Section 144(1) in Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993
(1)No disqualification or defect in the election or appointment of any person acting as member or as the Adhyaksha of Taluk Panchayat or presiding authority of a general or special meeting or of a chairman or member of the committee appointed under this Act, shall be deemed to vitiate any act or proceeding of the Taluk Panchayat or of any such committee as the case may be, in which such person has taken part, whenever the majority who were parties to such act or proceeding, were entitled to act.