SMT.VARALAKSHMI SINCE DEAD BY HER LRS v. SMT RAJALAKSHMI
MFA/9664/2025 · 2026-08-17
Pradeep Singh Yerur
Public Interest Litigationbody2026
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP SINGH YERUR MISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL NO.9664 OF 2025 (CPC) BETWEEN:
1. SMT.VARALAKSHMI (SINCE DECEASED ON 04.01.2025 AND REPRESENTED BY HER LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES NAMELY APPELLANTS NO.1 TO 3)
MR. MUNIRAJU S/O. LATE VENKATARAVANAPPA AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS.
2.
MR. SUDARSHAN M.
S/O. MR. MUNIRAJU AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS.
3.
MR. PRADEEP M.
S/O. MR. MUNIRAJU AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS.
4.
SMT. SOUBHAGYA D/O. LATE PAPANNA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS.
ALL ARE RESIDING AT NO.67 MUGLUR VILLAGE SARJAPURA HOBLI ANEKAL TALUK BENGALURU DISTRICT – 562 125. …APPELLANTS (BY SRI B. SIDDESWARA, ADVOCATE)
Digitally signed by GAVRIBIDANUR SUBRAMANYA GUPTA SREENATH Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
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AND:
1.
SMT. RAJALAKSHMI W/O. LATE PAPANNA AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS.
2.
SRI HONNAPPA S/O. LATE PILLAPPA AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS.
3.
SRI NAGARAJU S/O. LATE PILLAPPA AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS.
4.
SRI RADHAKRISHNA S/O. LATE PILLAPPA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS.
5.
SRI VIJAYKUMAR S/O. LATE MUNIRAJU AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS.
6.
SRI CHOWDAPPA S/O. LATE NANJUNDAPPA AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS.
7.
SRI ANJINAPPA S/O. LATE CHINNAPPA AGED ABOUT 85 YEARS.
8.
SMT. VIJAYAKUMARI W/O. C. ANAND AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS R/AT ATTIBELE HOSUR ROAD ANEKAL TALUK BENGALURU URBAN DISTRICT.
9.
SMT. RATHNAMMA W/O. LATE NAGARAJU AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS
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R/AT MUGALURU VILLAGE SARJAPURA HOBLI ANEKAL TALUK BENGALURU URBAN DISTRICT.
10. SRI KODANDA REDDY S/O. LATE ANNAIAH REDDY AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS R/AT NO.78, DEVERABESANAHALLI BELANDURU POST, VARTHUR HOBLI BENGALURU EAST TALUK.
11. MR. SHAIJAN MATHEW S/O. MR. T.A.MATHEW AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS R/AT FLAT NO.G-01 CONFIDENT ORION SARJAPUR MAIN ROAD YEMARY PANCHAYATH BENGALURU – 560 034. …RESPONDENTS
THIS MFA IS FILED UNDER ORDER XLIII RULE 1(R) OF CPC, PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 09.10.2025 PASSED ON I.A.NO.I IN O.S.NO.849/2016 BY II ADDITIONAL SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, ANEKAL.
THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY,
JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP SINGH YERUR ORAL JUDGMENT This appeal filed before this Court is not maintainable in view of Section 19(1) of the Karnataka Civil Courts Act, 1964 and the judgment rendered by the Division Bench of
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this Court in Smt. Narayanamma -vs- The State of Karnataka in Writ Petition No.17588 of 2024 (GM-RES) c/w Writ Appeal No.200260 of 2025 (GM-RES) dated 8th July, 2026, which is affirmed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in SLP(c) No.025075/2026 dated 3.8.2026.
2. In view of the above, this Court deems it appropriate to transfer this matter to the concerned District Court for adjudication of the matter from the stage where it is stopped.
3. Accordingly, I pass the following:
O R D E R i) The appeal stands disposed of for statistical purposes; ii) Registry is directed to transfer the entire record of the case, to the concerned Principal District & Sessions Judge, who may assign it to the concerned Appellate Court having jurisdiction;
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iii) In case there are pending applications, the same also be transferred to be considered by the learned Judge of the concerned Appellate Court, in accordance with law; iv) It is made clear that this Court has not made any observation as to the merits of the case and all rights and contentions of the parties are left open to be agitated before the concerned Appellate Court;
Sd/- (PRADEEP SINGH YERUR) JUDGE
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