S VENKATAPPA Vs. NARAYANAPPA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This Appeal is against an Order dated 7th August, 1996.

(2.) Briefly stated the facts are as follows: Prior to 1971 one Smt. Muniyamma was the owner of the concerned land. She sold the said land to one Shri G. M. Munivenkate Gowda in 1971. The Appellant signed the sale Deed as an Attestor.

(3.) On 1st March, 1974 the Karnataka Land Reforms Act of 1961 was amended. Original Sections 44 and 45 were substituted. Section 44 and the relevant portions of the substituted Section 45 read as follows: