PAPAIAH vs THE STATE OF KARNATAKA .

The Supreme Court upheld the Karnataka Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978, which declares alienation of land by assignees from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as void. The Court found that the appellant's claim of adverse possession was not valid against the State, as he derived title from the original assignees, whose transfer was prohibited by the Act. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed, affirming the restoration of land to the original assignees under Sections 4 and 5 of the Act.