IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 27^TH DAY OF JANUARY 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ AND THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE GEETHA K.B.

REGULAR FIRST APPEAL NO. 100096 OF 2019 (PAR/POS)

BETWEEN:

SMT. SAROJA W/O. VASANTRAO MURALKAR, AGE: 62 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEHOLD WORK, R/O: GARAG VILLAGE-581105, TQ/DIST: DHARWAD.

…APPELLANT (BY SRI. ARUN L. NEELOPANT, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. SMT. RAJESHWARI W/O. RAJARAM BETSUR, AGE: 53 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEHOLD WORK, BHARATHI R/O: C/O SHRI. GOVIND N. SANGAM, H M

7-1-397/57/1, NO.MIG 113/3, Digitally signed by BHARATHI H M SANJEEVARADDY NAGAR, Location: HIGHCOURT OF KARNATAKA DHARWAD BENCH HYDERABAD-500038, DHARWAD ANDHRA PRADESH.

2. SMT. KAMALAKSHI W/O. DEVAPPA MURALKAR, AGE: 60 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEHOLD WORK, R/O: STAFF QUARTERS, 211, BANGUR NAGAR, DANDELI-581325, DIST: UTTARA KANNADA.

3. SMT. SHWETA W/O. DEVAPPA KULKARNI, AGE: 70 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEHOLD WORK, R/O: HULGUR-581126, TQ: SHIGGAON, DIST: HAVERI.

4. ASHOK S/O. SHIVASIDDAPPA KOLAR, AGE: 48 YEARS, OCC: BUSINESS, R/O: KOLAR PETROL PUMP, BELUR-580011, TQ/DIST: DHARWAD.

5. ANAND S/O. TAYAPPA SURYAVANSHI, AGE: 58 YEARS, OCC: SERVICE, R/O: H.NO.36, LINGARAJ NAGAR (SOUTH), 31^ST CROSS, VIDY