Invoking Act Prohibiting Transfer of SC/ST Land for Second Time to Restore Sold and Resumed Site is Illegal: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court, in a critical ruling on 28 March 2025, held that once a granted land resumed under the PTCL Act is restored to a grantee, and if the grantee sells the land again, they cannot invoke the Act a second time to reclaim the same land. Justice N S Sanjay Gowda emphasized that allowing such a process would mock the remedial intention of the law, making the…
