The respondent purchased three bighas and six kathas of land from the Raja Dumraon Raj in 1957 and filed a suit for declaration of title. The appellant claimed he had been in possession of the land as a lessee since 1925 and the trial court dismissed the suit, finding the appellant to be a raiyat. …
The estate of the late Raja Nilkanth Narayan Singh was vested in the State of Bihar under the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950. While some mines were being worked under leases and royalties were paid, the successors-in-interest filed a writ petition seeking compensation for coal-bearing areas that had …
The Commissioner of Wealth Tax, Bihar appealed against the Patna High Court’s decision that Maharaja Kumar Kamal Singh’s right to receive compensation under the Bihar Land Reforms Act should be valued at nil because of arrears of agricultural income‑tax. The central issue was whether such tax …
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