IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 27^th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA REGULAR FIRST APPEAL No.316/2017 (RES)

BETWEEN:

1. SRI SRINIVAS S/O. D RAMAIAH, AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS, 2. SMT. LAKSHMI W/O. NARAYANASWAMY, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, 3. SMT. NANJAMMA W/O. RAJANA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, ALL ARE CHILDREN OF LATE D. RAMAIAH, RESIDING AT NO.42, MUNNESWARA TEMPLE STREET, B.S.K. II^ND STAGE, KADIRENAHALLI VILLAGE, BENGALURU-560070.

...APPELLANTS (BY SRI G.B. NADISH GOWDA, ADVOCATE A/W SRI V.N. SHANKARE GOWDA, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. SRI PRASANNA KUMAR AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS, S/O A. SITHARAMA SETTY, RESIDING AT NO.17/1, SUBRAMANYAPURA ROAD, KADIRENAHALLI CIRCLE, PADMANABHANAGAR, BENGALURU-70.

2. PADMAVATHI AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, W/O. A.S. SATYARANAYARA, R/AT NO.913, 1^ST FLOOR, I A MAIN, THYAGARAJANAGARA, BENGALURU-560028. 3. ANANTHARAJU AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS, S/O. SREERAMAIAH SETTY, RESIDING AT NO.3/1, GRAMADEVATHA CROSS ROAD, CHIKKAMAVALLI, BENGALURU-004.

4. SRI VENKATESHBABU AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, S/O. K. NAGARAJA SETTY, NO.186/22, 8^TH CROSS, II MAIN, JAYANAGARA II BLOCK, BENGALURU-011.

…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI N.R. NAIK, ADVOCATE FOR R-1;

SRI K.R. ASHOK KUMAR,