Mr Abraham Cutinho v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge oral order of the Karnataka High Court at Bengaluru (Rajesh Rai K., J.), dated 11.11.2025, disposing of WRIT PETITION NO. 57925 OF 2015 (LR) filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking review of the order dated 24.07.1998 in W.P.No.35411/1995 (LR). Petitioners (Abraham Cutinho and others, represented through GPA holder John Cutinho) are legal heirs of late Kashmir Cutinho, who obtained occupancy rights from the Land Tribunal on 26.11.1992 and died on 31.03.1993 without being impleaded in the 1995 writ petition moved by Antony D'mello, predecessor of respondents 6 to 9. The Court recorded that post-remand Land Tribunal proceedings are pending in TRL No.1089/81-82, 1088/81-82, 1082/81-82 and 1091/81-82, and held the petitioners at liberty to urge their contentions before the Land Tribunal. No precedent cited, no monetary amounts.
What did the court decide?
No review granted; writ petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to urge their contentions before the Land Tribunal in the pending proceedings.