https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313146 An agreement to sell executed during the statutory non-alienation period under Section 61 of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act was unenforceable because the land was still subject to a 15-year transfer restraint. The provision imposed a complete bar on sale, gift, exchange, mortgage, lease or assignment during that period and treated transfers in breach as invalid. Applying ex turpi causa non oritur actio and in pari delicto, the Court declined to assist a plaintiff whose claim for specific performance depended wholly on the prohibited transaction, and the suit was rightly dismissed. en-us Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:51:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313146 An agreement to sell executed during the statutory non-alienation period under Section 61 of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act was unenforceable because the land was still subject to a 15-year transfer restraint. The provision imposed a complete bar on sale, gift, exchange, mortgage, lease or assignment during that period and treated transfers in breach as invalid. Applying ex turpi causa non oritur actio and in pari delicto, the Court declined to assist a plaintiff whose claim for specific performance depended wholly on the prohibited transaction, and the suit was rightly dismissed. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313146