Madhya Bharat Zamindari Abolition Act, 1951

The villagers of Kanardipura filed a suit in representative capacity under Order I Rule 8 of the CPC seeking declaration of title, permanent injunction and possession of land they claimed was grazing (Charnoi) land, not a grove. The Board of Revenue had earlier settled the land as a grove in favour of Kalu Singh’s heir…

Meharban Singh and others had mortgaged their khud‑kasht land to Munshi Singh under a usufructuary mortgage. After the Madhya Bharat Zamindari Abolition Act, 1951 came into force, the proprietors' rights vested in the State, but section 4(2) allowed a proprietor to retain possession of land recorded as khud‑kasht befor…

The appellants, proprietors of khud‑kasht land, filed a suit to recover possession of land recorded in the annual village papers (Khasra) as theirs for Samvat years 2006 and 2007, before the vesting date of 2 Oct 1951. The respondents later had the appellants' names struck off and their own entered in 2008 without foll…

The respondent Zamindar had executed two mortgage deeds in 1947‑48 covering houses and khudkasht lands. After the Madhya Bharat Zamindari Abolition Act, 1951 came into force, the mortgagee (appellant) contended that the Zamindar could not redeem the mortgage because the Act vested all zamindari rights in the State. The…

The plaintiffs, villagers, sued to declare that a 72‑bigha parcel recorded as ‘Charnoi’ (common grazing land) vested in the State under the Madhya Bharat Zamindari Abolition Act, 1951, and could not be claimed by the ex‑Zamindar’s heirs. The ex‑Zamindar’s father had earlier obtained a Bhumiswami title under Section 5(f…