{"id":244181,"date":"2010-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-sunitha-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-7-december-2010"},"modified":"2014-08-16T09:25:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T03:55:33","slug":"smt-sunitha-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-7-december-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-sunitha-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-7-december-2010","title":{"rendered":"Smt Sunitha vs The State Of Karnataka on 7 December, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Smt Sunitha vs The State Of Karnataka on 7 December, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: J.S.Khehar(Cj) And A.S.Bopanna<\/div>\n
1\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDated this the 071\" day of December 2010\nPRESENT\n\nTHE I-ION'BLE MR.J.S.KHEHAR, CHIEF JUsTi'cVE'__i-  \" \n\nAND\n\nTHE HONBLE MR.JUsT1c;E...A_._s.BQPANRQA   \n\nWP No.26152\/zoiorarid;  '\n\nWP Nos_26818~824\/20io(o.M-MMs}' -, \u00ab. \" \n\nBET'\/VEEN :\n\nSmt.Sun1'tha   .\nW\/o.M.S.Ranga1'aj Iyengar  '\nAged about 38 years \"\nOcc:Contractor,   1  _  - \nR\/\u00a311., MuthugFid\u00a3C:HOSui?_     \nDoddahalii   \"      .\nRamanathp3ura_:-Hoblii \u00bb ' '\nAraka1ag\u00a7u_c1u'''T ai uig _ _\n\nHassan'DVDistI'iCt.._ \n\n..Petition er\n\n{By Sri.K.M.Eswarappa;   D\n\n     ..... \n<\/pre>\n
1 .  State”  ‘E{‘,arr:1Vataka
\nBy .i_ts’__Dir”eci’orr, v. V V
\nDepartment offh\/lines & Geology<\/p>\n
V1.  _Kanija”-.Bha’van<;"' Race Course Road,
\n _ Bangalore E;\n<\/p>\n
‘f2, T?heVCon1missione1″,<\/p>\n
D’ Bruh’at.h Bangalore Mahanagar Palike<\/p>\n
 __ ” ‘Bangalore.\n<\/p>\n
.  V  A3.u” Executive Engineer<\/p>\n
”  ‘Public Work Departrnent{SpeciaI)
\nHassan District<\/p>\n
4. The Executive Engineer
\nPublic Works Department
\nHassan District<\/p>\n
2. Learned counsel for the rival parties are agreed,<\/p>\n
that the present controversy is squareiy coverfed:’f’viri’t.h<\/p>\n
the judgment rendered by this Court in
\nThe State of Karnataka.._  0′<\/p>\n
W.P.No.8081 7\/2009[GM-MM-S), “deemed. . <\/p>\n
02.06.2009.\n<\/p>\n
3. In the light of  counsel for the
\nrespondents states,  produces
\nauthentic    Nos.2 to 9,
\nshowing”  respect of the sand<\/p>\n
bein trans orted=-Iirorn\u00bb_ga*–3icensed uar owner], from
\n P. _   (1 FY<\/p>\n
whom the__Tpetitio_ner = purchased the sand, the<\/p>\n
 resp,o\u00a7r1de’i1ts Wou.]dL”retund the royalty charged from the<\/p>\n
 pe:titi_o11er.\u00ab_ <\/p>\n
A  _Accid.rdingiy, the petitioner is granted liberty to<\/p>\n
trnaterial before the concerned respondent
\n  9, depicting that royalty had already been paid
\n .:’_””by–0:the licensed quarry owner, on the sand which was<\/p>\n
0′ purchased by the petitioner. On production of such<\/p>\n
authentic material, royalty paid by the petitioner would<\/p>\n
be refunded Within four Weeks.<\/p>\n
5. The instant writ petitions are disposedpf in<\/p>\n
terms of the aforesaid.\n<\/p>\n
mv*
\nIndex: Y\/N<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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