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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Land Acquisition Dispute Due to Failure to Follow Statutory Procedure and Prove Compensation Payment. State Cannot Retain Land Without Valid Acquisition Under Sikkim Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1977.

The case involves a dispute over 7.07 acres of land in East Sikkim that was allegedly acquired by the Agriculture Department of the Government of Sikk...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Registration Act Case — Compromise Decree Not Requiring Registration. Compromise decree relating to suit property does not require registration under Section 17(2)(vi) of Registration Act, 1908.

The appeal arose from a judgment of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Indore Bench dated 13.02.2017, which dismissed the appellants' writ petition c...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Adverse Possession Case, Restores Appellate Court's Decree. Permissive possession cannot be converted into adverse possession without hostile animus; High Court erred in reversing concurrent finding of fact.

The dispute concerns a property originally owned by Banta, who died on 02.07.1992. Banta had two children: Jit Ram (son) and Sibo (daughter). Sibo fil...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals in Adverse Possession Case — Khasra Entries Found Suspicious and Fraudulent. High Court's Reversal of First Appellate Court's Findings Set Aside as Perverse and Without Considering Evidence of Fraud.

The Supreme Court allowed two civil appeals arising from a dispute over adverse possession of agricultural lands in Village Purani Chhabani, Guna, Mad...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Adverse Possession Dispute Over 70-Year-Old Land Title Conflict. The Court held that the appellant had perfected title by adverse possession despite not being the true owner, based on continuous possession from 1963 to 1981 as shown in revenue records.

The dispute originated from a 1942 purchase of suit properties by Krishnamurthy S. Setlur (KS) through his general power of attorney, H.R. Narayana Iy...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Bane Land Partition Suit — Concurrent Findings of Fact Upheld. Appellant Failed to Prove Possession of Wet Lands Entitling Him to Share in Bane Lands Under Coorg Revenue Manual.

The appellant, defendant no.13 in a partition suit, was aggrieved by the dismissal of his Regular First Appeal, which affirmed the trial court's decre...

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Supreme Court Holds Plaintiff Can Plead Adverse Possession Under Article 65 of Limitation Act — Preliminary Issue Covered by Ravinder Kaur Grewal. The Court overruled earlier decisions and directed merits consideration.

The Supreme Court disposed of three civil appeals involving a preliminary issue: whether a plaintiff can take the plea of adverse possession under Art...

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Supreme Court Allows Suit Based on Adverse Possession — Overrules Earlier View That Adverse Possession Can Only Be Used as Shield. Plaintiff Who Has Perfected Title by Adverse Possession Can Sue for Declaration and Protection or Recovery of Possession.

The Supreme Court addressed the question whether a person claiming title by adverse possession can maintain a suit for declaration of title and for pr...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Execution Proceedings — Possessory Title Not Required for Restoration Under Order XXI Rules 98-100 CPC. High Court erred in ordering restoration of possession without determining whether respondent had any right to possession under Order XXI Rules 98-100 CPC.

The Supreme Court considered an appeal against the judgment of the Calcutta High Court which had allowed the appeal of the respondent (Lt. Col. Nahar ...