Abuse of process: Karnataka HC dismisses challenge to 3-year-old compromise decree with ₹25k costs
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The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging a compromise decree nearly three years after it was recorded, holding that the litigant had abused the process of law by seeking to resile from a settlement after having accepted its benefits [Chethan Kumar Vs K L Jayaraj and others].Justice Suraj Govindaraj imposed costs of ₹25,000 on the petitioner to be paid to the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA) within four weeks. The Court further ordered that if the amount