K Mahadevappa Kumbar v. Sri Sebastian P J
Case brief
What is this about?
Scope of police protection under Section 151 CPC during pendency of an easement and injunction suit (O.S. No. 31/2016, road in Sy.No.43 to Sy.No.62, Ulavi Village). Karnataka High Court, single judge H.T. Narendra Prasad, J., disposed of W.P. No. 10962 of 2026 (GM-CPC) on 16.04.2026, clarifying that police assistance is confined to implementing the trial court's order dated 14.11.2022 and that a plaintiff cannot use the police protection order to stop defendants' sprinkler irrigation of adjacent land where it causes no damage to the road. No precedent cited; no costs or amounts awarded.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with the clarification that police are to assist the plaintiff only for implementing the trial court's order, and that the plaintiff cannot take advantage of the impugned order to harass the petitioners for sprinkler irrigation that does not damage the road.