Karnataka High Court directs State government to fix technical difficulties in Kaveri 2.0 portal for registering perpetual leasehold properties
The Karnataka High Court has ordered the state government to fix technical mapping errors in the Kaveri 2.0 property registration portal within two months. The court ruled that software defects cannot be used to deny citizens their legal right to register and transfer perpetual leasehold properties.
Why it matters
It reinforces the legal principle that administrative software systems must facilitate, not obstruct, the exercise of substantive property rights.
The High Court of Karnataka has directed the State government to immediately rectify technical flaws related to the Kaveri 2.0 registration portal that have brought transactions of properties under perpetual leaseholds to a halt in several parts of the State, particularly the Belagavi region.
Observing that a technical mapping defect in Kaveri 2.0 cannot be used to reject the substantive property rights of citizens holding perpetual leases to transfer their property through registration, the court has given two months’ deadline to the authorities to make way for registration by rectifying technical difficulties.
Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum issued the directions while allowing a petition filed by Gopalrao Kukdolkar, a Belagavi-based builder and developer.
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