Sri H K Lakshminarayana v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: review petition; fresh facts / new grounds pleaded; error apparent on the face of the record; Order XLVII Rule 1 CPC; Section 114 CPC; CPC 1908; dismissal of review; indulgence refused; change of counsel between writ stage and review. Parties: Sri H K Lakshminarayana (petitioner, Koppa Taluk, Chikamagalur) vs State of Karnataka (Chief Secretary, Revenue Department), Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner, Chikkamagaluru, Tahashildar Koppa Taluk, and private respondents Smt Vimal Louise, Sri Thomas Joseph, Sri Nitin Kumar M.N. Bench: single judge, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum; decided 09.02.2026; no precedent cases cited; no monetary amounts involved.
What did the court decide?
A review petition cannot be maintained by pleading fresh facts which were not urged in the writ petition; therefore the grounds urged in the review petition, even if accepted in entirety, do not indicate any error apparent on the face.