C.A. No. 3711/1999

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed H. Narayana Gowda's appeal on 29 April 2004 with no order as to costs. The Court upheld the Division Bench's decision that both sale deeds transferring government land were void under the Karnataka SC/ST Lands Transfer Prohibition Act 1978, as an initial alienation violation cannot be cured by a subsequent sale deed, even if executed after the 20-year prohibition period expired. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.