Kaveri Ceramic World v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
WA No.1287 of 2024 (LA-RES), High Court of Karnataka, decided 10.07.2026 (per D K Singh J.; coram D K Singh and T.M.Nadaf JJ.). Tenant-appellant Kaveri Ceramic World not entitled to land/building compensation on acquisition for Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited; entitlement confined to Clause VI displacement allowances under BMRCL CRP 2019 policy; consent award dated 21.03.2020 under Section 29(2) KIAD Act for Rs.45,18,141/- set aside by Single Judge in W.P.No.7527/2022 at instance of respondent No.5 (Queens Graneo LLP); re-deposit direction upheld; receipt of compensation held to be fraud in collusion and connivance with KIADB; writ appeal dismissed. Keywords: consent award, Section 29(2) KIAD Act, BMRCL, land acquisition, tenant compensation, displacement allowance, CRP 2019, fraud, re-deposit, Special Land Acquisition Officer KIADB.
What did the court decide?
None to the appellant; the writ appeal was dismissed, upholding the learned Single Judge's order setting aside the consent award dated 21.03.2020 and directing the appellant to re-deposit Rs.45,18,141/-.