The Supreme Court in India on Wednesday 17th September confirmed the decision of the Karnatak High Court that Vignan Maha Vidy Peeth (VVMVP), a charity founded by Sri Sri Ravi, a fraudulent act, dealt with agricultural land in 2003.
The Justices Vikram and PB Varale’s bench has decided that despite the manager distorted his role during the auction, the reopening of the sale at this point was unfounded. The Supreme Court also confirmed the decision of the High Court that additional payment £25 Lakh on the ACR is carried out to the original landowner, along with a proper survey to determine the exact boundaries of the country.
“At the beginning, we record our recognition that the learned free judge of the High Court carefully considered long -term litual disputes, which included several rounds between the parties, as well as various statements and parties of the parties throughout.
He noted: “In the garment of the above -mentioned boundaries, the buyer of the petitioner cannot demand no more areas than what was built on the auction and then bought it.”
“If the direction for payment is. £25 Lakhs on the ACR, because it concerns additional sales consideration by the opponents, we do not want to interfere with the same, with regard to the petitioner’s actions, whose dual roles question the whole proceedings, ”said the Supreme Court according to the report.
What was the dispute?
This problem stems from the auction of agricultural land land in 2003. This year the financial corporations in Karnataka gave 5.5 acres of agricultural land in the village of Agara Bengalur to sell to renew fees from the debtor who failed. R Raghu, the VVMVP manager, ensured the auction by presenting himself as individual farmers. During this period, the Land Reforms Act in Karnataka prohibited confidence in the purchase of agricultural land.
Raghu said he actually bought land on the ground after completing the auction and a sales certificate issued in 2005. This led the original owner of GM Krishna to attack the sale and claim that the court was deceived to approval the transaction that was legally prohibited. In 2015, the District Court adjacent to Krishna, canceled the auction sale, and decided that Raghu had committed fraud by submitting opposing demands.
However, the High Court partially overturned this decision in 2023. Although it claimed that the fraud was committed, the High Court noted that the law prohibiting credible purchase of agricultural land was canceled in 2020, with a retrospective effect dating back to 1974. Instead the court ordered confidence to pay an additional compensation £25 Lakh on the acre owner of land and ordered a new survey to accurately determine the limits of the property.
The Top Court appreciated the way the High Court resolved long -term litigation.
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