi v. Mohan Naik. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 465Dr Jonathan Jaideep AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 466Syed Esa Ibrahim & ANR AND State By Channapatna East PS. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 467Avenue Supermarts LTD AND Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 468Mohan Nayak N AND State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 469Mohammad Shafiulla AND The D. G. AND I.G.P. Of Police & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 470Dr V L Nandish AND The Commissioner Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 471Anitha H And Principal District and Session Judge. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 472HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AND State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 473Yallappa & Another AND Kallavva Kuriyavar. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 474Mubeen Unnisa Begum AND State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 475Ms X v State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 476Nikkitha K J AND Union of India & others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 477Rajesh Kumar Shetty And T Subbaya Shetty & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 478Nitin Kasliwal And Debt Recovery Tribunal I. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 479Indian Rail Mazdoor Union And The Chairman And Chief Executive Officer Railway Board & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 480M/s B M Habitat AND The Commissioner And Competent Authority. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 481Laxman Warad & Others AND Town Municipal Council. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 482Karnataka Rajya Anganvadi Karya Kartheyara Mathu Sahaya AND Union of India & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 483Muddumadaiah And B Jyothi. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 484Mohammed Yasin Naikwadi AND Aneesa Mohammed Yasin Naikwadi & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 485Dr Ambedkar Scheduled Castes Federation Karnataka AND Union of India & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 486Sharmada B K AND The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 487Mutti AND Kucharu & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 488Gulihatti D Shekar AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 489.K Madal Virupakshappa AND State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 490Mohammed Noman Ahmed Almeri AND Union of India & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 491Pusha AND Y Jansi Rani. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 492M/s SKF India Limited v. A V Nagabhushana. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 493D L Ramesh v. Marilingaiah. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 494M/s Om SLV Constructions AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 495Vasundhara A.G.K AND The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 496Anupam Singh Tomar AND State By Kothanur Police & Another. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 497EIT Services India Pvt. Ltd. Versus Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 498M/S Myntra Designs Private Limited Versus National Faceless Assessment Centre. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 499M/s GROUP 4 SECURITAS GUARDING LIMITED AND The Regional Director, ESI Corporation. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 500Almas Pasha AND The State Of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 501Dr. Annaiah N AND State of Karnataka & others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 502.Kalyanamurthy K AND State Bank of India. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 503M/S Tejas Arecanut Traders Versus Joint Commissioner Of Commercial Taxes. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 504Judgments/OrdersKarnataka Stamp Act | Stamp Duty Not Attracted On Arbitral Awards For Damages If Unrelated To Movable/Immovable Property: High CourtCase Title: Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project AND M/s. KMC - VDB (JV)Case No: WRIT PETITION NO. 29440 OF 2019Citation No: 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 457The Karnataka High Court has held that an arbitral award which does not deal with either movable property or immovable property, but awards damages payable to the award holder, does not attract stamp duty under the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957.Justice R Nataraj thus dismissed a petition challenging an order of the trial court rejecting its application seeking to impound the award of the arbitrator for non-payment of stamp duty by the respondent. "When the award of the arbitrator deals with a movable property or immovable property, by virtue of the charging clause contained in Article 11 of the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957, such awards are bound to suffer stamp duty before it is brought for execution. In the case on hand, as rightly contended by the learned counsel for the respondent, the award does not deal with either movable property or immovable property, but it awarded liquidated damages payable to the respondent, arising out of a construction contract. Therefore, the award does not attract...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: December 2023

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