Sri Basappa S/O Yallappa Alias Yellappa Pujuar v. Smt Basalingavva W/O Ramappa Koli
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RFA No. 100274 of 2025 (PAR/POS), NC: 2025:KHC-D:8506, High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, oral judgment dated 09-07-2025 by Hanchate Sanjeevkumar J. Appeal by Basappa and Hanamanthappa against judgment and decree dated 11.04.2025 in O.S. No.218/2024 (I Additional Senior Civil Judge and Civil Judicial Magistrate, Dharwad); respondent Basalingavva. Sole issue: maintainability of the RFA before the High Court where subject-matter value is exactly Rs.10,00,000/-. Held under Section 19 of the Karnataka Civil Code Act, 1964 that at that valuation the appeal lies to the District Court; office objection upheld; appeal dismissed as not maintainable with liberty to appeal before the District Court and Section 14 Limitation Act, 1963 exclusion of intervening time. Keywords: appellate jurisdiction, valuation of suit, ten lakh rupee threshold, Section 96 CPC, Section 14 Limitation Act.