Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976

The Supreme Court examined whether the construction of multi‑storeyed residential buildings on two adjacent plots allotted to Sadananda Gowda and D.N. Jeevaraj violated condition No. 4 of their lease‑cum‑sale agreements with the Bangalore Development Authority (BOA). The petitioners alleged that the plots had been amal…

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) filed complaints against the City Municipal Council (CMC) of Krishnarajapuram and its former commissioners for discharging untreated sewage in violation of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. The High Court quashed the proceedings under Section …

The Karnataka Legislature enacted the Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 1979 to replace octroi by levying a tax of up to 2% ad valorem on specified goods (textiles, tobacco, sugar) entering 27 selected local areas. The State notified the areas and rates, and several petitions challenged the Act on the grounds…

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) had made a bulk allotment of 604 sites to the Legislators' Housing Co-operative Society between 1981 and 1987 under Section 38B of the Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976. A writ petition challenged the validity of the bulk allotment and the subsequent transfers of those …

The appellant, S. Rukmini Madegowda, was elected as a councillor (later mayor) of the Mysore Municipal Corporation. She filed an affidavit of assets that falsely omitted her husband's property, violating the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act (KMC Act) and the Representation of People Act (RP Act). An election petiti…

Abdul Khuddus, a statutory tenant under the Karnataka Rent Control Act, was evicted when the Bangalore City Corporation demolished the dilapidated building under Section 322 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act. The tenant filed suits for injunction, possession and damages, which the High Court allowed, holding …

The Corporation of the City of Belgaum revised property tax in 1984, and the plaintiffs filed a representative civil suit alleging that the increase was arbitrary, unreasonable, illegal, that assessors inspected properties without notice, and were pressured to raise taxes. The suit was dismissed by the trial court unde…

The petitioners alleged that the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board had allotted ecologically sensitive land for a software technology park, resulting in encroachment of storm‑water drains (Rajakaluves) and damage to the Bellandur lake catchment. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) found violations of wetland an…

Rajatha Enterprises was granted a lease by the Karnataka Government to construct a shopping complex‑cum‑school on a government plot in Bangalore. The construction proceeded, but the Municipal Commissioner later ordered reduction of the building height and threatened demolition of the upper floors for alleged violations…