IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 18^TH DAY OF MARCH, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA REGULAR SECOND APPEAL NO.1301 OF 2020 (DEC/INJ)

BETWEEN:

YOGANATHA RAO SINCE DEAD BY HIS LRs. 1. SMT. SUMITHRA BAI W/O SRI LATE YOGANATHA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, 2. GOPINATH S/O SRI LATE YOGANATHA AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, (A1 IS THE LR OF DECEASED A2 AMENDED V/O DATED 04/02/2022)

3. HARISH RAO S/O SRI LATE YOGANATHA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, Digitally signed by MAHALAKSHMI B M Location: HIGH 4. SRI SATHISH RAO COURT OF S/O SRI LATE YOGANATHA KARNATAKA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, 5. SMT. VEENA BAI D/O SRI LATE YOGANATHA AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, 6. SMT. LAKSHMI BAI D/O SRI LATE YOGANATHA AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, 7. SMT. BHARATHI BAI D/O SRI LATE YOGANATHA AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, 8. SMT. ASHA BAI D/O SRI LATE YOGANATHA AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS, 9. SMT. GEETHA BAI D/O SRI LATE YOGANATHA AGED ABOUT 24 YEARS, 10. SMT. PAVITHRA BAI D/O SRI LATE YOGANATHA AGED ABOUT 23 YEARS, ALL ARE R/AT LALAGHATTA VILLAGE, KASABA HOBLI, CHANNAPATNA TALUK, RAMANAGARA DISTRICT-562160.

…APPELLANTS (BY SRI K.N. NITISH, ADVOCATE; V/O. DATED 04/02/2022 A1 TO BE TREATED AS LR’s OF DECEASED A2)

AND:

SRI KRISHNOJI RAO ALLEGED