{"id":80934,"date":"2008-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008"},"modified":"2015-05-18T21:38:57","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T16:08:57","slug":"m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"M Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka’ on 20 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
M Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka’ on 20 August, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: N.Kumar<\/div>\n
Iv! . s..uu:u ur numvannnn rllui-I  OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF XARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT\" OF KARNATAKA HIGH CO\n\nIN THE HIGH CGURT OF KARRATAKA, Bu\"2NGALOR_E_ \n\nDATED THIS THE 20*\" DAY omwausr 2003 % f  \"f; \n\nBEFORE\n\nma Hon'm.E MR.JUSTICE   \n\n \n\nMNUTHAN   \nAGEDAB0UT26.YEAR%,.i;'V  % %  \nsxo      \n510.112, 11153 @3633,     \n\n:1 mm, %\n\nBaHoA;mRE%%~%1a,%%%_     \n \" ' _    ... PETITIONER\n\n(BY sax: 1<:1R.\u00a2\u00a2  3; \nM}; sua\ufb01gs\ufb02, ADV: Q\n\n "\n\nr33%3rAT%E%0f?%kARmTAm\nnEpAmzam:~r or mugs AND MINERALS,\naomsmmcz AND mnvsrmgs szcwranmr,\n\n  mnmm vmm,\n_;EJWGALORE\n\n   jgaxmassman BY rm szcnmanv,\n\niv\n\n\n\n_  it  as undmh\n\nl\\lI . -...u-um vr' Iv-\\Iu'IHlMl\\.F\\ I-Ht.-at-I  OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH CO\n\n98123.3\n\nTh: pctiticmcr has prc\ufb01ermd this writ   \nseeking quashing of amendment  iF'_|_ f: 1  V \nKaxnataka Minor Minaala  i: \namended as par   v%\n\n23.06.3200<\/pre>\n
‘?.<\/p>\n
\n\n*2.' By   under\nScc.15(1) \u00abcf tku-.::    and\n<\/pre>\n
Rqulation\ufb01  ~\u00bb _ V Government has
\namended \u00a342  h\ufb01nor 1\\eIi1ez-ale<\/p>\n
 *ma.@r    to as Rule 42), by 1@u.gned’<\/p>\n
   :2%3}os.2oo7, the said Rule mama.\n<\/p>\n
k\u00bb\/<\/p>\n
nun %..I.JuKI Ur KAKNATAKA I-RGH CQUXT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT’ OF KARNATAXA HIGH COURT OF KARNAYAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH CO<\/p>\n
In Rule 42 afthe said Rules, in sub  V  {  _
\n(2), for the wards ‘shall apprg in\ufb01mn  ij:  h\u00e9
\nthe concerned aornpetenr  .; .
\nwards ‘shall apply in Jhmz —   ~. ”  ”\n<\/p>\n
rupees \ufb01\ufb01y as :2
\nspeci\ufb01ed minor   speei\ufb01egii
\nminor mmemr to <\/p>\n
It \ufb01e thei’  which is<\/p>\n
chwwsed in     <\/p>\n
4. 3.   \ufb01\ufb01aohnael for the peti\ufb01cnecr
\nahta1_v3’V]’A;’ng’:’   .:’V”v’~a;1gendmant cantenda the said<\/p>\n
  b)’ the State Government by
\n%  of441th\u00e9A\u00ab:p.\u00a2;uver ccmierred under Sec.l5(1) at the
\n   * said section providw that anything done<\/p>\n
  at’ such power by the State Gavernmeat is by<\/p>\n
‘CI m-.nun.m\\n nmrn  U!” KAKNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNHAKA HIGH COURT OF KAINATAKA I-HGH CO<\/p>\n
V. held that Sub-a\u00abeo.(1) of Sacha’ 1:1 15 is<\/p>\n
Nati\ufb01catian in tin official gamtte, which Noti\ufb01cation<\/p>\n
be be praeadad by a. draft amendment to that <\/p>\n
who are effected by such amendment would
\nopportunity in: have their say in   K
\nabjtcnona to the same and __z<\/p>\n
impugned amendment is   so.\n<\/p>\n
manner kn-awn to Law  1) of
\nthe Act, whic\u00e9h is  to  <\/p>\n
4.   ”  Gevernment
\nAxivwacate  ‘O queetinn is already
\ncovcmd b_~,f Court in the cm of<\/p>\n
    ‘State of Gujarat reported in<\/p>\n
   therefore it has no subatance.\n<\/p>\n
 or reducing such rates.\n<\/p>\n
nun IAJUKI ur RAKNAIAKA HIGH COU3T OF KARNATAKA H!GH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT O? KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH CO<\/p>\n
ccsnstituticnal and valid and the rule-makim <\/p>\n
canfcrred thereunder upon the State
\n\ufb01nes not amount to eawmiw delegation of ‘leg.
