High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Petitions Challenging Property Tax Reassessment by BBMP — Petitioners Failed to Exhaust Statutory Remedy of Appeal Under Section 149 of Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976. The court held that the existence of an alternative remedy of appeal bars the maintainability of a writ petition under Article 226, and no exceptional circumstances were shown to bypass the same.
1 Mar 2014The petitioners, residents of Bysani Skyway Apartment in Bangalore, filed 28 writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging the reas...




