J. P. Enterprises v. Canara Bank
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC single Judge (Lalitha Kanneganti) disposed of WP No. 16439 of 2025 (GM-DRT) filed by J.P. Enterprises, M/s. Jinesh Associates, Jinesh D. and Padma R.N. against Canara Bank, BBMP, Sub Registrar Sriramapura and auction purchaser Lakshmi Srinivas, challenging registered sale certificate dated 29.03.2025 (Doc No. SRI-1-11222-2024-25) arising from a bank auction sale. Court held that with a Tribunal constituted for such disputes, Article 226 jurisdiction is unavailable absent legal grounds; liberty given to pursue appropriate remedy; IAs closed. Keywords: sale certificate, auction purchaser, certiorari, mandamus, khata, stamp duty, maintainability, alternative remedy, DRT.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioners to avail the appropriate remedy in accordance with law; all I.As. in the writ petition closed. No substantive relief (quashing of sale certificate, khata restoration, stamp duty recovery) granted.