Land Revenue Act

The respondents applied to the Secunderabad Cantonment Board for sanction of a layout plan on land they claimed to own. The Board initially returned the plan for lack of an exemption certificate under the Urban Land (Ceiling) Act, but the High Court held that such a certificate was not required. The plan was later retu…

The State of Rajasthan sought to overturn a Rajasthan High Court order directing it to allot a parcel of land, classified as a ‘Johad’, to Ultratech Cement Ltd. for a cement plant. The High Court had relied on two spot‑inspection reports of the Tehsildar, which found no natural water body or catch‑ment on the land, and…

The SGPC applied under Section 7 of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 to have the institution known as Gurdwara Sahib Gurdwara Bhagat Bhagwan declared a Sikh gurdwara. The Sikh Gurdwaras Tribunal initially held it to be a Sikh gurdwara, but the Punjab & Haryana High Court reversed that decision, finding the institution to b…

Swadeshi Polytex Ltd., a sick company unable to pay employee wages, was subjected to attachment and auction of its property under the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. The company challenged the sale, arguing that the sale proclamation and auction notice were not served on the actual default…

The case concerned the determination of ceiling area for Raghubir Singh under the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955, where the Sub‑Divisional Officer (SDO) treated the father and his minor son Surendrapal Singh as separate units and allotted each 62 bighas 8 biswas. Raghubir Singh appealed the SDO's order, which was upheld b…

The case concerns the validity of a 1995 Consolidation Scheme for Shamlat Deh lands in three villages of Haryana, originally framed under the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1966 and later modified after a series of challenges. Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner had quashed the partition of these lands unde…