\npawer In the eismcn\ufb01ve. The  <\/p>\n
conferred by 3ec.15(lI includam <\/p>\n
rulas changing dead rent and  to
\nmake rules under 8ec.i;’.\u00a7{j:}_A   to
\namend tha rules gm  pawar to
\nanmnd the mlega’  of royalty
\nand dead    the rules is
\ncompmehenx\ufb01-._d” in make rules and as
\nS-a:c.15{1)   State Governments the<\/p>\n
  r1.;1-M  “”” ” ‘dingv \u00a39: payment of dead rent<\/p>\n
 wwer to amvmd these who so an to
\nU  of royalty and dead rant so prescribed,<\/p>\n
Further it is held that an amendment of the .\n<\/p>\n
made under Sec.I5(1], even though it may
\ne\ufb01ect of enhancing the rates of rc;y’\u00e9iIt3’A
\ndoes not become bad in law   ht”\n<\/p>\n
being heard or making a
\nSec.15{1) does not  any
\nimported  mmher it was held
\nthat the   of royalty and dead
\nrent is made  power to amend the
\n‘Sit-x_v…1’5(1), and thus made in the<\/p>\n
‘ There is no such principle<\/p>\n
law  euch a statutory power is exercised,
\n‘ ‘ ‘j\ufb01eraeiae r\u00a7*he-xriay be a\ufb01ected thereby should be heard.
\n  opportunity is to be given to persons
\n to make representations to the Government<\/p>\n
‘III IIl’\\.I’|ullI.lkI\\.n.n.n -A …__.w — —\n<\/p>\n
YOUR? OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT<\/p>\n
. \\\u00a2\\r\u00a7lIll<\/p>\n
\\..__. .3u–mn-nu-uxn r-nun LUUKI ur KAKNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA I-HG<\/p>\n
  f% is t-The held that by not publishing a draft of the<\/p>\n
would depend upon the form in which the A’<\/p>\n
power is conferred. It is for the legislative bogi\ufb01}
\nconfer: the rule-making power to    V’<\/p>\n
such power should be: conferred.\n<\/p>\n
Parliament to decide whether’
\nmade by an: State  A %s\u00a2\u00a2.15(1)
\nshould be laid berm  :h\u00a2%%j?z;\u00a2g?ia1amm of
\nthe State or not:  \ufb01t to do so
\nwith respecg’   minor minerals
\nsince  importance to the
\ncountry’s indh\ufb01hy  but did not think it \ufb01t<\/p>\n
to 4. do sov_’ii’;   minerals bocausc it did<\/p>\n
nofc.m3\u00a7ideArv::te.bc of equal importance.\n<\/p>\n
 trim: light of thx: aforesaid authoritative<\/p>\n
‘V    ent of the Supreme Court on the subject, it<\/p>\n
\\Ill I.l\\.l|..I1u_ancnnn.. ._ .._._ .__<\/p>\n
5<\/span>
\nJ
\nJ
\n5<\/span><\/p>\n
Ilhlll \\–\\ILJr\\l \\.\/I l\\.I\ufb01I\\I’l-\\I.l’\\I\\rI IIIIJI .
\nI \\-I’-I\\JI’\\I Ell I’\\I’\\I’\\I’.l”‘IIl”‘lI\\.l”‘I IIIQII \\.\\II.J’I’\\.I ‘J. Iwn”\ufb01|H|m II<\/p>\n
 %<\/p>\n
JKI Ur lu-\\KHAIAruA l’ll\\Jl’I uuunl ur g,u-gmmn-nun .\n<\/p>\n
amendment and the Noti\ufb01cation, the petitioner
\npersons who are aim\ufb02arly placed were
\nopport1111it3r to have their say in the”\n<\/p>\n
object to the prcocription of R3.5O\/-    <\/p>\n
of an application \ufb01led or
\nlicense. Th: power to     the
\nGovemmcnt. In the absence of any
\nthis concept of pub\ufb01cation
\nnoti\ufb01cation and an
\npersons to have  o  into those
\nprovisions. In thaj; vicuo   impugned
\na.mcndmen’p-   not call for any<\/p>\n
intcrfc rcncc . V  u<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court M Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka’ on 20 August, 2008 Author: N.Kumar Iv! . s..uu:u ur numvannnn rllui-I OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF XARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT” OF KARNATAKA HIGH CO IN THE HIGH CGURT OF KARRATAKA, Bu”2NGALOR_E_ DATED THIS THE 20*” DAY omwausr 2003 % f “f; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nM Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka' on 20 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"M Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka' on 20 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-08-19T18:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-05-18T16:08:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@legaliadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Legal_india\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"M Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka’ on 20 August, 2008\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-08-19T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-05-18T16:08:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008\"},\"wordCount\":787,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"High Court\",\"Karnataka High Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008\",\"name\":\"M Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka' on 20 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-08-19T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-05-18T16:08:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"M Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka’ on 20 August, 2008\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"name\":\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"description\":\"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal India\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"M Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka' on 20 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"M Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka' on 20 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008","og_site_name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2008-08-19T18:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-05-18T16:08:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@legaliadmin","twitter_site":"@Legal_india","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"M Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka’ on 20 August, 2008","datePublished":"2008-08-19T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-05-18T16:08:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008"},"wordCount":787,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"articleSection":["High Court","Karnataka High Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008","name":"M Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka' on 20 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-08-19T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-05-18T16:08:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-nuthan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-20-august-2008#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"M Nuthan vs The State Of Karnataka’ on 20 August, 2008"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","description":"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization","name":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","alternateName":"Legal India","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}