Mazher Sharief v. the Karnataka State Commission
Jurisdiction – Karnataka State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2025:KHC:42554; WP No. 54426 of 2017 (GM-RES) c/w WP No. 50174 of 2017 (GM-RES); High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; decided 27 October 2025; E.S. Indiresh J. Petitioners Mazher Sharief et al. (counsel Lohitaswa Banakar) and A.P. Chandraiah (counsel Subramanya Bhat M.) v. Karnataka State Commission for SC & ST (counsel A.C. Manjunath) and State respondents (AGA Mahantesh Shettar). Subject: jurisdiction of State SC/ST Commission to enquire into land-grant orders in Case No.Land/152/2014 (Annex-D/Annex-J); relied on WP No.46279/2013 (09.10.2020) and WP No.63405/2016 (23.11.2020); Articles 226 and 227, Constitution of India; result: proceedings quashed, writ petitions allowed.
What did the court decide?
The entire proceedings in Case No.Land/152/2014 pending consideration before respondent No.1 - Karnataka State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are quashed; both writ petitions are allowed.