A Gopalakrishna Gowda v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Karnataka Land Reform Act 1961 Section 48A; Form 7; Form 7A; Land Tribunal Belthangady; occupancy rights; tenant on 01.03.1974; auction purchaser; O.S. No.709/1930; court auction 19.03.1973; sale certificate 23.03.1974; Order XXI Rule 95 CPC; jurisdictional objection at first instance; consent and non-contest of jurisdiction; waiver/acquiescence; collateral attack on tribunal order after three decades; unclean hands; false averments; RRT.SR.23/2012-2013; LRY 25/1979-80; LRY 29/1979-80; W.P.No.40703/2012; mutation entries; writ appeal dismissed; costs refrained; conduct of counsel. Relevant to: challenges to old Land Tribunal occupancy grants by auction purchasers who consented below; requirement to raise jurisdictional objections promptly; unclean-hands doctrine in writ jurisdiction.
What did the court decide?
None; the writ appeal was dismissed and pending interim applications, if any, stand rejected.