Topic
Karnataka High Court
2 articles
Property Law
A Specific Performance Decree Cannot Resurrect Acquired Land: Karnataka High Court Holds the Military Land Register Conclusive Against a 1995 Agreement to Sell
In Union of India v. Mohsin Sharieff, a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court reversed a writ order that had restored a private buyer's name to the revenue records of land acquired in 1943 for the Yelahanka Air Force Station. Reading the acquisition file as one continuous chain and applying the nemo dat principle, the Bench held that a decree to which the Defence authorities were not party could not create title.
14 min readCivil & Property Litigation
No Public Purpose Overrides an Elephant Corridor: Karnataka High Court Quashes the Suryanagar Land Acquisition Inside the Bannerghatta Eco-Sensitive Zone
A twelve-year-old land acquisition for a housing layout survived every procedural challenge landowners could throw at it — until the Karnataka High Court held that no public purpose can override the ecological integrity of an elephant corridor abutting a national park.
13 min read