Sri Vineeth Kumar M G v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2026:KHC:17400; Karnataka HC (Bengaluru), WP No. 35427 of 2024 (GM-RES), decided 26.03.2026 by Sachin Shankar Magadum, J. Order of the Tribunal of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (respondent No.2, Bengaluru North Sub Division) in Case No. MSC/CR/171/2024 dated 17.12.2024, declaring gift deeds dated 16.01.2023 void on the mother's petition, set aside on a joint compromise between the son (petitioner) and mother (respondent No.3). Court verified the 64-year-old respondent's voluntary, informed consent through personal interaction (B.E. graduate, ex-BESCOM employee); son's undertaking to maintain his mother recorded; mother to execute fresh gift deed with 50% share each to the petitioner and her grandson; writ petition under Articles 226/227 disposed of in terms of compromise without merits adjudication.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order dated 17.12.2024 passed by respondent No.2 in Case No. MSC/CR/171/2024 set aside; writ petition disposed of in terms of the joint compromise petition, under which respondent No.3 proposes to execute and register a fresh gift deed in favour of the petitioner and her grandson, allotting 50% share each, and the petitioner's undertaking to care for his mother is placed on record.