H R Nagaraj vs Smt.Lalithamma — 12/2026

Summary The Senior Civil Judge of Tarikere found that the suit lacks proper valuation under the Karnataka Court Fees and Suit Valuation Act, 1956. The court held that when a suit seeks both specific performance of contract and an alternate relief of declaration based on adverse possession, both reliefs must be valued identically—here, based on the Rs. 50,000 consideration amount in the 1977 agreement—not separately as the plaintiff had done. Consequently, the JMFC lacked pecuniary jurisdiction and returned the plaint to be refiled before the Civil Judge within 30 days. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.