Cantonment Act, 1924

The plaintiff, Robert Zomawia Street, claimed ownership of a 4.261‑acre bungalow in Shillong Military Cantonment based on a 1980 will of St. John Perry and sought a permanent injunction against the Union of India and military authorities. The defendants contended that the land was an "old grant" under cantonment regula…

The Government of India issued two notices in 2001‑2002 for the resumption of a 3.20‑acre bungalow site in the Allahabad cantonment, invoking powers under Order No.179 of the Governor‑General‑in‑Council dated 12 September 1836. The appellants, Smt. Usha Kapoor and others, contended that they owned the land by virtue of…

The appellant, the estate of the deceased, claimed ownership of a bungalow and the land on which it stood, asserting title derived from a purchase in 1848. The Union of India contended that an 1836 grant vested only the building in the appellant’s ancestors, with the land remaining subject to a right of resumption. The…