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2025 DAILYLAW 92374 (KAR)
MALLIKARJUN S/O SHANTAPPA SHIRSHYAD v. SHIVALINGAPPA S/O SHIVASHARANAPPA @ SHARANAPP AND ORS
RSA/7440/2013 · 2025-12-12
Sachin Shankar Magadum
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(% 01 C63; 7AC5 03: 27BB65519 =15 387501C :1C67A: 1CC7C 68 07;968? 5035 F C1HA6C19 27B4A;:7C= C1?6:5C35678F971:8754AC47C5572C13511F568?A6:0 3::6?8 7C ;6B65 38= C6?05 565;1 7C 6851C1:5 68 6BB7E3<;1 4C741C5=684C31:18565B1C1;=6827C47C351:34C7B6:178
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50143C57>50191>18938557C1)278E1=5014C741C5=A478 C1216457>501:564A;3519278:691C35678A203972AB1856: 3B1C13?C11B18557C1278E1=389971:875>3;;G65068501 3B<65 7> 125678 , < 7> 501
1?6:5C35678 25 78:1HA185;= 125678 + 7> 501
1?6:5C35678 25 G0620 C1:5C625: 501 A:1 7> A8C1?6:51C19 972AB185: 3>>12568? 6BB7E3<;1 4C741C5= 03: 87 344;6235678 57 3 972AB185 :A20 3: F 01 C63; 7AC5.: E61G 5035 F 6: 681>>1256E1 >7C G385 7> C1?6:5C35678 6: 501C1>7C1 A8:A:53683<;168;3G
(+ 8 501 ;6?05 7> 501 :A<:538563; HA1:5678: 7> ;3G >C3B19<=506:7AC5501;1?3;47:65678B3=<1:A226825;= :ABB3C6N19 50A: 3 27851B47C3817A: 3?C11B185 57 C1) 278E1= G018 1F12A519 :143C351;= >C7B 501 :3;1 9119 278:565A51: 3 2785C325 5035 6: :4126>623;;= 18>7C213<;1 :A<@12557501A:A3;C1HA6C1B185:A891C5014126>62
1;61> 25 F <168? :A20 3 2785C325 971: 875 C1HA6C1 C1?6:5C35678 389 6: 39B6::6<;1 68 1E6918218 E61G 7> 501 2;13C 389 A83B<6?A7A: 39B6::678: 7> *)
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32D87G;19?68? 06: :6?835AC1 78 F 501 1F12A5678 7> F :5389: 9A;= 4C7E19 821 1F12A5678 6: 1:53<;6:019 501<AC918:06>5:5750191>18938557C1<A55012785185:7C 57 1:53<;6:0 5035 501 972AB185 971: 875 C1>;125 501 5CA1 685185678 7> 501 43C561: 7 :A20 C1<A553; 03: <118 >7C5027B68?
: 501 4;36856>>: 03E1 >7A8919 5016C 2;36B :HA3C1;= 78 F 389 03E1 4C7E19 501 :3B1 501 5C38:32567823887568;3G<1278:5CA193:3B7C5?3?1<= 2789656783;:3;1014;36856>>:.C1B19=6:501C1>7C1C6?05;= 781 7> :4126>62 41C>7CB3821 7> 501 C1)278E1=3821 27E18385016C:5441;;3517AC503:27CC125;=912C119 501:A6538965:@A9?B185G3CC385:3>>6CB35678
!' 227C968?;= :A<:538563; HA1:5678: 7> ;3G 6 57 6663C138:G1C196850199*$ )
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! 01 ;13C819 27A8:1; >7C 501 4;36856>>: >AC501C :A<B65: 5035 501 20C787;7?= 7> 1E185: A8B6:53D3<;= 91B78:5C351: 501 4;36856>>:. <783 >691 C139681:: 389
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G6;;68?81::5741C>7CB5016C43C57>5012785C32501;1?3;
875621G3:6::A1978(,' (''&389501:A65>7C:4126>62 41C>7CB3821G3: 4C7B45;=68:565A51978$'&(''&G1;;
G65068 3 C13:783<;1 56B1 8 5C38:325678: 7> 506: 835AC1 G01C1 3 :3;1 9119 6: 27A4;19 G650 3 27851B47C3817A:
3?C11B185 57 C1)278E1= 501 :5C625 C6?7AC: 7> 278568A7A: C139681::389G6;;68?81::3:27851B4;3519A891C125678 & 2 7> 501 4126>62
1;61> 25 238875 <1 B12038623;;= 344;6190191>18938503:3;;3;78?<1186847::1::6787> 501 :A65;38938903: <11818@7=68? 501A:A>CA25 G6507A5 3227A8568? >7C 501 :3B1 389 501C1>7C1 87 4C1@A9621 G035:71E1C 6: 23A:19 57 06B <= 501 4;36856>>:. 3551B45 57 18>7C21 501 5CA1 <3C?368 821 501 4;36856>>: 32568? 78 F 6::A19 3 875621 1F4C1::68? 5016C A81HA6E723; G6;;68?81:: 57 C143= 501 3B7A85 389 :7A?05 C1) 278E1=3821501C1HA6C1B1857>C139681::389G6;;68?81::
:5779 :A<:538563;;= :356:>619 68 501 >325: 7> 501 23:1 78:1HA185;= 501 >68968? 7> 501 C63; 7AC5 5035 501 4;36856>>: >36;19 57 4C7E1 C139681:: 389 G6;;68?81:: 6:
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41CE1C:1 <168? 2785C3C= 57 501 B351C63; 78 C127C9 389 6?87C68? 501 E1C= 835AC1 7> 501 A891C;=68? 5C38:325678 A<:538563; HA1:5678 7> ;3G 7 6E 6: 38:G1C19 68 99*$ )
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